Caesarea . Herod's Show Home (s) !! and Harbour

This is an amazing place & well worth a visit when you come to Israel. But be prepared to spend some hours as this archeological site covers a vast area & is still being uncovered

Herod put the place on the map 2000 odd years ago by building in 12 years an elaborate luxury city and port, along with a reef palace, amphiteatre, large hippodrome, theatre luxury houses, bath houses, temples etc. Archeology has uncovered elaborate mosaic 'carpets.'

The city has changed rule by each conquering nation from Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Turkish and Crusaders.

Whereafter it fell into ruin and was then used by Bosnian refugees in the late 1800's.

It is impossible to really do this area justice with a few pics and it was another blistering hot day....