Yad Hashmona Country Hotel

The Yad Hashmona Country Hotel is is located in the serene evergreen Jerusalem Hills, only fifteen kilometers from Jerusalem and less than a half hour drive from the Ben Gurion Airport. Our guests are surrounded by views of the hills and of the coastal plain, and even, in the the clear winter air, the Mediterranean Sea.

The restaurant is famous for its Friday Brunch and the twice monthly concerts attract visitors from all parts of Israel.

The simply furnished log cabins and stone cottages offer a cozy and calm respite from a busy day of touring. The wooden guestrooms were built by the original Finnish settlers of Yad Hasmona from wood imported from Finland and provide a special experience not to be found anywhere else in Israel. Many rooms have balconies facing the hills and each has parquet floors, cable TV, air-conditioning, hairdrier,air-condition and a coffee/tea corner with a small refrigerator.

A fascinating Biblical Garden was constructed on the site, and includes an ancient synagogue, watchtower, nomad tent, threshing floor, burial cave, spring, wine and oil press, as well as plants and trees mentioned in the Bible. Guided tours of the Biblical Garden are available by reservation in advance and guests may wander at their leisure.

The original Yad Hashmona cooperative settlement was founded by a group of Christian volunteers who arrived from Finland to pursue their Biblical beliefs, and help the Jewish people to establish themselves in their old-new homeland. The settlement was named after eight Finnish Jews who were handed over to the Nazis during World War III ( Yad – Memorial; Hashmona – the eight)In the course of time the original settlers were joined by local Israelis who shared the same belief in the New, as well as the Old Testament.

Yad Hashmona Country Hotel

Log Cabins

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Biblical garden