According to the Gospel of Luke, after Jesus was resurrected, he met two disciples on the road from Jerusalem to the village of Emmaus Nicopolis, about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) to the west, in what is today Ayalon Canada Park.

The disciples apparently did not recognize Jesus at first. When they arrived at Emmaus, they invited Jesus to stay the night; only then, when they sat and ate together, did they understand with whom they had been walking.

A newly inaugurated hiking path, the Emmaus Trail, allows modern trekkers to follow in the footsteps of that story. The Emmaus Trail starts from the midpoint between Jerusalem and Emmaus, near the village of Abu Ghosh, cutting the total distance to a more manageable 18 kilometers (11 miles).

This is one of the prettiest, least traveled routes in the Judean Hills.

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