The Dead Sea is one of those places like the Eiffel Tower, Mount Everest, Rome and New York that most people want to visit at some time or another, unlike Rome and New York, perhaps less people do so but it's certainly well worth it. Located in the West Bank (Israel), the top of the lake is ... Read review
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Gardens of Babylon, the Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea is built with local stone that weaves clean and simple lines into an Arabian theme Lying gracefully in the Jordan Valley and on the shores of the largest spa in the world situated at the lowest point on earth. The Dead Sea, at 400 meters below sea level.
Occupying a prime position on the shores of the Dead Sea, the newly renovated Spa Club is ... more
a fantastic hotel for guests seeking a true spa experience in relaxing and peaceful surroundings.The hotel’s 98 guest rooms are beautifully appointed in a contemporary style and feature modern, yet comfortable furnishings. Each guest room features a lovely view over the Dead Sea. Guests can enjoy daily VIP treats in their room, a daily newspaper and complimentary Dermatologica bathroom amenities.The hotel’s fantastic Moroccan-style spa offers an extensive range of body treatments and massages. Guests can enjoy unique hydro-massages, personal sulfur baths and a range of treatments using the famous Dead Sea mud. The lovely spa also boasts a wet and dry Finnish-sauna and a Jacuzzi.Additional facilities at the Spa Club Dead Sea include a heated indoor Dead Sea-water pool, a fantastic outdoor pool and sun-bathing area surrounded by date palms and a well-equipped fitness centre.The quiet oasis that is the Spa Club Dead Sea has a no children, no smoking and no cell phone policy, ensuring that hotel guests can enjoy a relaxing stay in a peaceful and tranquil environment.
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The Tulip Inn Dead Sea is located in Ein Bokek's hotel zone, just few minutes walking from ... more
a private beach. The hotel is a quiet retreat with comfortable and large rooms.The Tulip Inn has no poolside entertainment and is the perfect choice for guests who want to enjoy the peacefulness of the beautiful Dead Sea area.There is a tent on the hotel's green lawns where you can listen to pleasant oriental music while you enjoy a drink or something to eat. The tent is open 24 hours a day.The hotel is located next to Ein Bokek's shopping centre with several shops and restaurants.
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Oasis Resort lies between the Judean hills and the shore of the Dead Sea. It has a new ... more
grand entrance pavilion and reception, in a unique and beautiful style. The hotel offers modern, basic and value for money accommodation, a spa decorated in Moroccan style, spacious grounds and other good facilities.Free entrance to the spa facilities Sunday – Tuesday. An extra fee is required on other days.Wireless internet is available, and there is free parking on site.
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The beautiful Daniel Dead Sea Hotel is located in the heart of Ein Bokek's hotel area, ... more
this luxurious hotel offers excellent spa facilities and an adjacent private beach.The hotel offers various leisure facilities all free of charge which include an indoor and outdoor pools, jacuzzi, gym, saunas as well as indoor pools with the unique water of the Dead Sea. Massage and other beauty treatments are also available at the hotel's extensive spa area.The elegant guest rooms are modern in design and they feature all modern comforts including an LCD TV. Some rooms have sea views while others are overlooking the surrounding Edom Mountains.The hotel hosts a traditional Scottish pub as well as an excellent dining venues. In the evenings, guests are welcome to enjoy shows or performances in the hotel lobby area (on some days) or can take advantage of the only Bowling Hall available in the area which is located at the hotel's premises.
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The modern and stylish 5-star deluxe Isrotel Dead Sea Hotel and Spa is located right on ... more
the shores of the Dead Sea. The hotel offers luxurious health and spa facilities.The large and well-equipped rooms all have balconies overlooking the Dead Sea. Facilities include an outdoor swimming pool, and gym, and a private beach. The hotel also offers a games room for the children, and a gourmet restaurant serving American cuisine.The Isrotel Dead Sea Hotel and Spa is famous for its spa facilities which include a sulfur pool, massage rooms, private sun deck, sauna and steam bath.
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This 5-star hotel is surrounded by mountains and the Dead Sea, and offers unique spa ... more
facilities including a huge outdoor swimming pool and indoor sulfur pools.Entertainment activities are available throughout the day, and all the rooms are elegant and spacious in size. All accommodation has balconies overlooking the Dead Sea and the large bathrooms have both bathtubs and showers.Other facilities include a medical centre, 4 colourful themed restaurants serving gourmet cuisine, great conference facilities, and the Resort Centre offering exciting desert excursions.The hotel is located on the western shore of the Dead Sea and is a short distance from Masada (Herod's mountain fortress) and the Qumran Caves (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found). Ein Gedi Nature Reserve is a 25-minute drive away.
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Dead Sea Resort & Spa with 340 rooms/suites and ZARA Spa provides a unique Jordanian experience for guests wishing to relax and rejuvinate. Transportation: Queen Alia International Airport, 70.0 km / 45.0 miles (taxi fare approx. USD 35.00) Downtown, 45 km / 31 miles (taxi fare approx. USD 20.00)
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Advantages: Amazing views, great fun in the mud and "sea" Disadvantages: Quite expensive beaches at 30-60shekels
The Dead Sea is one of those places like the Eiffel Tower, Mount Everest, Rome and New York that most people want to visit at some time or another, unlike Rome and New York, perhaps less people do so but it's certainly well worth it. Located in the West Bank (Israel), the top of the lake is just a few kilometres from the Palestinian territory of Jericho.
Apart from the forever shrinking lake which is an amazing 419 meteres below sea ... ...pay to go to the Dead Sea in most places) and they tend to be quite busy with tourists coming from Jerusalem. It is probably worth your time to head down to Ein Gedi where not only can you camp for free but also enter the sea without paying, the beach isn't particularly pretty, with a kind of gritty soil feel to it but the reason you are there is for the amazing dead sea! Do all you can to try not to float but there's absolutely no way you'll get ... more
The Dead Sea is one of those places like the Eiffel Tower, Mount Everest, Rome and New York that most people want to visit at some time or another, unlike Rome and New York, perhaps less people do so but it's certainly well worth it. Located in the West Bank (Israel), the top of the lake is just a few kilometres from the Palestinian territory of Jericho.
Apart from the forever shrinking lake which is an amazing 419 meteres below sea level and continuing to drop, the surrounding area is something that surprised me. I supposed that I hadn't expected anything in particular but the deserty Sinai like landscape that surrounds it is amazingly lunar. From the Israeli/Palestinian side, you have the arid hills behind you which make Jerusalem and the Judean Mountains seem like a far away land and looking opposite across the water you have Jordan facing you. From the Jordanian side, it's vice-versa but equally as impressive.
Whilst the northern shores may be beautiful, the beaches are quite dear (yes, you have to pay to go to the Dead Sea in most places) and they tend to be quite busy with tourists coming from Jerusalem. It is probably worth your time to head down to Ein Gedi where not only can you camp for free but also enter the sea without paying, the beach isn't particularly pretty, with a kind of gritty soil feel to it but the reason you are there is for the amazing dead sea! Do all you can to try not to float but there's absolutely no way you'll get beneath the surface in this amazingly buoyant little piece of water.
The reason behind it is the high salinity and with it's not just all fun - if you have any cuts it will sting to high heaven and likewise you should refrain from wetting your clothes with the water or there's a good chance they'll be stained forever. Bathe and wash off with fresh water then return to your things!
Another reason to go to Ein Gedi is to visit the nearby ancient fortress of Masada from where you also get a wonderful view of the Dead Sea below.
Advantages: An unusual experience, good for the skin Disadvantages: A long walk, the salty water may sting after a while
~Summary~
The Dead Sea, this was the main reason for my trip to Israel. The healing properties of the waters may be overstated, but you can't go to Israel and not experience mudpacks and swimming in the salty water. The resorts are well equipped with showers, lockers, toilets, restaurant and products to take back home. The actual Dead Sea waters are receding so it is a long walk to the water edge, but there is a land train if you have trouble walking ... ...skin.
~Introduction~
The Dead Sea is in Israel and is shared with Jordan. The Dead Sea is renowned for its revitalising properties and products from the Dead Sea area include mud masks, bath salts and other bathing items. The Dead Sea is also below sea level in a valley and has very high salt levels, as such there are no living creatures in the water. The salt levels are so high that you cannot immerse yourself face down in the sea and can only ...
buzzard_cad 14.07.2005
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Advantages: Sitt and chill out Disadvantages: Dont get water in your eyes it hurts
I visited the dead sea about 10 years ago now and still remember it very well. We visited for an afternoon on a trip from Jerusalem. The drive was breathtaking through the desert and beduin camps, and down to the dead sea. The temperature was scorching hot between 35-40c and quite humid near the sea. It ws amazing to get in and sit in the sea and fload without worrying about swimming, all pools on holiday should be like this. I sat and read the paper ... ...about the mud of the dead sea containing healling properties well i believe as our mud fight cured my heat rash. Only thing is dead sea is on isralels border and you have to put up with guard towers and the odd soldier. I recomend anyone go to israel but maybe hold off for a few years until it settles down. Well worth the wait ...
richardjmeek 31.12.2000
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Advantages: Nowhere else like it on earth! Disadvantages: Not a great choice of accommodation
The Dead Sea is amazing! We stayed for two nights at the Ein Gedi youth hostel and it was fantastic. You really can read a newspaper as you float in the Dead Sea. The oxygen level is much higher than the rest of the year (I was told between 8 and 10 percent higher). There are interesting sites to see, such as Masada and Qumran (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.) Sunbathing is fun, with huge free parasols at Ein Gedi. But don’t try to drink the ...
johnpaul1968 16.08.2000
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Advantages: A chance to see a little bit of heaven on earth Disadvantages: depending on how you travel & the crowds of visitors.
for swimming in. These lakes were hot with volcanic action in the bottom. They smelled strongly of sulpher. We all stripped off and plunged in, several of us swam to the far side, hot bubbles bounced up and hit our stomachs, rather scarey really!,
We dried off before the impromptu cookers were produced for our breakfast.
Again we took to the road, further east until we came to the borders of California and Nevada, where the landscape changed dramatically. Finally down to a barren beach. We had reached Mono Lake, a salt lake with statues of salt pillars rising dramatically from the still waters. All was still, nothing moved, the occassional bird flitted from reed to grass. This reminded me of the Deadsea in Israel. There you could see across to Jordan. There was a hotel nearby and people bathed. Here no-one went in, it was ...
Advantages: Float in the Dead Sea Disadvantages: Have to pay hotel prices as no local shops
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For anyone wanting to visit the DeadSea but are wary of doing so via Israel, Jordan is a great alternative. We felt safe throughout our travels in Jordan.
The only disadvantage was that most of the hotels are purely resort hotels and there is very little to do other than swim/float in the DeadSea. Consequently you have to pay hotel prices to eat and drink which can be costly.
The cost of staying here is about £150 per night for two people. We stayed as part of a package. The additional treatments I had cost about 70 pounds but included use of an exclusive spa and private pool.
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I love this country. not only because i was born there but mainly because it is what the bible says it is : Paradise. for me being in london right now indoors (raining again) is like putting a lion in a box just a bit bigger then the lion and expect it to be happy. i am that lion and i miss lots of things in israel but i'll only share one trip i have done (a track) with some family members about two years ago (just before coming to london).
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