Nahariya is Israel’s northernmost coastal city, a last testament to the seaside settlements that reach up along the sunny Mediterranean shoreline. Being the end of the train line and just a few minutes from Rosh HaNikra, with its famous white sandstone grottos, tourists often find themselves in Nahariya, a vibrant, little city.

With a lively nucleus, comprised of a wide boulevard, divided by a river and lined with shops, restaurants, bars, and hotels, and the seafront bars and restaurants, Nahariya provides sun-lovers with an idyllic vacation spot.

Nahariya also hosts a museum, the Lieberman House. This home-turned-museum takes one back to the early years of Nahariya when the area was settled by German Jews emigrating from what would soon be the core of destruction to the Jews in that time. Disembarking ships in usually clandestine circumstances, the immigrants chose the seafront patch of land between Akko and Rosh HaNikra despite the risks at settling a new area in the face of the local Arab villages. After purchasing the land from a Lebanese family, the immigrants set forth to work the land, building farms, plantations, and roads. Clever agriculture and smart business minds helped fuel great success and the farmers became local powers, founding companies, and corporations that still exist today. But not everything was on a large scale, Nahariya remained a small city and to this day, still maintains a charm not found in the larger coastal cities.