June 24, 2020
This post is about a one-day getaway from Jerusalem allowing to see the major sights around it, including some tips on how to make it cheaper and more efficient. The getaway may be done by local buses or by car. If you are more than two, the car option will be cheaper, also, it will allow for seeing all the…
January 28, 2020
Tel-Aviv is a large city, for us mostly associated with heat (although it depends on when you visit it).
May 20, 2019
Opened in 1963, Ashdod harbor caused the decline of the famous ancient post of Jaffa. In the early 2000s, the municipality went in and overhauled the area, creating a wide boardwalk and transforming the derelict warehouses into commercial space. It is now the most fashionable piece of real estate in the city, with a 1km long strip of restaurants, bars…
May 22, 2018
The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution of Israel, housing encyclopedic collections of works dating from prehistory to the present day in archaeology, the fine arts, and Jewish life. Since opening in 1965, the Museum has built a collection of half a million objects at permanent and temporary displays and it keeps upgrading. The museum is open for visitors…
January 20, 2018
If you came to Jerusalem on religious reasons, go to the Mount of Olives, another holy site comparable to Old City and some other Jerusalem neighborhoods due to the concentration of shrines, tombs, and temples.
October 7, 2017
If you are tired of the tourist crowds concentrating in Jerusalem Old City or it seems to you that you have seen all of it, you should remember that Jerusalem is far more than just the old city. Many other neighborhoods deserve exploration and may bring about the impressions completely different from that of the Old City.