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Wailing Wall - Western Wall Jerusalem
59 Reviews When I was in Jerusalem I of course visited the Western Wall. You have surely heard about it. It's an important place for the Jews and many are praying there. You can write a prayer on a paper and put...
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Old Jaffa Tel Aviv-Yafo
98 Reviews The Jaffa tales presents over 5000 years of Jaffa history of this ancient harbour town. Opening hours: Ma-Th: 9AM - 8PM (5PM in Winter) Fr: 9AM - 5PM (3PM in Winter) Sa-Su: 9AM - 8PM (5PM in...
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Underwater Observatory Marin Park Eilat
28 Reviews Wanted to show some photos of this wonderful spot in Eilat, but my photos did not come out in a presentable form. The photo here I found on the internet at...
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Bahai Shrine and Gardens Haifa
37 Reviews The Bahá’í Gardens in Haifa: the shrine and the inner gardens can only be visited from 9:00 to 12:00 noon and the Shrine in Haifa will be closefor deep cleaning 29 July – 11 August, inclusive....
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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem
74 Reviews Deleted text on Barbara’s request You can watch my 4 min 08 sec HD Video Jerusalem Church of the Holy Sepulchre out of my Youtube channel.
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Tel Aviv Beaches Tel Aviv-Yafo
31 Reviews This is the northern-most beach along the main segment of Tel-Aviv's shore. North of here there is the rennovated harbor area, the boardwalk, and the Yarkon river opening to the sea. "Metzitzim...
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Eilat Beaches Eilat
13 Reviews Coral Beach Nature Reserve is an underwater marine reserve of tropical marine flora and fauna. Coral Beach is a seashore nature reserve in southwestern Eilat, 500 m north of the Taba border crossing...
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Mount Carmel Area Haifa
7 Reviews Running parallel to Hanassi Boulevard beyond the main hotels (Dan, Dan Panorama and Nof) is the Louis Promenade. This is the spot for THE view in Haifa, looking northwest across the bay towards...
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Mount of Olives Jerusalem
47 Reviews A trip to Jerusalem, especially if Christian, Muslim or Jewish, will want to include a visit to the Mount of Olives. A great view over the Jerusalem where the Temple on the Mount is located, the old...
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Jaffa Flea Market Tel Aviv-Yafo
8 Reviews Got a 1950s hoover with a missing part? Fancy an ornate but useable nargilah? Or a Hanukiah? Even hand-made furniture or electrical goods/cameras from dubious sources? Then the flea market in Jaffa...
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Dolphin Reef Eilat
12 Reviews The Dolphin Reef is my favourite attraction in Eilat, just for the sake of the dolphins of course :) Here you can just enjoy their company, you can swim with them or just observe from the deck. This...
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The German Colony Haifa
10 Reviews Before starting your tour through the German Colony I recommend to visit the Haifa Tourist Board and ask for a broshure about the quarter. It is available in English, explains the background of the...
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Garden of Gethsemane Jerusalem
22 Reviews Israel is the attraction for many people to see the land of the People of the Book - both Jews and Christians - walk where Jesus and experience the Bible opening up in front of them. The Garden of...
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Azrieli Center Tel Aviv-Yafo
10 Reviews To me, the Azrieli Centre represents the beginning of the 'new' for Tel Aviv, with its deeply impressive iconic architecture sprouting up besides the freeway. Originally planned to be three buildings...
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Timna Natural Park Eilat
12 Reviews Just north of Eilat on the main north-south road is Timna. The first photo shows some of the statues that line the entrance, sort of fake Egyptian that do little to foretell the naked natural beauty...
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The beaches Haifa
4 Reviews Approaching Haifa from the south is arguably the best way to see the city. On your right is the long ridge of the Carmel Mountain with buildings clinging to its steep sides and atop its long, long...
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Temple Mount Jerusalem
60 Reviews Revered by Muslims as the place where the prophet made a miraclous night journey to. The enclosing mosque was built in 691. Today the dome of the Rock is Jerusalem's most famous and instantly...
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Neve Tzedek Tel Aviv-Yafo
10 Reviews Neve Tzedek, now a neighborhood in central Tel-Aviv, is older than Tel-Aviv itself: It was founded in 1887 by Jews who decided to move out of the stifling, crowded streets of old Jaffa. They followed...
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The Promanade Eilat
8 Reviews Kings City is a biblical theme park in Eilat, which was inaugurated in June 2005. It required an investment of about USD 40 million. It is owned by "Africa Israel", "Elran d.d. Real Estate ltd" and a...
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The Port Haifa
3 Reviews During the British Mandate period Haifa and its port developed. Sir Frederick Palmer was the British port engineer who chose Haifa as the location for a deepwater port, and the main gate of the port...
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Via Dolorosa Jerusalem
40 Reviews "the way of grief" marks the believed path of Jesus as he made his way from condemnation at the Church of the Flagellation to his cruxification site at the Holy Sepulchre Church carrying his cross....
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Museums Tel Aviv-Yafo
14 Reviews In 2002 the Tel Aviv Museum of Art announced a competition for planning a new building, adjacent to the original building which was then 40 years old. Architect Preston Scott Cohen from Harvard...
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Cruize in the Red Sea Eilat
6 Reviews To get the diving experience without so much as getting your feet wet, take to the waters off Eilat in a glass bottomed boat. I’ve taken a Galaxy Underwater Yacht tour. The yacht leaves from the...
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Culture Haifa
5 Reviews One of several film festivals in Israel, this one takes place during Succot (late September/early October) and my personal favourite. It is very much a festival that is part of the city (the more...
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The Citadel - Tower of David Jerusalem
29 Reviews The Citadel of Jerusalem dates from the 2nd century BC and has been used for defensive purposes up through the 1948 aArab-Israeli war. Today it's a museum that not only preserves the fortification but...
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This city dates back to Canaanite times when it was occupied and served as an adminstrative center for the conquering Egyptians. The city reached its prime in Roman times and was abandoned in 749 AD after an earthquake.
Beautiful spot on one of the most contentious borders in the world.Chalk outcrop that juts out to sea (hence the natural border) - on a sunny day (about 320 of them a year), the white of the chalk against the blue sea is spectacular. 'Inside' the outcrop a series of sea caves that can be explored by foot, irridescent green and turquoise sea, white tipped waves breaking. A small furnicular will take you down to the caves. Not a place to spend the whole day, but there's plenty round it to keep you occupied (south of the border, obviously) including the extraordinary beach (don't know the geographical terminology but flat, layered rocks ) with occasional small rocky outcrops. Beach leads on to Akhziv National Park. Akhziv and Rosh Hanikra together can certainly occupy you for a day, although the (small) mountains to the east including the Keshet (natural rock 'bridge') are spectacular...
The town of Mitzpe Ramon is the main service town of the Central Negev. Not that is saying much :) It's a sleepy little place - although it has a couple of hotels, cafes, banks etc. But it is also built at the cliff edge of 'Mitzpe ramon' - the big crater. Thousands of years ago, a meteorite slammed into the earth at this point, creating an extraordinary 'big crater', with the land dropping steeply away on the outskirts of the town (and rises again just as steeply to the south).
Desolate, spectacular, controversial - the incredibly inhospitable Judeaen desert, with little water, forms 'the borders' between Israel and the Palestinian Authority - land which, in part, is gradually being encroached upon by settlements leading out of Jerusalem but which is officially to be part of the state of Palestine. Eking out a living in this environment are Bedouin tribes, with many small encampments to be found. Between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, there are also kibbutzim that have made 'the desert green'. creating sustainable living conditions.
For 2-3 weeks in the year (approx March) the approaches to the Negev desert are covered in carpets of wildflowers (mainly red anemones). It's a beautiful sight, especially knowing that less than 20kms away the desert is almost inhospitable. Hundreds of cars head south from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to see the sight - and it is stunning.
A fabulous hike through the desolate wadi of the Negev to the spring of Ein Ziq. A 5 hour round trip from Sde Boquer (Ben Gurion's burial place) that takes you through some stunning landscapes. The round trip is quite an arduous hike (although it involves little in terms of climbing, there are a lot of steep pathways). If it's not your bag or it is simply too hot, head along the valley floor to the spring and return the same way.
Discovered as recently as 1997, the ruins had remained covered for nearly 2000 years. Only opened to the public in February 2002, archaelogists believe this could be one of the most important discoveries in the region for years. There's not a great deal uncovered at the moment, but what there is is deeply impressive (and you can walk among the alleys, streets and foundations). But it is believed that there is still much more to uncover - including an amphitheatre, making it as important as the coastal town of Caesarea. Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman as well as Ayyuban (local residents of the 13th century) remains are all to be found on this one site, as well as the natural beauty of the landscape and, a hard up-hill 2km hike away, the magnificent Crusader Nimrod Fortress.Quite an incredible place. (And if you go in winter, you may see it all under snow!)
Ruins of 3rd Century BC temple to Pan. The main temple backed on to an enormous cave in the cliff-face. To the side, a host of smaller buildings (now all ruins) and carved lintels into the cliff-face. Columns, capitals etc litter the site. The site is also the spring of the Banias river - immediately below the ruins are ancient dams, creating a whole series of pools, fed by ice-cold (even in the height of summer) waters. The dams and waters pass the foundations of 6th century Byzantine Church and a 19th century Ottoman Mosque before leading off to the waterfalls and Banias Falls (1 hour hike). The hike is sun-dappled along the banks of the gurgling Banias and Gov HaZor streams, - glimpse the peaks of the Dov and Hermon mountain range (and therefore see across to Lebanon) through the breaks in the willows and fig trees. A 15 minute walk will bring you the Roman bridge, where the the two...
Known as Kayaking, but in reality inflatable dinghies for 2 or 4 people. Take a short (1 hour) or long (between 2-3 hours dependent how often you want to stop and how good you are at controlling the boat!) trip. Fantastic experience - the longer trips start high above the source of the Jordan on the Dan or Banias rivers. Dependent on the season, the degree of difficult varies accroding to the water level. Whilst hardly white water rafting, it is nevertheless a thrilling experience careering along the wild waters and through the eddies and small waterfalls. Tree-lined virtually all the way, the journey slows down to a more sedate and calmer pace as it reaches the slightly wider River Jordan. You will get very wet but hey, its the waters of the River Jordan.....
Roman city (hence caesar) on the coast that has a long, chequered history (hence the reason why there is a Bosnian mosque from the 19th century). (You can ignore the modern 'town' as it is nothing more than a des'res place for seriously wealthy people to build modern villas with pools etc..)Restored amphitheatre (used for major concerts,opera, dance) but which still has an atmosphere of days gone by, the grounds littered with artefacts). This is at the southern end of the old city. Major digs continue to expose the old city between the amphitheatre and the port - mosaics, steam baths, buildings etc - about 1 km to the north and running along the coast (constantly changing, finding more and more interesting things to see). Shallow beach which can be pleasant to break the explorations - can find small pieces of coloured sea-worn glass (some of it ancient, some if likely to be nothing more...
The King David Jerusalem Jerusalem
5 Reviews and 417 Opinions Without doubt, the King David Hotel is the most famous and prestigious hotels in Israel and possibly...
The Diaghilev Tel Aviv-Yafo
19 Reviews and 536 Opinions We were there for just a few hours in the night but we really enjoyed our stay. The concierge called...
Dan Eilat Hotel Eilat
4 Reviews and 454 Opinions We choose this hotel for a 2 nights stay in Eilat and it turned out that this was a very good...
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