Things to do
Sights, museums, parks, beaches, activities for kids and day trips, each checked against its own page.
46 places
Museums & heritage · HaMoshava North
Council-run museum in Baron Rothschild's 1890s administration building telling the story of the First Aliyah over three floors, with a short film, children's activities in the basement and an auditorium used for evening lectures, cinema and concerts.
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Parks & playgrounds
Memorial gardens and a large nature park where Baron Edmond and Baroness Adelaide de Rothschild are buried; free entry, paid parking (NIS 30/day; NIS 10 for registered local residents and seniors; free for conscripted soldiers). Concerts, family activities and classes through the year.
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Attractions & sights
The restored main street of the 1882 moshava, lined with wine cellars, cafes, restaurants, galleries and shops, with a crafts fair on Friday mornings and festivals at Sukkot and Pesach. Many places here are not kosher - look for the certificate.
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Attractions & sights
Visitor centre in Carmel's historic Zichron winery with cellar tours, workshops and tastings telling the story of Israel's wine industry; tours are adults-only (18+).
Parks & playgrounds
Between the vineyards and the historic roots of the Moshava: 3.8 km, 213 m climb, about an hour, easy-moderate (walk clockwise).
Parks & playgrounds · Halomot Zichron
A 50-dunam park in the east of town between Derech Rabin and Halomot Zichron: lawns, playgrounds and sports facilities, walking paths, an amphitheatre for events of up to 1,000 people and an evening water fountain. No dogs, alcohol, glass, barbecues or camping.
Attractions & sights
Family winery founded by descendants of 1882 settlers, on the winding road from Binyamina up to Zichron; visitor centre with wine shop, guided tastings (wine, chocolate, cheese), dairy restaurant, bakery and chocolate-and-wine centre; wheelchair accessible.
Day trips nearby
National heritage site at the British-era camp where clandestine Jewish immigrants were held, with restored barracks, the ship Galina exhibit and a research centre on clandestine immigration.
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Museums & heritage · Moshava Center (Old Zichron)
Museum founded in 1956 beside the Aaronsohn family home (built 1884), the centre of the WWI NILI underground; tells the story of Aaron and Sarah Aaronsohn.
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Attractions & sights · Moshava Center (Old Zichron)
Water reservoir built by Baron Edmond (Binyamin) de Rothschild in 1891. A 12-horsepower steam engine pumped spring water up to it, and from there to public taps and the garden pond in the moshava.
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Day trips nearby
Nature and Parks Authority site with the ancient harbour city of Caesarea, its theatre and Herod's-era remains on the coast south of Zichron.
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Beaches
Nature and Parks Authority reserve along a rocky coast with many small inlets, a marked circular trail (about 2.5 km, easy) and a bathing beach with lifeguards in season. About 9 km from the centre of the moshava.
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Day trips nearby
KKL-JNF park around the Shuni fortress near Binyamina, with Roman-era remains and buildings linked to the training of Binyamina's founders in 1919-1922.
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Day trips nearby
Museum of the Dada artist Marcel Janco in the Ein Hod artists' village on the Carmel, north of Zichron.
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Day trips nearby
Prehistoric caves on the Carmel slope north of Zichron, with an audio-visual show, a prehistoric-man trail to the Tabun cave and circular botanical and geological trails.
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Day trips nearby
Nature and Parks Authority reserve on the coastal plain with the last flowing coastal stream of the area and an ancient dam and water installations.
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Attractions & sights
Restored house of Yehezkel Hornstein, one of the 1882 founders, whom the Ottoman authorities appointed mukhtar; it stands at the highest point of the Midrachov, and a historic tunnel was found during the restoration.
Museums & heritage
Memorial compound with a permanent exhibition of artillery pieces used in Israel's wars and the Nir Schreibman theatre hall, which hosts shows, lectures and ceremonies.
For kids
Navigation game for families, individuals and groups through the stories and places of the moshava; the same company runs family bike trips.
Parks & playgrounds · HaShmura
The council runs two fenced dog parks, in HaShmura and in Halomot Zichron, each with water, dog play equipment and seating.
Beaches
Beach with rocky bays that form natural breakwaters and small pools, and an island within walking distance; part of it is a declared bathing beach and some bays are used as fishermen's moorings.
Parks & playgrounds
A year-round tunnel spring inside Ramat HaNadiv with an aqueduct, pools and the remains of an ancient villa and bathhouse. About 2 km on foot from the Ramat HaNadiv nature park, or 500 m from the ORT Binyamina school car park; the trail is part of the Israel National Trail.
Attractions & sights · Moshava Center (Old Zichron)
The old farmyards behind the HaMeyasdim St houses, named after founding families, now restored as galleries, workshops, bars and guest rooms.
Sport & pools · Neve Sharet
A public football pitch next to Gan Golan Hazan, on Shavei Tzion St (formerly Renanim).
Parks & playgrounds · Givat Eden
A short urban-nature loop through natural woodland, community gardens and green spaces: 2.2 km, 77 m climb, about 45 minutes, easy-moderate (walk anticlockwise).
Parks & playgrounds
Memorial garden overlooking the Nadiv valley, with Tabor oaks, lawns and short paths; walkers use it as a starting point for trails in the Alona forest area.
Sport & pools · Givat Eden
A hilltop garden with a lookout, tennis courts, a mini-pitch and a basketball court.
Parks & playgrounds · Moshava Center (Old Zichron)
The historic garden next to the council building on HaNadiv St, with a playground. It is the start of the council's "HaGefen" walking route through the vineyards and historic Moshava.
Parks & playgrounds · Halomot Zichron
Memorial garden in natural woodland on the east side of town, with play corners and strategy games built from stones and branches.
Attractions & sights
The hill where the first settlers arrived in December 1882, before the move to the present town. There is a square of mulberry trees at its entrance, opposite the Carmel winery.
Sport & pools · Halomot Zichron
The town skatepark, near the central Halomot Zichron playground (17 Hohit St) and fitness equipment (7 Hohit St).
Parks & playgrounds · Givat Eden
A karst cave about 40 m long on the eastern slope of Givat Eden, with a large old hackberry (maish) tree at its mouth and Mediterranean woodland along the path. Bring a torch to go inside.
For kids
Working farm with pick-your-own greenhouses, a petting farm and shaded seating among fruit trees, with farm activities for children and families.
For kids
Fishing in ponds and the Dalia stream, shaded picnic lawns with barbecue areas, and children's activities including a small-fish pond, inflatables, a zip line and water play.
Attractions & sights
Lookout and memorial to lone soldier Yaakov (Zeljko) Marwitz on Maale HaRishonim, the old road up from Zamarin, overlooking Givat Zamarin, Meir Shfeya and Fureidis. The road is one-way downhill, so approach it from HaNadiv St.
Parks & playgrounds · HaShmura
A lookout in HaShmura with outdoor fitness equipment.
Parks & playgrounds
"Walking to the horizon": 5.4 km, 225 m climb, about 1.5 hours, easy-moderate (walk clockwise).
Parks & playgrounds
From the neighbourhood out to open green spaces: 4.2 km, 84 m climb, about an hour, easy-moderate (walk anticlockwise).
Sport & pools
Six outdoor fitness stations along Derech Yitzhak Rabin. Other council fitness corners are in Givat Eden, HaMeyasdim, Eli Cohen 210 and Simtat HaBe'er 4.
Attractions & sights
12-screen Planet (formerly Yes Planet) cinema on the top floor of Mall Zichron; the council English page says many films are in English or have English subtitles and seniors pay NIS 10 on Tuesdays.
For kids
Family games centre in Mall Zichron with kids' rides, video games, basketball and table-football games.
Attractions & sights · Moshava Center (Old Zichron)
Boutique winery in a 130-year-old farmyard off the Midrachov, making aged red wines from vineyards the family has worked for five generations. Tastings by appointment.
Attractions & sights · Moshava Center (Old Zichron)
Family winery in the centre of the moshava; the family has worked its vineyards in the Nadiv valley since 1882. Guided tastings with the winemaker for visitors aged 18 and over.
Sport & pools · Halomot Zichron
A 22 km mountain-bike loop with 500 m of climbing, built by local riders with council help; the council maintains 13.5 km of it twice a year.
Attractions & sights
Monument to the first families from Romania who settled in 1882, listing their names, with a small room of rare photographs of the first decade.
Wineries & places to visit
The local council's tourism phone line for visitor information.
Day plans
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