Tiberias is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, (more accurate: Lower Galilee). It was named in honor of the emperor Tiberius.

Tiberias was built at about AD 20 by Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great on the site of the destroyed village of Rakkat, and it became the capital of his realm in Galilee.

Tiberias's name in the Roman Empire (and consequently the form most used in English) was its Greek form, an adaptation of the taw-suffixed Semitic form that preserved its feminine grammatical gender.

During Herod's time, the Jews refused to settle there; the presence of a cemetery rendered the site ritually unclean. However, Antipas forcibly settled people there from rural Galilee in order to populate his new capital. In time, Tiberias became one of the country's four Holy Cities, a centre of Jewish learning and the arts. Also the Sanhedrin, the Jewish court, chose it as one of its meeting places. It was in fact its final meeting place before its disbandment. Following the expulsion of all Jews from Jerusalem after 135, Tiberias and its neighbor Sapphires became the major centers of Jewish culture. The Mishnah, which grew into the Jerusalem Talmud, may have begun to have been written here.

Under Byzantine and Arab rule, the city declined and was devastated by wars and earthquakes in the Middle Ages. During the crusades it was the central city of the Principality of Galilee in the Kingdom of Jerusalem; the region was sometimes called the Principality of Tiberias, or the Tiberiad. Saladin besieged it during his invasion of the kingdom in 1187, and in October of that year defeated the crusaders at the Battle of Hattin outside the city. Around this time the original site of the city was abandoned, and settlement shifted north to the present location.

In the 16th century, Suleiman the Magnificent gave it back to the Jews, and Tiberias flourished again for a hundred years. It was devastated again, and again resettled by Hassidic Jews.

Today, Tiberias account 45,000 residents. The city is Israel's most popular holiday resort in the northern half of the country. It's very common to see Families that comes to the kineret for a camping and stay on the beach with a tents.

Also, a lot of religious Christian are coming to reconstruction the act of jesses wolking on water.

Site to visit

Graves of a two holly Jewish people who berried in the old part of the city. The first one is: Rabbi Meir Baal Haness, who noun as a person who done miracles (the mining of "haness" in Hebrew is miracle). People, are coming to pray on his grave and wishing for a release. 
Harambam grave, who noun as a greatest jewise theologist that generate in the 12th century. He lived in Egypt but asked to berry in Israel. From is grave you can see the kinneret.

House museum in the name of Donna Grachya

Donna Grachya, or in her Hebrow name: Hanna nashie was very wealthy woman who dedicate her money and her political contacts to save Jewish all over the world. She live in Tiberias in the 16th century and she done a lot to renaissance the Jewish community in the city. The colorful museum tells her interesting story. They also have a guiding tour. Number: (972) 04- 6700930.

Archeological garden

Between "Sheraton Moria" hotel and "Jordan River" hotel you can see an old garden. The archeological site included a fortress's remains with a lovely mosaic and a high pillars.

Barniki Mountain

The mountain is observing the city from the west side. You can climb up to the top to watch the fortress's excavation.

The Scot hotel

This expensive hotel use to be Scot hospitals who built by Dr. David Torrance, the first doctor in the city. He came with a missionary delegation and in a short time he became popular in the city. The hospital established by him in 1894 and served the all area. The doctor passes away in 1923 and berried in Tiberias, the city that he loved most.

During the years the hospital turns to a small hotel, and in the last few years it renovated to a fancy hotel, but still keeping the original building in the site.

Synagogue "etz hahaim". tree of life in english
This is the oldest synagogue in Tiberias who still exist. He built in 1740 by the Kabbalist rabbi haim Abolafia who came from Turkey.
Inside the place there is a ritual bath that a water sea is flow in him.
In this area there are a lot of natural springs: "old hamat Tiberias"
This historical site included 17 healthy springs and old synagogue with a mosaic floor that a zodiac was drew on it. There is also, an old bath (who called by the Arabic language: "hamam")

"Hamey Tiberias"  

This is a lovely space with hot springs who containing sulfur, minerals and a calcium. The place is offering you all kind off body treatment. Number: (972) 04- 6728500.

Ganim beach

Near "Holiday inn" hotel, there is a park with attraction for children as bungee and trampoline. For adult they have a special attraction: ski on water.

Lido site

The site in on the Lido beach.You can find there a Chinese restaurant "Pagoda" who built as an authentic Chinese building. Next to him there is a sushi bar. Also, you can take from there a tourist boat that sailing around the kinnert. 

The city promenade

Is locating in the center of the city. You can find there a lot of coffee shops, falafel storms, fish's restaurant and Arabic restaurant to. There you can feel the neighborhood fragrance.