The Grand Vista in Yuval Village is a boutique hotel with a warm and welcoming atmosphere, beyond standard hosting professionalism, in the Upper Galilee, and reopened after being closed for about a year during the war from late 2023 to late 2024.
Boasting stunning views of the Galilee mountain range, including towns like Metulla, Menara, and Kfar Giladi, as well as the Hula Valley and the Golan Heights, all fading in and out of the seemingly artfully placed clouds, the hotel and the Yuval Village started to make a comeback at the start of 2025 and are already fully up and running.
The hotel offers its guests enormous, airy, and elegantly decorated suites, a spa and sauna outfitted with an espresso machine, and a new health center with yoga classes and seminars, all part of the symbol of returning life and tourism to the North.
Grand Vista's sixteen-year legacy of majesty
Sixteen years ago, the Grand Vista was established by Uri Zechariah, spread over an extensive area of green vegetation, of a diverse array of flowers, and of nature in its full majesty, surrounded by birds and peaceful animals.
The hotel’s eight suites can be broken down into: three elevated suites most directly facing a view of the Galilee mountains line, laid out over 48-50 sq.m, and five additional garden suites laid out over 41 sq.m.
Each unit comes with a variety of amenities, including a hot tub, and some are surrounded by their own mini-gardens and porches with views of the Hula Valley or the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon.
Also, every unit pays extraordinary meticulous attention to detail to provide a romantic atmosphere, wood furniture, an indulgent king-size bed with care products by the elite Molton Brown company.
There is an indoor hydrotherapeutic pool, which is kept heated throughout the winter, and a nearby lemonade stand, which is open 24/7.
The hotel’s kosher “Date Tree Café” provides a vast breakfast and dinner, including a variety of fresh breads baked daily, and an immense choice of over 600 local wines.
From 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., guests are welcome to come through the café to snack on cakes, wine, and hot drinks in the café’s tranquil atmosphere.
Besides the general population, the hotel also does specialized army groups (including accepting the military’s discount card), customized retreats, and hosts weddings (it has an outdoor patio that can fit up to 180 people)
Although mainly focused on providing a romantic experience for couples, the hotel often hosts families with children during Jewish holidays.
An unusual eccentric aspect of the hotel is a variety of rare instruments on hand, along with a piano, should guests want to play their own music.
Zechariah said, “Reopening the Grand Vista is part of strengthening tourism in the Yuval Village and for the entire North. This sends a message of a return to normal life and of a hope for a more stable future.”
Prices for January and February start at NIS 1,140 per night.
The writer was a guest of the hotel.