Guide to the Golan Heights is the world's only English language guide to travel in the Golan Heights region of Israel. Written in a style that is crystal-clear, lucid, and homey, Guide to the Golan Heights will lead its readers on a tour of every significant site on the Golan Heights, from breathtaking waterfalls, lush nature preserves, ancient castles, biblical sites, and museums, to Israel's only alligator farm. Each page of this unique reference contains fascinating and useful information on the Golan's history, geology, geography, flora and fauna. In addition to the two dozen brilliant colored photographs, Guide to the Golan Heights contains an English-Hebrew dictionary of flora and fauna, with transliteration, as well as an easy-to-read glossary explaining terms commonly used to describe Israeli history and geology, unavailable in any other publication.
Based on articles written by Aviva Bar-Am (a native of Minneapolis) as travel correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, Israel's only English language daily newspaper, and on the expertise of long time tour guide and historian, Chicago-born Yisrael Shalem, Guide to the Golan Heights will appeal to people of all faiths. Guide to the Golan Heights is a "hip-pocket" must for anyone planning a trip to Israel, as well as a wonderful gift for anyone with a love of Israel.
