The Beit Guvrin, Maresha National Park has 1,250 acres of trekking, picnicking, and basking in the sunlight possibilities, including four caves carved out thousands of years ago. The caves - the Columbarium caves, the bell caves, the maze caves, and the Sidonian burial caves - each have something different to offer in terms of terrain, geology, archaeology, and history, which makes them enticing for practically anyone.
One of the highest elevation points is Tel Maresha, which was fortified by King Rehoboam after Pharaoh Shishak's campaign against Judea's King circa 920 BCE (see Chronicles 11:5-8 - “And Rehoboam...built cities for defense in Judah...Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph”). The city reached its height during the Hellenistic period, in the 2nd-3rd centuries BCE. Whether you stroll, hike, or climb on the land and in the caves here, you'll feel the biblical and Greek history surrounding you.
