Nazareth Village
כפר נצרת
Museum · First-century village life · An ancient wine press and terraces · Reconstructed houses and synagogue · Archaeology · 25-55 ₪
5079 Street, Nazareth, Nazareth
Is this your business?Claim it freeAn open-air museum on the edge of old Nazareth that recreates a Galilee village of the first century, on farmland with a 2,000-year-old wine press
Nazareth Village opened in 2000 on a 6-hectare hillside that stayed untouched on the grounds of the Nazareth Hospital, set up in 1906 by what is now the Nazareth Trust, which runs the village as a not-for-profit. Excavations there found a 2,000-year-old wine press cut into the bedrock, with the remains of a vineyard, watchtowers, terraces, a spring-fed irrigation system and stone quarries. The terraces were restored, and replicas of first-century houses, a synagogue, a watchtower, a mikveh and olive presses were built with the original methods and materials. Guides lead visitors through the farm and houses while villagers in period dress work at their trades, among them a carpenter and a weaver; the standard tour takes about 1 hour 15 minutes in English, and its site offers biblical meals as well.
What happens here
- Monday to Friday, 10:45 and 13:45
- Tours for individual travellers
Its opening-times page says there are usually two daily tours for individual travellers at these times, and recommends booking ahead.
As published on the museum's website, read 2026-10-15.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed. Friday until 17:00
- On offer
- First-century village life, an ancient wine press and terraces, reconstructed houses and synagogue, archaeology
- Prices
- 25-55 ₪
- Wheelchair
- Not accessible
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Active on Instagram
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the area around Nazareth Village, not the business itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 09:00-17:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:37 PMShabbat ends 6:33 PM
As published on nazarethvillage.com, read 2026-10-15. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Entry is by guided tour only, booked ahead. The last tour starts at 15:30, and there are usually two daily tours for individual travellers, at 10:45 and 13:45. Tours are less frequent in July and August. Closed on Saturday and Sunday, on 25 December 2026 and on 1 January 2027.
Location
5079 Street, Nazareth, Nazareth
- Train: Afula8.7 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 133 mlines 6, 13, 13א, 15, 17, 344
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-15.
Questions
About Nazareth Village
- Closed on ShabbatOpen 5 days a week; on Friday it closes at 17:00.
- 8.7 km from Afula stationBus stops within 174 m: אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/בתי חולים, מרכז תרבות ע״ש מחמוד דרוויש, אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/דיאנה.
- Its own website and social pagesThe prices and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
InstagramFacebooknazarethvillage.com
Nazareth Village is a museum at 5079 Street, Nazareth in Nazareth, in the Northern District.
The price list it publishes on nazarethvillage.com runs from Child aged 5 to 12, local visitors at 25 ₪ to Adult, visitors from abroad at 55 ₪, read on 15 October 2026.
Free of charge on its list: Child under 5.
Hours, as listed on nazarethvillage.com on 15 October 2026: Sunday closed, Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00, Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Afula, 8.7 km away. The nearest bus stops are אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/בתי חולים (133 m), מרכז תרבות ע״ש מחמוד דרוויש (153 m), אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/דיאנה (174 m).
It is listed as not wheelchair accessible on nazarethvillage.com.
Nazareth does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Accessibility statement
- Its tours page says the village, an outdoor first-century setting, is not accessible to wheelchairs or mobility scooters, and that pets, service animals included, are not allowed on the tour. nazarethvillage.com2026-10-15
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages say it is part of the Nazareth Trust, the name under which EMMS Nazareth, a charity registered in Scotland (No. SC032510), works; they give no Israeli registration number. nazarethvillage.com2026-10-15
- Municipal business licence
- The Nazareth municipality's site sets out its health and business licensing department, which handles licence applications and inspects food shops and restaurants, and gives its phone and reception hours, but it publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. nazareth.muni.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | כפר נצרת / Nazareth Village | nazarethvillage.com | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 5079 Street, Nazareth | nazarethvillage.com | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.700073, 35.291722 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 04-645-6042 | nazarethvillage.com | Fact, shown | |
| Website | nazarethvillage.com | nazarethvillage.com | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | nazarethvillage.com | nazarethvillage.com | Linked, not copied | |
| Opening hours | Sunday closed, Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00, Saturday closed | nazarethvillage.com | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Tours for individual travellers | nazarethvillage.com | Fact, shown | |
| Prices | 9 items with prices | nazarethvillage.com | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Not wheelchair accessible | nazarethvillage.com | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Afula 8.7 km; אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/בתי חולים 133 m; מרכז תרבות ע״ש מחמוד דרוויש 153 m; מרכז תרבות ע״ש מחמוד דרוויש 166 m; אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/בתי חולים 170 m; אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/דיאנה 174 m; אל-ואדי אל-ג׳ואני/דיאנה 192 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages say it is part of the Nazareth Trust, the name under which EMMS Nazareth, a charity registered in Scotland (No. SC032510), works; they give no Israeli registration number. | nazarethvillage.com | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | The Nazareth municipality's site sets out its health and business licensing department, which handles licence applications and inspects food shops and restaurants, and gives its phone and reception hours, but it publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. | nazareth.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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