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Shepherds Valley Village
In the quiet village of Beit Sahour, in the middle of the blissful biblical countryside of southern Palestine, you can find the recently opened tourist village named after the nearby historical Shepherds Fields. The Shepherds Valley Village is built in Bedouin style, with Bedouin tents for "original" accomodation" facilities, hospitality programs, a restaurant, as well as an open-air theatre for outdoor performances of traditional dance and music. This unique tourist attraction aims to create a live experience of "the life of the people of the Bible." In addition to the authentic hospitality, and the smell of firewood under the stars, the tourist is offered a briefing about the area, its history (both ancient and modern), as well a first hand experience of Palestinian life as represented in food, costumes, and traditions. Amulti-faceted experience, the Shepherds Valley Village is a new Palestinian attraction for local and international tourists, containing an "open-air" museum that can be enjoyed as much by day as by night as visitors and locals gather around the fire to listen to stories and drink traditional Arabic coffee.