Attractions & sights

Tel Socho (Lupin Hill)

Hill on the south side of the Elah Valley overlooking the David and Goliath battlefield, known for blue lupins and anemones in March and April.

Spring lupins and anemones at Tel Socho, with a road leading up to Ramat Beit Shemesh Daled on the hill — Photo: דג קטן (Commons user), via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · resized and converted to WebP

Languages spoken: Hebrew

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Tel Socho (Lupin Hill)

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