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May Highlights

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Mattel is launching two Barbie theme parks | Mattel Inc., owner of the Barbie brand, has recently announced the opening of a Barbie theme park in Kansas City in 2026. It’ll be the second such park in America, with the first Mattel adventure park currently being built in Glendale, Arizona, and expected to open later this year. Fans of the Barbie movie, the most watched movie on the EL AL inflight entertainment system this year, eagerly await the launch of the theme parks, that will both feature attractions such as a “larger-than-life Barbie beach house” with a “flying theater”, interactive Barbie Dream Closet Experience, a rooftop restaurant and bar, roller coasters, a mini-golf inspired by Mattel games, experiential attractions themed around Thomas & Friends, and more. Nahal HaShofet, in Ramat Menashe Park, is one of the most sought-after and popular sites in the center of the country. Closed for extensive renovations following flooding in 2020, it was reopened to the public last month. As part of the renovations, which totaled at approximately NIS 25 million, the KKL- JNF has constructed circular access paths, built bridges crossing the stream, and made the entire site accessible to people with disabilities. Nahal HaShofet Park serves as a recreational area for countless visitors and offers a variety of activities including picnic areas, walking trails, natural flower areas, water features, archaeological sites, and more. The KKL-JNF has opened Nahal HaShofet to the public

Launch of the new “David’s Harp” hotel on the shores of the Kinneret The David’s Harp Galilee Resort Hotel overlooking the Kinneret at Capernaum in Upper Western Galilee, is set to be launched this month with the support of the Ministry of Tourism. The NIS 300 million hotel is architecturally designed to appear as if it is growing out of the ground, built in the form of “David’s harp”. Featuring 276 rooms, including 18 luxurious suites, the hotel has a lobby restaurant, a spacious business lounge, halls of different sizes for events and conferences, meeting rooms for business trips, an amphitheater that will host performances, an infinity pool overlooking the Kinneret – heated in the fall and spring – and a luxurious spa that includes a gym, with running and cycling tracks. Rooms start at NIS 1,000 a night.

Inauguration of the highest bridge in Europe | A new suspension bridge was recently inaugurated in Umbria, Italy. At 175 meters above the Vigi River valley, it is in fact the highest in Europe, a magnificent engineering feat that can be walked on safely by everyone: experienced hikers, intrepid young people, as well as families and groups of friends. High up over the incredible scenery of Valnerina, a 30-45 minutes’ walk along the bridge connects you from the departure point in Sellano, one of Italy’s most beautiful medieval towns (an hour away from Perugia), to the hamlet of Montesanto.

Photo: Alex Kolomoisky, KKL-JNF

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