Solomon’s Pillars
With its diverse
desert, beach,
forest terrain, Israel has a
plethora of natural wonders
for the adventurer. Shaped by
centuries of wind and water
erosion, and surrounded by
a network of trails that will
thrill expert and novice hikers
alike with sublime panoramas,
Solomon’s Pillars are just
one part of the otherworldly
landscape visitors find in Timna
Valley Park. Makhtesh Ramon
lies about an hour’s drive to the
north, where visitors can see the
nearly 25-mile long, half-mile
deep crater formed hundreds of
millions of years ago when the
oceans receded, leaving what is
today the Negev desert.
