4 bedroom, 3 bathroom house with great salon and kitchen. Two things you should know: This is a really comfortable house. Zichron is the perfect place to explore Northern and Central Israel for day trips or to just relax. Great sea, garden and nature views. A large chef's kitchen to enjoy cooking or just make coffee. Salon and large balcony with sea view. 4 comfortable bedrooms with orthopaedic mattresses, each sleeps 2, with 100% cotton linen and towels. Incredible bird songs. The entire house 350 sq. m (4,000 sq. ft) is cantilevered on a gentle slope facing the sea for great views throughout all three split levels. Lots of free street parking in front of the house. Main Floor: Kitchen / Salon / Dining area: From the entry you are in a designed kitchen that is well equipped and easy to work in. Enormous counter space and 3 sinks. Ideal for making an elaborate delicious meal or just toast and coffee. The salon-dining room has a breathtaking view to the Mediterranean Sea and the Rothschild Gardens (Ramat Hanadiv). The salon-dining room has 4 sofas and 2 dining tables and a seating area looking out to enjoy sunsets. Glass of wine recommended. Both Salon / Dining area and Kitchen have ceiling fans and AC. Electric shades. Balcony: The house wide sliding doors lead to a balcony with table that can expand to seat 12, a comfortable hammock and a Weber Gas Grill. Ceiling fans in the balcony allow for a lovely outdoor meal. Master Bedroom, Bedroom #1, level, 10 steps up from main level: The Master bedroom has a generous King bed 180x200 (72”x 80”) with 100% cotton linen. A large set of drawers for clothing. There is also an Eames style mid-century reading chair and ottoman. A/C & ceiling fan. Sun block electric shade. There is a large private balcony with two chairs and small table. Enjoy the sea & garden view and the sounds of the wildlife from the Ramat Hanadiv park. Ideal for a morning coffee. The ensuite master bathroom has a reclining tub and a walk in rain shower, double sink, toilet and bidet. Lower level, bedrooms 2 & 3, 8 steps down from main level. Bedroom 2has a Queen bed 150x200 (60”x80”), a full size wall closet, a work table and chair. A/C. Bedroom 3 has a Double bed 140x200 (55”x80”), a full size wall closet , a worktable and chair. Side yard windows. A/C. Bedroom 2 & 3 Bathroom: The bathroom has two sinks, a reclining tub and shower head + washing machine. Main floor, TV room / Bedroom #4: Bedroom #2 has a Double bed 140x190 (55” x 75”) and a set of drawers for clothes storage. The TV is 65” with a SONOS ARC sound-system and streaming services including Netflix and Prime. Seating are two armchairs. Enjoy! Main floor, guest bathroom. The guest bathroom has a toilet, sink and walk in shower. This is also the ideal place to rinse off after a trip to the beach. This lower level also has an ironing board and a board game library. Laundry: The washing machine is located in the lower level bathroom with a portable laundry rack. Drying racks are set up permanently on both balconies. Sunshine offered free. Unscented eco-friendly washing liquid is provided. There are also two laundromats and dry cleaners in town. Weekly cleaning included for stays of longer than 2 weeks. Speakers and WIFI. The entire house has an excellent wireless WIFI mesh system. The master bedroom and kitchen have SONOS WIFI speakers. The TV room has a SONOS Arc surround sound bar. The salon-dining area has a full Yamaha stereo system with an AudioEngine WIFI interface. This means that during your stay you can listen to your favourite Apple Music, Spotify, Prime music etc. on your account using the house WIFI and great speakers. We take effort to use eco-friendly and unscented cleaners on all surfaces and laundry. All linen and towels are 100% cotton. The Garden and Yard: The house sits on 850 sq. m (almost a ¼ acre) with fruit trees and decorative plants. Depending on the season, feel free to pick the variety of citrus (lemons, limes, clementines, mandarins, grapefruit -white and red, kumquats, pomelos and pomelits) as well as papaya, loquats, mulberries, blackberries, grapes, passion-fruit and especially in August and September …mangos! The garden is ecologic and organic. The region. Ask an Israeli about Zichron and they usually say it is the nicest place in Israel. "A bubble". We have a very vibrant and varied Jewish community where secular, Orthodox, Masorti (conservative), Reform get along well. We are minutes from the beach, farms, vineyards, parks, Kosher (and not) local restaurants and excellent local Arab cuisine. This is an ideal place to set up base for an extended trip, or just to spend the week. This is a great place to see and visit and experience the places that Israelis love about living here. Our area has the most rainfall in Israel which gives us both great agriculture and great greenery during the winter and spring. We are home to the famous Carmel winery (tours available) as well as others; Tishbi, Somek, Binyimina. The Tishbi winery even allows you to bring your own bottles to fill with this years fresh wine. Most wineries have wine tastings available. Zichron Yaakov is the gateway to the north of Israel. It is on the southwest ridge of the Carmel mountains, a 10 minute drive to Hof Dor, Israel’s most family friendly beach. Tel Aviv 60 minutes Haifa 60 minutes Jerusalem 1 hour 10 minutes Binyimina 10 minutes , train station Tel Aviv 33 min, Ben Gurion Airport 55 min, Jerusalem 90 min Caesarea 20 minutes Acre 45 minutes Nazareth 40 minutes Tzippori 35 minutes Hula Valley 60 minutes Of course there are supermarkets etc., but there are also local farm markets at Ofer and fresh olive oil at Kerem Maharal. Great natural food stores locally and in Pardes Hannah. Fresh bakeries and super markets 5 and 15 minutes walking. More fresh bakeries and specialty food shopping nearby. Local friendly synagogues, many flavours, all walking distance, all welcoming of newcomers. About 1 in 7 adults in Zichron are from English speaking countries or have lived in English speaking countries. The neighbour village of Furedis has Israel’s best fish and seafood market, both farmed, and in season, fresh caught. Yes, better than Acre and Jaffa. Great fresh hummus, stuffed vine leaves and other delicacies. We are surrounded by lots of parks and nature hiking trails in a 1 hour radius. Day trips: (a short list…) Mei Kedem 17 minutes (walk through the Roman built source of the Aqueduct!..bring water shoes!) Caesarea 20 minutes (Roman amphitheatre, lots of antiquities, incredible ancient port) Haifa 30 minutes (don’t miss the Bahai Gardens!) Tziporri 35 minutes (Incredible mosaics and Roman and Mishnah era buildings) Acre 50 minutes (hint: a better and friendlier market than Jerusalem. Don’t miss the Templar Crusader tour) Nazareth 45 minutes (…seriously delicious food tours!) Hula Valley 60 minutes (great nature preserve, migration of millions of birds at different seasons) …and lots more… Oh..and there’s this city called Tel Aviv an hour south of us… Our area is famous for both road and off road cycling with an excellent bike shop 5 minutes from our house. The Ramat Hanadiv / Rothschild memorial gardens are a lovely cluster of groomed gardens in various styles. The gardens can be comfortably visited with a 30 minute level paved walk but do take and extra 15 minutes to watch the film about the history of the area. Surrounding the gardens are kilometres of hiking trails in all directions with walks from 30 minutes to 4 hours. Worth seeing are a 2nd Temple area farm and homestead Horvath Aqav with one of Israel’s best vistas, a natural spring with Ottoman structures, a vulture sanctuary and lots more. You can readily walk to the gardens from our house, or from the trail head just up the road. Evenings and early mornings we hear the jackals serenading us. There are herds of goats housed in Ramat Hanadiv to eat the foliage to prevent fires. The park is home to many wild animals from hedgehogs and porcupines, deer, jackals, wild boar birds and bats and lots more. Go early to catch of glimpse! Sip a cup of wine on our balcony and listen to the nightly serenade of jackals howling. Zichron is home to the 1st Aliyah Museum, The NILI - Aronson Museum (home of Israel’s WW1 spy network) and a lovely small promenade with buildings dating back to the founding of Eretz Yisrael in 1882. Lots of great restaurants. The history of the founding of the modern State of Israel starts in Zichron. This house was built for entertaining. The entire house, front and back yard is available for your usage except the following: The garage / storage area is locked. The upper walk in closet / office is locked. These are for our and cleaning staff use only. There is a studio under the house that is locked and for our personal use. The studio is not connected directly to the house, access. Access is through the back yard. We are a phone call away, but we have good folks to help as required. A five minute walk will take you to a small set of stores with a local French bakery, supermarket and the IZ Cafe restaurant. Zikhron Yaakov was the start of Jewish settlement in Israel founded in 1882 and home to the world famous Carmel winery (tours available) Zichron has a delightful pedestrian walkway, the "Midrachov" with shops and restaurants and famous ice cream parlour. 20 minute walk from the house or 3 minute drive. There are two local swimming pools, indoor and out (fee based). We are 10 minutes drive to Israels best beaches: Hof Dor and Nahsholim. Go for lovely stroll in the Ramat HaNadiv gardens. The gardens have paved 15 - 20 minute walk inside and many hour long walks in the surrounding wild areas with access to a vulture sanctuary, a 2,000 year old Jewish homestead and more. Admission is free. There is great mountain and road cycling nearby. Of course there are great restaurants in Zichron Yaakov and nearby, but we also have great produce in a local organic farm market and a local fishmonger for the catch of the day...and a fresh coffee roaster, multiple bakeries and local olive oil...so enjoy the use of our chefs kitchen. You know how locals have more fun than tourists because they know all the smaller or more interesting places to go? This is why we live in Zichron. We are 50 minutes north of Tel Aviv and 30 minutes south of Haifa.. (35 minutes away from The Aviv by train.) We are 15 minutes away from Caesaria, and within an hour of the antiquities of Ziporri, Tzfat, Acre, Nazareth and the Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) this is a great place to drive to points north; have an outing and come back to refresh. . The local train stop is Binyimina, 12 minutes away where you can park and take it easy travelling to Tel Aviv or Haifa (35 minutes) or anywhere along the Israel train routes. There's a 1 hour express train to the Airport that runs every hour except on Shabbat. The Furedis Junction has a direct bus to Jerusalem that is a direct drive of just over 90 minutes. Our town is on the southwest tip of the Carmel mountains...and home to the Carmel winery founded by the Baron De Rothschild in 1882. We are 50 minutes north of Tel Aviv and 30 minutes south of Haifa. This is an excellent base to explore the north and come home in comfort. We are walking distance to the Ramat HaNadiv Rothschild memorial gardens trails. The Gardens consist of a world famous gardens and kilometres of trails surrounding it including Horvat Aqav a 2nd Temple era Jewish Homestead. 10 minute drive away is Mei Kedem, the underground source for the famous Caesaria aqueduct (a must visit!). This is the best gateway to the north sitting on and only 45 minutes from North Tel Aviv and 3