Nimrod Fortress
When the sun sets in the Golan Heights, its last rays illuminate the rock on which the ruins of Nimrod Fortress are located. In Crusader times, the fortress, located on the ancient trade route to Damascus, was of great strategic and defensive importance; it was built by Saladin’s nephew Osman al-Aziz during the Sixth Crusade in an attempt to block the Crusaders’ route to Damascus from their capital of Acre. The castle was later expanded and fortified by Sultan Beibars, but after the fall of the Crusader capital, Acre lost its strategic importance and fell into disrepair. Today, the fortress offers spectacular views of the northern Galilee and the Golan Heights, and is well worth spending a couple of hours at.
