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The Latrun Junction, where you’ll find tanks, great wine and a venerated shrine

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

The Latrun junction at Route 1, just 30 minutes from Tel-Aviv or Jerusalem, offers the visitor a number of interesting sights to explore. So today, we’ll visit a military museum and war memorial, a monastery and an important archaeological site.

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