Tiberias Hot Springs Kinneret

Tiberias Hot Springs on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee — the Kinneret — are among the oldest documented therapeutic springs in the ancient world, with sulfate-rich waters at 60°C mentioned by Josephus Flavius and prized by Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic rulers of successive Galilee civilizations for 2,000 years of continuous use. The springs emerge on the volcanic Tiberias Fault beside a lake below sea level (-213 meters) that is sacred to three Abrahamic faiths as the site of Jesus's miracles, the landing place of Moses, and a water source mentioned in the Quran. Today the thermal spa complex combines medically supervised balneotherapy for rheumatic and skin conditions with the extraordinary spiritual geography of the Sea of Galilee, where fishermen's boats still cross waters that have inspired prophets and pilgrims for millennia.