Warning:
There are no restaurants or shops at Mukawir / Macchaerus. Take a 1.5L bottle of water with you along with some juices and/or snacks.
Written Jun 29, 2006
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Warning: There are no restaurants or shops at Mukawir / Macchaerus. Take a 1.5L bottle of water with you along with some juices and/or snacks.
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Mukawir / King Herod's hilltop palace of Machearus

Mukawir The remains of King Herod's hilltop palace of Machearus still stands. This is the place where Herod Antipas beheaded John the Baptist at the request of Salome.
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Al-Mukawir contains the ruines of a palace of King Herodes, where apparently John the Baptist was held in jail and eventually beheaded. It is not much left from ther palace, but the magnificent views...
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King Herods Palace and St Stephens church

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