With the Dan Caesarea Hotel as your starting point, explore the past to the fortress enclosed by a real moat and featuring a restored Crusader city and remnants of a glorious history. Go down to sea and be enchanted by Caesarea’s massive harbor that recalls the glory of Rome. Not far from the Dan Caesarea Hotel, is the famous Roman aqueduct built by Herod in the first century BC. Walk along the shore and you’ll come to a spectacular Roman amphitheater that is a popular site for cultural events. A short stroll from the Dan Caesarea Hotel, is the still identifiable Hippodrome which once held chariot races for 20,000 spectators. A favorite with visitors is Caesarea’s museum dedicated to Latin-American contemporary art – entrance is free. A 15-minute drive will take you to the hilltop town of Zichron Ya’akov founded by Baron Edmund de Rothschild in 1882, and the superb Ramat Hanadiv Botanical Gardens. Take a drive along the wine route and visit the area’s fine boutique and large wineries that welcome visitors eager to sample their wares.
