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for Eilat (Israel)

Rating Summary based on 9 reviews

  • 5 Stars
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  • 4 Stars
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  • 3 Stars
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  • 2 Stars
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  • 1 Star
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  • Family Friendly
  • Nightlife
  • Shopping
  • Sightseeing
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  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lynlewjustjay

    4 Stars Outspan in Israel 18/01/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages relaxing, friendly, clean, lots to do

    Disadvantages Disadvantages long flight, guns in view, airport politics

    We went to Eilat for our honeymoon in March 2006. I was 7 months pregnant at the time so knew I would be limited to do all activities, but this wouldn't stop my husband. I found booking the holiday hard as their are only a few operators that go to Israel, but it is getting easier to find them. I went through a travel agent to get some brouchers for pictures and ideas, and looked through the internet for more information. We eventually booked through a specialist Israel operator, and they were extreamely helpful. As we live in the East Midlands we had to travel to Luton to get a very early ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    buzzard_cad

    3 Stars Winter sun in Eilat 12/07/2005
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages An unusual place for winter sun, good water activities

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Guns on display and getting home.

    ~UPDATED 19th July 2005~ This is a complete rewrite of my original opinion following several comments from Ciao members. Spelling mistakes and other errors have also been amended. Photos will be posted when I find the album. ~Summary~ Eilat was an unusual destination of me, a last minute deal in December 1999 to get away from the millennium fever that was gripping the England at that time. It was a strange holiday in that I had a good time diving and swimming in the sea, but I had some difficulty due to my current style of living and a few moments of misunderstandings between the locals and me ... more
  • 16 of 16 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    sheli

    4 Stars Diving with dolphins (and so much more) Review with images 12/09/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages sea, sun and more if affinities

    Disadvantages Disadvantages lack of culture

    I have lived in Israel for almost 3 years now and I plan to deliver my opinion each site which I visited. Eilat...priviledged destination of the fortunate French, the rich Americans... and the young people without a penny who will camp in a field. Around Eilat, it is the desert, a choking and splendid desert. From Eilat one can leave to go to Jordan and to visit this splendid site called Petra, and which is currently deserted by the tourists due to unfavourable geopolitical and economic situation. Now, Eilat itself. A few decades ago, Eilat was simply nothing; and from the desert and the sea ... more
  • 5 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    cicymru

    4 Stars Divers paradise 05/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages see article

    Disadvantages Disadvantages see article

    Its many years since I’ve been to Eilat but I still have very fond memories of the modern Israel. I backpacked around Egypt and Israel and Eilat was my last port of call. As with all backpackers after three months of travelling I was broke, Eilat was a good place to find casual work. The thing that I loved about Eilat, which kept me there for quite some time, was the diving. I did my diving licence in the Red Sea, which was out of this world, its like diving in an aquarium. There I saw Rays, turtles and all shapes and sizes of aquatic life. Some of the fish come up to you for feeding and ... more
  • 3 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    rustifer

    5 Stars Eilat - a dream holiday 09/02/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent diving and cheap CDs

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Eating out in restaurants is pretty expensive

    I had always imagined Israel to be a bit like the North African countries that I'd visited so I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived in Eilat. It is a very modern resort but it also has lots of little market stalls down by the beach promenade which gives a kind of seventies, hippy feel to it. It tends to attract a wide age group as well. My husband and I stayed at the Moon Valley Hotel near the centre of the town. Our main reason for going to Eilat was to dive in the Red Sea. We had surfed the internet prior to leaving to find ourselves a dive school and we decided that Lucky Divers seemed ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    zak-2

    5 Stars A summer holiday all year round - Eilat 19/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Hot weather, water sports, and great hotels.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages All entertainment costs money!

    Eilat, is the glamourous holiday resort in Israel, situated next to the the desert, (similar to Las Vegas in that way)It is also next to the sea. Being Jewish, and with half my family living in Israel, I go to Jerusalem a lot, but i much prefer Eilat. Israel has a reputation, for having many orthodox jews and synagogues all over the place, but Eilat is quite the opposite. It attracts 90 thousand tourists a year, but not all are Jewish. This is for many reasons. A key factor of Eilats popularity, is that even in winter, the temperature rarely drops below 25 degrees, and is almost always sunny ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    shirleyvalentine

    5 Stars Eilat in its glory 12/02/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Warm, Differant, Lots to do...

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Too much to do in a week

    My daughter has lived in Eilat for many years, and I myself finally went out there last year, not sure what to expect. But I was pleasantly suprised... Eilat is a busy and young city, with so much to do in the day as well as the night. There are so differant types of hotels, from 5* deluxe to the clean 2 stars, from self catering to HB. From hotels that cater for children or hotels that dont allow children at all. Whatever you are looking for there is a hotel to suit you. Eilat has the northern beaches that most of the 5* hotels reside near. The beaches are clean, with lots of water sports on ... more
  • 2 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Noggsy

    2 Stars A bit of a let down 08/07/2000
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages It's hot, dophins, camels

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Touristy, expensive, remote

    Now, I love Israel and will be back there like a shot when I can afford it, but there is something about Eilat that is so ordinary after the rest of the country which I found quite unnerving. I spent 10 days in Israel with my girlfriend and her friend in 1999 and it was the best holiday of my life. I loved how multicultural the country was and it had an edge of danger which I enjoyed. We travelled around Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and then down to Bethsheda (where we stayed on a Kibbutz) and the friend then decided that we had to go to Eilat as she had heard you can swim with dolphins there. She ... more
  • 1 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    poppet

    4 Stars Eilat / Israel 09/08/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Climate, loads of history, swim with dolphins

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Questionning at the airport

    I visited israel in the winter of 1997 and stayed at the Seraton four points hotel in Eilat. This is a nice hotel but you can use the Red Sea across the road which is nicer and has a great pool and jacuzzi. Although Eilat itsself is nothing spectacular, it is a great base from which to visit the Negev dessert, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the dead sea. You can book a trip to see all of the above over the course of two days. This is a must. I am not religious, but it was amazing to visit all these places and learn all of the history from the excellent local guides. Of course the trip would not have ... more
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