Israel Experience

ISRAEL The Holy Land

Advantages: Great County to visit
Disadvantages: none

ISRAEL Where ancient history meets modern culuture. Israel , a holy land often spoken about on the news. Especially these days where the Hamas attacking this small country daily with rockets and missels. Only in terms of the conflct in the Middle East. Ok lets forget about this mini war and mentioned some great cities to visit in ISRAEL. Tel Aviv is a modern city in the central of Israel. They are great shops, several Hotels on the beach , outdoors ...
...the DOME of the Rockand Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It's a port city which have it own culture and personality. They are several Arabs live in this city therefore it's amazing clolorful city. Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel, is home of the Jerusalem University, the Parliment, The Hoicast Mesuem, and certainly the Old City Of Jerusalem which have the Wall of the destroyed Temple. Again This city is extremely coloful due to the mix culutre of ...

iloveyou01 02.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Israel: General

Don't drink the water!

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 level and continuing ...
...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 ...

dangaroo 14.01.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Dead Sea (Israel)

The real Bethlehem

Advantages: History and culture.
Disadvantages: Conflict, the wall.

Bethlehem for most westerners regardless of religious affiliation or lack thereof is associated with one thing: the birth of Jesus. In fact the place was so associated with that story that despite knowing a place with that name existed I got a slight shock actually seeing the town marked on maps and in guide books. Visiting this place of importance to so many people cannot be anything but a thrilling experience. Most tourists enter the West Bank ...
...from Damascus Gate to the Bethlehem crossing for 6 NIS. All visitors must disembark at the wall checkpoint and cross on foot. On the other side it is a 15 minute walk into the centre or taxis wait to take people in-they are often more than willing to take visitors around the town (and the wall) for a relatively small charge. Bethlehem is quite typical of a small Arab town with a souq, an intricately decorated mosque and a huge range of falafel and ...

flyingllamas 25.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Bethlehem (Israel)

Not a lot to see here.

Advantages: Some nice beaches.
Disadvantages: Not very interesting.

I didn’t really find a lot of things of interest in Haifa, apart from the Bahai temple which was a pretty interesting architectural achievement. If you are looking for Christian related sites, there is nothing of real interest in Haifa. There are a few very nice beaches though, where you can sit on the sand under umbrellas, or on the grass under the shade of trees and sip carrot juice (10 shekels or GBP 1.60 a go). I also went to the Bat Galim beach. ...

johnpaul1968 16.08.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Haïfa (Israel)

Not much there

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Nazareth has much history and is another tourist spot for pilgrims. I went there whilst on a tour in Israel, and as a Christian, was interested in where Jesus grew up. However, there is very little to see in the town of Nazareth as people have constantly lived in there. There is however, a huge Catholic Church in the town which has the remains of a house within it - which is suggested to have been the house where Jesus lived. As with many sites in ...
...There is another church in Nazareth which owns a small room below the ground which could be the remains of a synagogue and as this is the only remains of a synagogue within Nazareth, which has been found then it seems possible that Jesus would have been there as he spent most of his time within the synagogues. However, it was great just to be within the place where Jesus walked and to remember what the Bible says about the different places. ...

NeilPeel 13.09.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Nazareth (Israel)