[2025 Caesarea Attraction] Travel Guide for Caesarea (Updated Jun)

This is an ancient city that King Herod spent 12 years building from 22 BC. The city was named Caesarea, which means "City of the Roman Emperor", to show affection to Rome. King Herod built a deep-water artificial port here, and was equipped with municipal facilities such as temples, markets, and large lighthouses, trying to build the city into a major trading center in the Mediterranean. After being conquered by the Arabs in AD 640, the city gradually lost its importance and the port gradually declined. Under the Byzantine Empire, the city is still known for its prosperity. After the incident, the tour of Caesarea mainly focused on the more prosperous ruins of the Roman era. There are an amphitheater with a capacity of 30,000 people, a waterway bridge leading to the Carmelite mountain spring, etc., which can be seen at the time the size of the city. The racecourse here has excavated two stone statues that are believed to be the Roman emperors. There are movies here for tourists to learn about the long history of Caesarea, restore the splendid buildings at that time, and let people truly feel the luxury of King Herod in those days, but now it has passed away with the wind, leaving only relics for people to care for today. recall the past.