Dead Sea - Sights

Places of interest on the west side of the Dead Sea are Masada, En Gedi and Qumran. There are also a number of ruined castles in the hills near its western shore. The most southerly of these, Mezad Zohar, which dates from Byzantine times, stands on a small rocky cone on the old valley road, in wild mountain country. The road which runs up from Newe Zohar, near the south end of the Dead Sea, in the direction of Arad comes - before reaching the sign marking sea level - to two fine viewpoints. From the lower one there is a breathtaking view, particularly at sunset, of the Dead Sea and the hills of Jordan; from the upper one there is a prospect of Mezad Zohar far below.