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Masada
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Contact & Location Details [edit]
- 972-8-6584207/8
- Hours: Open seven days a week. 8:00 first cable car. Closing times: October to March - 16:00. April to September - 17:00.
- Directions: Located only 18 km north of the Ein Bokek hotel area. On site restaurants, cafeteria and gift shop.
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Masada Travel Reviews
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Sep 01, 2002
Israel's second most popular tourist site after the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.
A mountain top fortress which King Herod transformed in 35 BC into a three tiered winter home, boasts two luxurious palaces, bathhouses, storage rooms and impressive water cisterns. An eternal symbol of Jewish history and heritage, it is the site of heroic defiance by a few Jewish zealots who took their own lives rather than surrender to the might of the Roman empire. Masada offers fabulous views of the Dead Sea and Judean Desert. Easily accessible via a quick cable car ride or by hiking up the serpentine path.  Part of the Just a nice picture.... travel blog
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