Mount Carmel National Park

Mount Carmel National Park is Israel's biggest national park, extending over maximum of the Carmel mountain range, and containing over 10,000 hectares of pine, eucalyptus, and cypress wooded area. The park has severa bicycle and strolling paths, dedicated nature reserves, and over 250 archaeological sites inhabited via prehistoric humans. The park is one among the biggest open spaces of northern Israel. It is an ordinary instance of a Mediterranean atmosphere, and includes a wealthy inventory of geological phenomena, prehistoric artifacts, biodiversity and landscapes. In 1996 it became diagnosed by way of UNESCO as a biosphere reserve.

Mount Carmel has been domestic to human habitation for the reason that prehistoric era, and the stays of ancient agreement had been uncovered in caves in the hillsides. For most of its long records, but, it remained moderately populated and contained few towns. At the end of the 15th century and within the first half of the sixteenth century Druze began to to migrate from Lebanon, settling in the Carmel and leaving their mark at the landscape. They appropriated land for agricultural purposes and reduce down trees for firewood. This logging grew appreciably in the course of the Ottoman period of rule in Israel.