From the waters of the Red Sea to the Israel-Lebanon frontier, the Israel Trail offers an incomparable way to discover the country’s people, history, culture on a less-traveled path.

This April marks the 30th anniversary of Israel’s most iconic hiking route, the Israel National Trail — known in Israel as the “Shvil” (Hebrew for “trail”) — a nationwide schlep which stands as a ...

The Israel National Trail, which was inaugurated in 1995, takes an average of 12 miles (20 km) a day. At that rate, it will take at least two months to complete the full trail.

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel National Trail was named one of the World’s Best Hikes by National Geographic magazine. The trail, which extends up to 620 miles from southern to northern Israel ...

It's dusk on the 600-mile Israel National Trail, a footpath that ambles from the country's southern border with Egypt all the way north to the edge of Lebanon.

Inaugurated in 1995, the Israel National Trail (INT) is a 1,009 km (620 mile) trail that crosses the entire country from North to South. In 2012, National Geographic named the INT one of the “holy ...

This is just one of the many surprises found along the 637-mile Israel National Trail. The INT crosses the entire country, from its northern border with Lebanon and Syria through Galilee, ...

Israel’s National Trail gains extra significance this Christmas. The walk has been named one of the world’s epic treks. It follows part of the Gospel Trail, for those who want to walk in the ...

I was enjoying a serene moment of yoga in the desert, my dusty hiking boots resting nearby, when a squadron of fighter jets roared overhead and reminded me — eight days after I last saw ...

MAKHTESH RAMON, Israel (AP) - I was enjoying a serene moment of yoga in the desert, my dusty hiking boots resting nearby, when a squadron of fighter jets roared overhead ...

To avoid modern-day frictions, the trail's planners made sure it would go through only land that is not in dispute, leaving out the West Bank and the Golan Heights, which Israel captured in 1967.

Although the distance between Israel's northernmost and southernmost tips is 292 miles (470 kilometers), the footpath includes approximately 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) of marked trails, snaking ...