You'll never guess where: the mixing of world culture and nature in a small country in the middle East

Photographer Noam Chen for ten years travels around his native country, making fascinating pictures of local nature and cities. The scenery in the frame — magical forests, inland beaches, deserts and wild waterfalls — make it home an exceptional place not like any other country in the world, and at the same time, the storehouse of world culture and mix of nature, reminiscent of a dozen different points on the planet at the same time.

Homeland Noam is one of the smallest countries on the planet. On its territory there is the lowest point on earth and the old town, which was born all the world's religions. Although history three thousand years, the state is only 70.

As you probably already guessed, we are talking about Israel is a unique oasis of world history and culture in the middle East.

In addition to being one of the most historically important places on earth, Israel is a miracle of nature, whose landscapes can easily compete with the most scenic places on the planet.

Here, I took those photos, looking at which you would have never guessed where it's at".

Noam Chen

The Salt Flats Of Bolivia? No, this incredible Dead sea — the lowest point on earth.

Looks like a postcard from Holland is a magnificent flower fields in southern Israel.

Easily confused with classical European town, but it's main street in Jerusalem, the capital of the country.

Looks like a Greek Church on the shore of the Mediterranean sea. In Israel, there is for him a way out, but in this picture — the Church of the 12 apostles on the sea of Galilee.

Town of Northern Europe covered in snow? So really winter looks Jerusalem (Yes, there is also the snow falls).

Cyclamen in a forest in the center of the country.

The ancient town on the Adriatic coast? Here and there, this is an old Jaffa, within walking distance of tel Aviv.

Upper Galilee in the North hills reminiscent of Tuscany.

These sunsets are very common on the shores of the Mediterranean.

The Orthodox Church in the area of Ein Kerem in Jerusalem.

Turquoise water in the grottos of Rosh Hanikra — Maltese looks like the cave.

The Ruins Of Ancient Rome? National Park Beit she'an.

The Bahai gardens in Haifa are easily confused with the backyards of the Royal palaces in Luxembourg.

The monastery of St. George in the rock in the Judean desert.

No, this is not another photo of an abandoned castle in Scotland. It is the ruins of the Crusader castle in the district of Galilee.

Reminiscent of the American metropolis in the center of tel Aviv.

Closer to the colorful mountains of Peru and China, unique colored sand in the Negev desert.

While in Galilee, you'd think you were in the village in Switzerland.

Located near Galilee the Golan heights — and there are even waterfalls.

The ancient Colosseum in the national Park of Caesarea.

The out of Africa? These cranes and go after a stop near Park lake Hula.

Desert in the middle East? This is the Northern part of the Negev desert in the spring.