25 km north of Eilat is the historical and archaeological reserve Timna. It is located in a valley surrounded by high cliffs, built of rocks of different colors.

In the park there are several hiking trails are laid. The main road is between the rocks composed of rocks of different (mainly red) color, to the so-called Solomon's pillars, natural geological formations fanciful shapes, and further - to an artificial lake near the abandoned mine, where you can collect the multicolored sand own mint "old" copper coin and take a ride around the lake on a water bike.

Archaeological evidence shows that King Solomon's mines were exploited by the Egyptians in the 14-11 centuries. Don. e., in the 11-10 centuries midianitami. Don. e. and Jews in 10-9 centuries. Don. e .; much later, in 1-2 centuries. n. e., where the Romans mined copper. It was discovered cave paintings of ancient Egyptian period, the remains of a settlement (Hurvat-Timna), smelters, mines and mining tools.

In 2002, there opened a new visitor center, which demonstrates the sound and light show in several languages ​​about the history of the valley and the Timna copper mines.