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Mount Carmel: Carmel



Mount Carmel: Carmel


‎The Carmel appears in the Bible as a symbol of nature’s abundance and beauty. Israelis, hungry for its green shade, refer to it as “Little Switzerland”. The peaks of the Carmel are crowned with pine forests and its slopes are clothed in natural woodland of oaks and terebinths. In the spring it is resplendent with wild flowers such as anemones, crocuses, buttercups and tulips.
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