Summer marks the city's high season, meaning room rates rise and availability drops, while cold winter weather can deter even the most avid sightseers. Early fall, however, is a sweet spot for tourism: Summer weather lingers as the crowds disperse, leaving plenty of hotel rooms (and lower rates) up for grabs.
The Sea of Galilee is situated in northeast Israel, between the Golan Heights and the Galilee region, in the Jordan Rift Valley, the valley caused by the separation of the African and Arabian Plates. Consequently, the area is subject to earthquakes, and in the past, volcanic activity.
Top 10 Christian sites at the Sea of Galilee. The most significant places in the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth arenât in Jerusalem, but in the picturesque Upper Galilee. Church of the Transfiguration, Mount Tabor. More than 60 percent of the 3.4 million tourists who visited Israel last year were Christian.