Caesarea National Park

National park · Hadera

Caesarea National Park

National park · Hadera

Caesarea, Israel

Highlights

Explore stunning ancient Roman ruins alongside the Mediterranean, where history and modern amenities blend perfectly in a vibrant coastal setting.

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"Caesarea, the city and harbor that Herod built, is now preserved as a national park. A walk along its pathways allows visitors to experience the city’s role as part of ancient Rome and its days during the Crusades in the Byzantine era. Check out a concert at the partially restored amphitheater, or dive in Caesarea's sunken harbor and underwater archaelogical park. Ancient ruins, including the remains of Herod’s palace, sit along the coastline. A state-of-the-art visitor center offers a historicalperspective, complete with famousfigurespresented as hologram tour guides: King Herod, Rabbi Akiva, the Apostle Paul, and Hannah Senesh. Right outside the park’s boundaries, find a modern city with restaurants, cafés, and some eclectic galleries selling wine, cheese, olive oil, and jewelry—plus a lovely stretch of Mediterranean beach."

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Jason Bennett

Google

Loved it. I love the Israeli park system but this one in particular was a little annoying. It seems they’ve allowed to much of the world to deep into the antiquity; the amphitheater was dressed up for a concert and every where you turned there were concessions blasting junky western music.

Alex Drukpa.

Google

Beautiful and rich in preserved history. If you like history, archeology and having a glimpse into how people in the past lived, these Roman ruins will give you a great view. It is worth the stop to see. This is an impressive Roman era ruin. It is vast and beautiful because it was a right next to the Mediterranean Sea. I enjoyed seeing all the first century arches, the ruins of Herod’s palace and bathhouse, the hippodrome, and the amphitheater. Going here is like walking into history. Paul and Peter from the Bible spent significant time in this place. Even if you are not a history buff, it is easy to imagine people living here and their way of live. It's also a home of amazing restaurants and craft galleries. A must visit.

Dhanashree Mundhe

Google

Went for a day trip here. Takes about 2 hours to explore it all. Can spend more time to relax by the port in restaurants within the park. Ruins from the Roman times..the view is enhanced by the sea besides. Two beaches nearby to add to the trip. Worth visiting for sure when in Israel or when a short one day vacation is what you are looking for.

Sherri Deitz

Google

The history is amazing. How civilizations built this port city long ago shows the ingenuity of the time. A sobering fact is of how this was only accomplished by the sacrifice of slaves. The Mediterranean is a beautiful sea and you can at least do your toes here. The hippodrome was the most fascinating to me as I love horses. All I could think about was galloping around that track. On a horse of course. What an experience.

Marcus Hurley

Google

This, as we were to learn during our road trip, is the usual standard of Israeli National Parks - well laid out, clean, reasonably priced and with plenty of visitor information. We spent about 3 hours on the site, walking from the theatre in the south to the Crusader walls in the north. The museum was very good, the model on the Temple of Augustus viewpoint was excellent too and allowed you to put everything you could see as you looked towards the harbour in context. The Herodian Hippodrome was also impressive and this was the smaller of the two in the city. For me the highlight were the city walls though, rebuilt by Louis IX - very impressive indeed. There is a cafe on the site (by the harbour) and a couple of gift shop/galleries too.

Ofir Nir

Google

One of the must seen historical landmarks in Israel, with variety of restaurants and bar in place, together with galleries and arts. It could be really hot there so it's prefered to arrive on early morning or late afternoon.

Nahshon

Google

A must visit! This is a good half day tour from Tel Aviv or if you travelling to Haifa. Relatively big ancient ruins site, including the hippodrome, amphitheatre, and a stunning view of the crystal clear blue sea. You can also watch a short clip about the history of Caesarea and how/why the Romans built the city. If you are going on a sunny day, be sure to put plenty of sunscreen, bring a hat and water! There’s really not many shades available to hide under. Also don’t forget to visit the Aqueduct which is 5 minutes drive away (and is free to visit!)

Laurentiu Ovidiu Calin

Google

One of the most important national parks in Israel, very interesting and well organized. I was there on a Monday and I parked for free right at the main entrance to the park. If you intend to visit several national parks, I recommend you to buy the Israel Pass for 3 sites (78NIS) or 6 sites (110NIS). You must reserve at least 2-3 hours so that you can admire all these special places in no rush.