Burqin to Arraba

This home-stay is located at the entrance of the Martyrs Street in Burqin, on the main street. It overlooks a large beautiful plain that is full of vegetables. The house contains 2 rooms for the guests. It has 4 family members, and it receives both genders. Phone: +970599840323

St. George’s Church in Burqin has stood in its current location since the Byzantine era as a marker of the site where Jesus healed ten lepers. During recent renovations, three rooms which are about six meters deep, have been discovered, probably serving as a secret prayer space for the early Christians.

Mustafa and Ayat Mardawi keep their house’s door open to every Masar Ibrahim walker that wishes to make an overnight stop in their picturesque village of Araba in the Jenin region.

Ayat Mardawi, excellent cook and mother of five children, is extremely pleased that the trail now passes through her village of Araba; and her husband Mustafa is as glad as she is. He believes the village has incredible potential as a tourist destination, pointing out that Araba has many archaeological and architectural remains from the multiple civilizations that inhabited the area across the ages. “There are Roman ruins not too far away from the place where we live,” he says proudly. Phone: +970569329554 / +970599722591.

The Palestinian village of Arraba has traditionally been associated with the ancient fortified Canaanite city of Arubboth, which is said to exist in the area. During the Ottoman period, Arraba served as the seat of the Abd al-Hadi clan, a prominent family in the region that engaged actively in local and international politics. Today, visitors to Arraba can explore the Abd al-Hadi palace complex which serves as Arraba’s municipality headquarters and a as a center for community activities.