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The Old City Jerusalem Jerusalem
26 Reviews Queen Helen Coptic Orthodox church is located near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. It includes one of the ancient sights in Jerusalem. It's a cistern (a water well). It was hewn in the rock and...
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Walks & Tours Guides Tel Aviv-Yafo
7 Reviews There was famous Israeli writer and painter named Nahum Gutman, who grew up in Tel-Aviv. In his books he described the life in the city which was several years old at the time. One of his books was...
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Timna Park Eilat
6 Reviews Timna park to my opinion is not Off the beaten but Must see activity. A lot of people come to Eilat to relax and enjoy the sea and the beaches and they forget that there is also beautiful nature...
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Vadi Nisnas Haifa
4 Reviews Begin your tour of Wadi NisNas at the entrance sign, put there in three languages, Hebrew, Arabic and English the two official languges of Israel and the third "unofficial".... This second picture...
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Outside the Wall Jerusalem
56 Reviews This threatening warnings mark the entrance of the ultra-orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim. "To girls and women we beg with our all hearts: Please do not pass through our neighborhood with immodest...
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Museums Tel Aviv-Yafo
6 Reviews A large variety of personal works and a fascinating art collection located on the 3rd floor of the artist’s residence in abuilding from 1740 in Old Yafo which was an inn used by Jewish pilgrims...
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Day Activities Eilat
3 Reviews A little known place not far from Eilat offer you a great view of a flock of 300-400 flamingos. Instead of going all the way to Africa, these flamingos stay here all year round. To get here, you need...
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Rosh Ha'Nikra Haifa
3 Reviews Just by the Israel - Lebanon border (which is closed) are the caves and white cliffs of Rosh HaNikra. It is a beautiful place by the Mediterranean Sea. The caves have been carved out of the rock by...
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Outside the City Jerusalem
14 Reviews Masada is a fortress in the judean desert situated on a hill looking at the dead sea. This place was the scene of the final judean resistance against the roman army. The last 967 people remaining in...
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Safari in the middle of the city! Tel Aviv-Yafo
2 Reviews The Tel-Aviv Zoo is the biggest in Israel. Only, it's not really in Tel-Aviv, it is located in Ramat-Gan. The zoo has two parts, the regular zoo where you walk around and the animals are enclosed and...
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Beaches Eilat
3 Reviews ...who doesn't like the beach life???sun, surf, snorkelling, scuba diving in the red sea??Nice cold beer to top off the day's activities??...However, Eilat, like most tourist areas in and around the...
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Akko (Acre) Haifa
4 Reviews A spice shop in the old city of Acco on the northern tip of Haifa Bay. This shop, one of many in the old Turkish bazaar, is packed with all kinds of exotic spices, coffee, and much more...
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Model of Old Jerusalem Jerusalem
2 Reviews This model has since been moved to the Israel Museum...... If you plan on visiting the "City Of David", the oldest part of the city of Jerusalem (this is not the walled city familiar to us today),...
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Israel Army Museum Tel Aviv-Yafo
1 Review The museum is situated on the old railway station in Yaffo. With the help of films, maps, photos, historical documents and other exhibits it presents the history of Israel Army (IDF) from the first...
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Massada Eilat
2 Reviews Masada is a symbol for us the jews for courage. Massada is a fortress that is very close to the dead sea (you can combine both of them) and from Massada you can see the amazing view of the dead sea...
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Mount Carmel Area Haifa
7 Reviews Yes Kaiser Wilhelm the II of Germany visited back in 1898, this was a new piece of history for me. The object of their visit was to see the "German Colony" which you can still see the remnants of at...
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Tel Aviv Markets Tel Aviv-Yafo
2 Reviews A good and inexpensive place to buy a used book in several languages. I travel several hundred kilometers to purchase here and if you buy in quantity like I do you also get an extra discount between...
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Dead Sea Eilat
2 Reviews The dead sea is an attraction In israel and in the world , becuase of the salty water that makes you float on your back and also because it is the lowest place on earth. This is not too close to Eilat...
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Beit Shearim Haifa
1 Review Beit Shearim is located a few kilometers east of Haifa, just on the other side of the Carmel mountain. There used to be a Jewish village here in Roman times and some of most eminent figures from these...
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Old Jaffa Tel Aviv-Yafo
2 Reviews The old part of Jaffa is full of little streets with passages with arches, flowers everywhere, and a different construction to its neighbour the new city of Tel Aviv. I guess this is what it makes...
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Atlit Haifa
1 Review The Crusaders' castle in the town of Atlit, about 10 km south of Haifa. The castle is not acccesible to the public. The main site in Atlit are the camps were the British kept the Jewish immigrants...
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Tel-Aviv's Weekend Market Tel Aviv-Yafo
1 Review The advert says "Like New York, London, Amsterdam, now in Tel-Aviv". Well I can't compare to these other places as I have only been to the one in Tel-Aviv. When I went there recently, I was surprised...
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Sculptures Garden Haifa
2 Reviews Or as it is called in hebrew - Gan Hapsalim. A small garden with beautifull bronze sculptures, with a great view of the harbor. On Shderot Hatzionut, one bus stop uphill from the midle enterance to...
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Opera Tower Tel Aviv-Yafo
1 Review Close to the promenade, we saw it on our way from the hotel to Jaffa, but is quiet visible from our hotel. There are many shops there, but also is a hotel. The different buildings in the area were...
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Stela Maris church and monastery Haifa
3 Reviews The little St. John Chapel near Stella Maris. In Stella Maris you'll find a little church with some local archeological finds. Across the street from the church, you have fields stretching down the...
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Yes you heard correct, Amicta Zelleri, that little bundle of twigs you see in the first picture...at first it looks exactly like that, a bundle of twigs, even if look like they are pretty organized. But then all of a sudden you see a small head peak out and then part of the body with legs and it begins to MOVE...if you spot one of these small critters, snap a picture, I have lived here for a long time and only seen a few.
This is the only dinosaur find I know of in Israel. It is in the valley of Oron, just south east of Arad. The entire valley is used by a refining factory and is constanly being dug up, sifted, sorted and then spit back in a new place. During one of the digging operations they came across this dinosaur skull. I am not sure of the type, maybe someone could identify it for me.
It's the herald of the coming autumn.This plant having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties.It is found in dry, sandy places, especially the seacoast in most of the Mediterranean districts.
Following the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in about 70 AD a number of Jewish rebels fled to this mountain fortress. Masada was self-sustaining. It had supplies of food and water and even had a Roman Bath along with one of Herod's palaces. After a long siege it eventually fell to the Romans. Fearing retribution, most of the inhabitants and their families committed suicide. A rally cry of Jewish soldiers today is, "Masada shall not fall again."
The amphitheater in Caesarea comes a disappointment if you have already see the superbly restored Roman theater nearby. Only the eastern and rounded southern side are well preserved. Her you can see the tiers of seats which at onetime accommodated 15,000 spectators. The amphitheater would have been used for horse racing and chariot racing. Like much of Caesarea parts of the amphitheater has been destroyed by the sea. The amphitheatre sits close to the sea between the Crusader ruins and the theater.
One of the highlights to a visit to Caesarea is the superb theater. This is one of the largest in Israel. The theater dates from the 1st century A.D., in fact there is a replica of a plaque (the original is in the Israel Museum) at the entrance that refers to Tiberius and Pontius Pilate. The latter name is the only historical reference to the Roman governer of Israel at the time of Christ. If the theatre has a flaw, it is so over restored to the extent that it looks more like a recreation rather than an original Roman theatre. The theater now host various productions today.
In Holland we have a saying:"Beter een goede BUUR dan een verre vriend" (Better to have a good neighbor than a far friend)In one of our newspapers there was in item about the wall Israel is building between Israel territory and Palestinian inhabited places. They changed the saying in:"Beter een goede MUUR dan een verre vriend" (Better to have a good wall than a far friend)Meaning that the relationship between the state of Israel and the Palestinian people that were captured by it in 1948 is less than friendly, to say the least. The hostilities are well exploited in the tabloids. Not always that neutral.To the East of Jerusalem you can see the wall that was build to secure the "safety" of Israel. I think Israel will only be safe when they will accept that the Palestinian people have just as much right to the soil and are just as much inhabitants of the country of Israel, with all the...
If you are travelling in Israel, look out for the road signs that are coloured brown. They mean a place of interest! Could be a famous place like Massada or Megiddo, but could also be a local goat-farm, cactus farm, or tiny boutique winery.Take a chance - go and visit! Who would have thought that the site of the beginning of the old water pipe-line to Jerusalem would be turned into such a beautiful place?Found off road 411 between Mazkeret Batya and Kibbutz Hulda
When you are touring Israel don't be in such a hurry to arrive that you forget to look about you on the way!Here for example by the side of a country road is a vineyard where at the end of each row of grape-vines a beautiful rose bush has been planted !Why? The vine is susceptible to a particular disease. The rose is even more susceptible so the vintner can check the bush for early signs of disease and so act to prevent the vine being infected.Well of course he could just use a preventative spray on the vine - but this way unnecessary chemicals are avoided. That's why Israeli wine is so good!L'chaim!
The Baniyas is a popular place, mainly beacuase of the waterfall which is only a 2 minutes walk from the entrance. If you want to see some more, you can go in by the other gate and hike along the stream. Its' quite an easy hike and there are some sites along the way.Near the second entrance (the one closer to the Golan heights), there are the ruins of a Greek temple. This place was dedicated to the god Pan. It was called Paniyas in Hebrew 2000 years ago. As the Arabs cannot pronounce "p" the name was distorted to Baniyas.
The King David Jerusalem Jerusalem
5 Reviews and 273 Opinions Without doubt, the King David Hotel is the most famous and prestigious hotels in Israel and possibly...
The Diaghilev Tel Aviv-Yafo
14 Reviews and 296 Opinions I highly recommend this excellent hotel in a very nice area og Tel Aviv - very friendly staff and...
Dan Panorama Eilat Eilat
4 Reviews and 574 Opinions The Dan Hotel in Eilat is probably one of the best hotel of the city. While being there for the...
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Q: Shallom, I'll be in Israel for holiday on 16th feb i just wonder how is the weather so i could prepare for clothes since i come...
A: Hi and Shalom. First of all, welcome to Israel ^O^ Most places in Israel, even in the big cities are considered totally safe and all the public transportation is safe...
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