On Kibbutz Ein Shemer, located an hour north of Tel Aviv and just a short drive from Caesarea, you’re in for an exciting, all-around kibbutz experience. There’s so much to do and even a whole day may not be enough.
There’s a dairy farm you can visit, a dining hall where you can eat with the locals, the Old Courtyard outdoor museum that takes you back in time to the early days of the kibbutz. You’ll visit the Ein Shemer ecological greenhouse where education and innovation combine to find solutions for global environmental challenges. There’s also an old Ottoman railway station, an impressive display of antique tractors and Hofi’s Forge blacksmith exhibition hall. In short, Ein Shemer has got it all!
Kibbutz Ein Shemer – Highlights
- Stroll down the serene paths of Kibbutz Ein Shemer
- Visit a working dairy farm
- Eat lunch at the Kibbutz dining hall
- Visit the Ein Shemer Ecological Greenhouse – an educational center dealing with ecology and social commitment where Jewish and Arab youths participate in seminars and workshops devoted to peaceful co-existence, ecology, environment and scientific research.
- Visit The Old Courtyard Museum – a museum depicting early kibbutz settlement in Israel, featuring indoor and outdoor exhibits of the early years of kibbutz life, as well as pioneering activities such as bread baking for children and youths. There’s an operable oil press, the oak train (a reconstruction of the Ottoman Turkish train that ran through the region at the beginning of the last century), an exhibit of tractors and agricultural machinery from the early 20th century and more.
- Visit Hofi’s Forge that consists of a smithy, an exhibition hall and a school for blacksmiths founded over 20 years ago by Uri Hofi, a world acclaimed blacksmith-artisan.
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