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With its sultry Mediterranean climate, seaside location, hedonistic vibe and young, international population, it’s no surprise Tel Aviv is known as the party capital of the Middle East. Any great evening here should start at a beach bar around sunset – a cold beer on your lips, toes pushing into still-warm sand.

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Drummers Beach

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-Center of Jaffa
- built in 1906, honour of Sultant Abdul Hamid II

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- Named after of a British Financier, retail and property magnate & philanthropist
- Donated money to build the garden

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- Political rallies, parades & other events
- Where Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was asssassinated

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Tel Aviv

Night life
-Clubs
-Hostels

Healthy fast food
-Cofix

Free Attraction
- Accessibility transportation

Old Jaffa
- Hill

Skyline
- St. Peter's Church
- Al-bahr Mosque
- Ancient Port
- Architectural marbles

Flea Market
- Outdoor secondhand and antique shopping paradise
- Cultural festivals
- Public art works

Clock Tower
- Honour of Sultan Abdul Hamid II

Charles Clore Garden
- Charles Clore, a British Financier, retail property magnate and philanthropist

Banana Beach
- Windsurfing and wavesurfing
- Drummers beach

Carmel Market
- Street food
- Home accessories, cut flowers and spices
- Sweet treats
- Clothing, footwear and souvenir stands

Port, located in northwest Tel Aviv
- Commercial and entertainment district

The Rabin Square
- Political rallies, parades and other events
- Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

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Going to Israel with almost no money and alone, only the people he met.
- Experiencing Israeli hospitality, breathtaking beaches, going to caves, hot springs, snorkelling at the Red Sea,  visit the hometown of Jesus.
- Eat at really cheap prices
- (0:35) We are so fortunate to live in a small world with so many cultures, so much beauty, so much diversity, the world waits for no one, it’s up to each of us to discover its magnificent destinations. I want to make travel accessible to all of us, by showing how it can be done safely and inexpensively.

Israel

(Airport)
- Reputation of having the toughest airport security in the world givens its surrounded by not so friendly neighbours.
- Have to go through interrogations.

(People)
- Typical friendly, warm hospitality of Israeli people.

Tel Aviv

(Night life)
- Gets dark after 4:30
-A city that never sleeps, and should check out its famous nightlife
- Clubs don't open before midnight and most don't open until 1 AM.
-(Note!) A little nap is a good idea, and bring lots of money, because good clubs will charge entry and drinks are expensive.
-Most hostels offer pub crawls and often get discounts on drinks and free cover

(Healthy Fast Food)
- A land with abundant with fresh produce, excellent cheese and high quality olive oil, healthy street food and fast food come cheap.
* Where to get cheap food?
(Place called Cofix)
-Everything is at a fixed price, at 5 Israeli New Shekel)

(Tel Aviv’s Free attraction)
- (Going there) From the airport by taking a direct train to Hahagana Station, closest station to Old-Jaffa.
- Most attractions are easily accessible by public bus, bicycle or walking. (No public transportation on from Friday 3pm to Saturday 8 pm)

(Hospitality)
- Stayed in Little Tel Aviv Hostel (Courtesy of ILH Israel Hostels)

(Recommendations)
- To get around, get one of these one day membership with the biking sharing service (Daily or weekly subscriptions unlimited 30 minutes, can be return to any bike station)
- First 30 minutes is free
- After 30 minutes, It’s charge based on the amount of time you use
- Good thing, biking stations are all over Tel Aviv, convenient to return it, wait for 10 minutes and get another 30 minutes free

(Old Jaffa)
- Oldest part of the city
- Mentioned in numerous biblical stories
- In the 19th century, it was famous for its soap industry.
- Jaffa Hill is a center for archaeological finding, including restored Egyptian gates, about 3,500 years old. (Archaeological findings: Look for clues about past environments in things like seeds, animal bones and soil types. These types of finds are sometimes called “eco-facts.” They also look for features or things that people made or did that can't be moved. Things like walls, floors or fireplaces.)

(Skyline)
- Dominated by the facade of the St. Peter’s Church and minaret of the al-Bahr Mosque (Oldest mosque in Jaffa)
- Another oldest part of the city, is Ancient Port from the fortress and surrounded by architectural marbles (some dating back to 100s/1000s year old)

(Jaffa Flea Market)
- Oldest bazaar market in the world
- Founded in the early 20th century
- An outdoor secondhand and antique shopping paradise.
- Local nonprofit holds cultural festivals where local artists and students collaborate on public art works; the profits of which benefit youth at-risk in nearby Jaffa.

(Jaffa Clock Tower)
- Center of Jaffa
- Was built in 1906, in honour of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

-Loves this vibrant city because old is right next to the new.

(Charles Clore Garden)
- Named after Charles Clore, a British Financier, retail and property magnate and philanthropist.
- Donated money to build the garden

(Banana Beach)
- Few minutes walk distance from Charles Clore Garden
-  Numerous water sports school for windsurfing and wavesurfing.
- Also refer as, Drummers Beach, on Friday afternoons, you'll get to see the weekly drumming sessions, on the rocks jutting out to the sea.
- You'll be surrounded by dancers, jugglers and other hipsters.

(Carmel Market)
- Sample of the city's local specialties and understanding of its culinary culture.
- Considered to be the best place to buy street food in Tel Aviv
- Many falafel, shawarma, and other traditional Israeli food stalls
- Also sells home accessories,  freshly cut flowers and spices.
- On Tuesdays & Fridays are the signature days because independent artist and specialty vendors come to sell unique crafts. (Tuesday & Friday, independent artist sells crafts, art, jewelry along Nahalat Binyamin Street.)
- Has amazing varieties of sweet treats
- There's clothing, footwear and souvenir stands.

(Tel Aviv Port, located in northwest Tel Aviv)
- Is a commercial and entertainment district
- Most popular attraction in the city with 4.3 million visitors annually.

(The Rabin Square)
- Formerly kings of Israel Sqaure
- A large public square in the city center
- Site of numerous political rallies, parades and other public events.
- In 1995, the square was renamed to 'Rabin Square'
- Following an assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

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Haifa, Israel  This city is beautiful beyond words. | Middle East | Israel, Haifa israel, Haifa

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Haifa's German Colony is probably the culture and tourism center of this beautiful city. Located just beneath the Bahai Gardens, Haifa's largest tourist attraction, the German Colony has been beautifully restored in recent years, and is now lined with trendy cafes, restaurants, and boutiques. A visit to Haifa is not complete without exploring the German Colony, and those who do visit take away great memories. A visit is definitely one of THE things to do in Haifa.

The German Colony of Haifa is a small area located at the foot of the Baha'i Gardens and reaching the Port of Haifa. It was founded in the late 1860s by German Templars (not to be confused with the Templar Knights of the Crusaders who also settled in Northern Israel) and throughout the two world wars in the early 21st century was inhabited on-and-off by the German Protestants who built the area up.

Today, Ben Gurion Avenue, the main road in the German Colony, is lined with distinct red-roofed cafés, restaurants and boutiques. Tourists flock to the German Colony for relaxation, culinary experiences and even the nightlife. In the German Colony, close to the port, is Haifa's City Museum as well as the old City Center, a small mall. For those wishing to stay in the German Colony, the Colony Hotel Haifa can be found on Ben Gurion Avenue just minutes away from the Baha'i Gardens.
By: Shem Tov Sasson. A Contributing Journalist for Tourist Israel, Shem Tov lives in the small Israeli city of Ma'alot. His personal blog about his experiences and adventures in the Holy Land can be found at Israel's Good Name.
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Haifa's German Colony is probably the culture and tourism center of this beautiful city. Located just beneath the Bahai Gardens, Haifa's largest tourist attraction, the German Colony has been beautifully restored in recent years, and is now lined with trendy cafes, restaurants, and boutiques.

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I was surprised by Israel. I travelled to Israel solo not knowing entirely what to expect, and completed my Israel itinerary having discovered a new favourite place. Israel is a cultural melting pot,

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Fishing in the Red Sea, Eilat. Negev Desert, Israel | Favorite Places | Eilat, Red sea, Israel

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Vibrant nightlife and good bars and food
- lively with young people everywhere
- starts from Horev shopping center to Carmel center along Moriah Avenue 3km stretch
- Local bars serving good food
Ben-Gurion Avenue houses several good restaurants
- Very vibrant with young people at 9pm almost every day of the week
- Tipping 10%

Reliable public transport
- Some bus routes in Haifa operate 24/7 every night and on Saturdays
- Useful for getting up and down the mountain from downtown
- Worth taking for fun to see the weird angles made necessary by the steepness of the mountain

Elijah's cave
- Holy place for Jews and Muslims

Hanging Gardens of Haifa
- Over half a million visitors a year
- Architect is Fariborz Sabha who began designing the gardens in 1987
- Oversaw construction until 2001
- Inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage Site in 2008 in recognition of outstanding universal value
- Places of pilgrimage for the followers of the Bahá'í Faith

Wadi Nisnas in Haifa
- Two different falafel stands opposite each other
- Considered to be best falafel in the city

Juha guesthouse in Jizr az-Zarqa
- Last remaining Arab village one Israel's coast
- Poorest, most neglected town in  Israel
- Townspeople make money by fishing and tourism
- Difficult to make money from fishing due to lack of fish in the sea
- Crowdfunding and Kickstarter to help attract tourists to the town

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Charles Clore Garden is a 30 acre seaside park that is perfect for couples, families and anyone who likes a good old barbecue.

The Charles Clore Garden perfectly complements Tel Aviv's shoreline. After undergoing a two-year renovation, this seaside park has it all. The green lawns juxtaposed with the sand and sea make it a beautiful place to spend an afternoon. Spread over 30 acres, the park, named after the British Jewish philanthropist who originally established it in the 1970s, is located just south of the Dolphinarium and stretches until Jaffa. It also makes for the perfect getaway for beach-going families who are sick of the sand or matkot (lethal Israeli beach game involving paddles and speeding balls). The park has a great playground apparatus that includes a rope pyramid and has fountains that jet forth from the concrete that kids - and adults - love to dart around in. While the kids are splashing around, Mom and Dad can also exercise at the yoga platform or on one of the "machines" in the outdoor gym. The park is also decked out with barbecue areas. If you fancy injecting a little culture into the day have a wander round the park's sculpture garden which includes work by renowned Israeli artist and sculptor, Ilana Goor. Alternatively, you can always pay a visit to The Etzel Museum located in the south area of the park near Alma beach. The museum features one of the three military organizations that led Israel to independence.

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Charles Clore Garden is a 30 acre seaside park that is perfect for couples, families and anyone who likes a good old barbecue. The Charles Clore Garden perfectly complements Tel Aviv's shoreline. After undergoing a two-year renovation, this seaside park has it all.

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Jisr az-Zarqa

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Excavations have revealed walls with pottery remains dating from the 1st CE, with amphoras dating from the 4th to 7th CE, and remains of a structure carrying a ceramic pipe, most probably dating to the Byzantine era. It has been suggested that the aqueduct in Jisr az-Zarqa is part of the aqueduct ending in Caesarea Maritima, but was never completed.

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( Eilat ( ay-LAHT , ay-LAT ; Hebrew: אֵילַת‎ [eˈlat] listen ); Arabic: إِيلَات‎, romanized: Īlāt), is Israel's southernmost city with a population of 52,299,[1] a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jordan as the Gulf of Aqaba. The city is considered a tourist destination for domestic and international tourists heading to Israel.

Eilat is part of the Southern Negev Desert, at the southern end of the Arabah, adjacent to the Egyptian resort city of Taba to the south, the Jordanian port city of Aqaba to the east, and within sight of Haql, Saudi Arabia, across the gulf to the southeast.

Eilat's arid desert climate and low humidity are moderated by proximity to a warm sea. Temperatures often exceed 40 °C (104 °F) in summer, and 21 °C (70 °F) in winter, while water temperatures range between 20 and 26 °C (68 and 79 °F). Eilat averages 360 sunny days a year.

The name Eilat was given to Umm al-Rashrāsh (أم الرشراش) in 1949 by the Committee for the Designation of Place-Names in the Negev. The name refers to Elath, a location mentioned in the Hebrew Bible that is thought to be located across the border in modern Jordan. The committee acknowledged that Biblical Eilat/Elath was across the border; one committee member, Yeshayahu Press, justified the co-opting of the name by stating "when the real Eilat finally is in our hands, our settlement will expand and reach over to there."

The geology and landscape are varied: igneous and metamorphic rocks, sandstone and limestone; mountains up to 892 metres (2,927 ft) above sea level; broad valleys such as the Arava, and seashore on the Gulf of Aqaba. With an annual average rainfall of 28 millimetres (1.1 in) and summer temperatures of 40 °C (104 °F) and higher, water resources and vegetation are limited. "The main elements that influenced the region's history were the copper resources and other minerals, the ancient international roads that crossed the area, and its geopolitical and strategic position. These resulted in a settlement density that defies the environmental conditions."

Early history

Archaeological excavations uncovered impressive prehistoric tombs dating to the 7th millennium BC at the western edge of Eilat, while nearby copper workings and mining operations at Timna Valley are the oldest on earth.[citation needed ]

An Islamic copper smelting and trading community of 250-400 residents flourished in the area during the Umayyad Period (700-900 CE); its remains were found and excavated in 1989, at the northern edge of modern Eilat, between what is now the industrial zone and nearby Kibbutz Eilot.

Modern city

During the British Mandate era, a British police post existed in the area, which was known as Umm Al-Rashrash. The area was designated as part of the Jewish state in the 1947 UN Partition Plan. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the abandoned police post, which consisted of five clay huts, was taken without a fight on March 10, 1949, as part of Operation Uvda. This marked the end of Israel's war for independence. It was formally granted to Israel in the 1949 Armistice Agreements.

The town developed over the following years. Eilat Airport was built in 1949 and individual ships began arriving in the 1950s, but as there were no dedicated port facilities they unloaded their goods at sea. In the early 1950s, Eilat was a small and remote town, populated largely by port workers, soldiers, and former prisoners. The town's development accelerated in 1955, when it had a population of about 500. The Timna Copper Mines near the Timna Valley and the Port of Eilat were opened that year and concerted effort by the Israeli government to populate Eilat began, starting with Jewish immigrant families from Morocco being resettled there. Eilat began to develop rapidly after the Suez Crisis in 1956, with its tourism industry in particular starting to flourish. The Israeli Navy's Eilat naval base was founded that year. The town's population grew to 5,300 in 1961. Yoseftal Medical Center and the Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline were completed in 1968, and the population increased further, reaching 13,100 in 1972 and 18,900 in 1983.

After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War Arab countries maintained a state of hostility with Israel, blocking all land routes; Israel's access to and trade with the rest of the world was by air and sea alone. Further, Egypt denied passage through the Suez Canal to Israeli-registered ships or to any ship carrying cargo to or from Israeli ports. This made Eilat and its sea port crucial to Israel's communications, commerce and trade with Africa and Asia, and for oil imports. Without recourse to a port on the Red Sea Israel would have been unable to develop its diplomatic, cultural and trade ties beyond the Mediterranean basin and Europe. This happened in 1956 and again in 1967, when Egypt's closure of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping effectively blockaded the port of Eilat.

In 1956, this led to Israel's participation alongside Britain and France in the war against Egypt sparked by the Suez Crisis, while in 1967 90% of Israeli oil passed through the Straits of Tiran. Oil tankers that were due to pass through the straits were delayed. The straits' closure was cited by Israel as an additional casus belli leading to the outbreak of the Six-Day War. Following peace treaties signed with Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994, Eilat's borders with its neighbors were finally opened.

Israeli-Arab conflict

Eilat is especially defended by its own special forces unit Lotar Eilat. It is a reservist special forces unit of the IDF trained in counter-terrorism and hostage rescue in the Eilat area, which has taken part in many counter-terrorist missions in the region since its formation in 1974. The Lotar unit is composed solely of reservists, citizens who must be Eilat residents between the ages of 20 and 60, who are on call in case of a terrorist attack on the city. It is one of only three units in the IDF authorized to free hostages on its own command. In 2007 the Eilat bakery bombing killed three civilian bakers. This was the first such attack in Eilat proper, although other terror attacks had been carried out in the area.

In 2011, terrorists infiltrated Israel across the Sinai border to execute multiple attacks on Highway 12, including a civilian bus and private car a few miles north of Eilat, in what became known as the 2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks.

In order to prevent terrorist infiltration of Israel from the Sinai, Israel has built the Israel-Egypt barrier, a steel barrier equipped with cameras, radar and motion sensors along the country's southern border. The fence was completed in January 2013.

Future development plans

In July 2012, Israel signed an agreement with China to cooperate in building the high-speed railway to Eilat, a railway line which will serve both passenger and freight trains. It will link Eilat with Beersheba and Tel Aviv, and will run through the Arava Valley and Nahal Zin.

The former Eilat Airport was closed on 18 March 2019 after the opening of Ramon Airport. The land occupied by the former airport is to be redeveloped. The new Ramon Airport opened in January 2019, 18 kilometres (11 miles) north of Eilat and replaced both Eilat Airport and Ovda Airport. Hotels and apartment buildings, containing a total of 2,080 hotel rooms and 1,000 apartments will be constructed on the site, as well as 275 dunams of public space and pedestrian paths. The plans also set aside space for the railway line and an underground railway station. The plan's goal is to create an urban continuum between the city center and North Beach, as well as tighten the links between the city's neighborhoods, which were separated by the airport.

In addition, there are plans to move the Port of Eilat and the Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline terminal to the northern part of the city, as well as to turn it into a university town of science and research, and brand it an international sports city. All these projects are part of a plan to increase Eilat's population to 150,000 people and build 35,000 hotel rooms.

Eilat has a hot desert climate (BWh with hot, dry summers and warm and almost rainless winters in Köppen climate classification). Winters are usually between 11-23 °C (52-73 °F). Summers are usually between 26-40 °C (79-104 °F). There are relatively small coral reefs near Eilat; however, 50 years ago they were much larger.

Demographics

The overwhelming majority of Eilat's population are Jews. Arabs constitute about 4% of the population. Eilat's population includes a large number of foreign workers, estimated at over 10,000 working as caregivers, hotel workers and in the construction trades. Eilat also has a growing Israeli Arab population, as well as many affluent Jordanians and Egyptians who visit Eilat in the summer months.

In 2007, over 200 Sudanese refugees from Egypt who arrived in Israel illegally on foot were given work and allowed to stay in Eilat.

The educational system of Eilat accommodates more than 9,000 youngsters in eight day-care centers, 67 pre-kindergartens and kindergartens, 10 elementary schools, and 3 six-year high schools. Also, there are some special-education schools and religious schools. Ben Gurion University of the Negev maintains a campus in Eilat. The Eilat branch has 1,100 students, about 75 percent from outside the city. In 2010, a new student dormitory was funded and built by the Jewish Federation of Toronto, the Rashi Foundation, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the municipality of Eilat. The SPNI's Eilat Field School on the outskirts of Eilat offers special hiking tours that focus on desert ecology, the Red Sea, bird migration and other aspects of Eilat's flora and fauna. The Hesder Yeshiva Ayelet Hashachar, is based in Eilat, established in 1997.

Healthcare

Yoseftal Medical Center, established in 1968, is Israel's southernmost hospital, and the only hospital covering the southern Negev. With 65 beds, the hospital is Israel's smallest. Special services geared to the Red Sea region are a hyperbaric chamber to treat victims of diving accidents and kidney dialysis facilities open to vacationing tourists.

Transportation

Since 2019, Ramon International Airport has handled commercial domestic and international flights to Eilat ( IATA: ETM, ICAO: LLER).

Former airports

Eilat Airport is located in the city centre and was used largely for domestic flights (IATA: ETH, ICAO: LLET).

International flights often used Ovda International Airport some 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of the city (IATA: VDA, ICAO: LLOV).

Eilat has two main roads connecting it with the center of Israel - Route 12, which leads North West, and Route 90 which leads North East, and South West to the border crossing with Egypt. Egged, the national bus company, provides regular service to points north on an almost hourly basis as well as in-city on a half-hourly basis during daylight hours.

Border crossings with Egypt and Jordan

The Port of Eilat and Eilat Marina allow travel by sea.

Future plans also call for a rail link, sometimes referred to as the Med-Red to decrease travel times substantially from Eilat to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, via the existing line at Beer Sheba; planning is underway.

In the 1970s tourism became increasingly important to the city's economy as other industries shut down or were drastically reduced. Today tourism is the city's major source of income, although Eilat became a free trade zone in 1985.

Eilat offers a wide range of accommodations, from hostels and luxury hotels to Bedouin hospitality. In recent years Eilat has been the target of militants from Egypt and Gaza causing a reduced tourist inflow to the region. Attractions include:

Birdwatching and ringing station: Eilat is located on the main migration route between Africa and Europe. International Birding & Research Center in Eilat.

Camel tours

Coral Beach Nature Reserve, an underwater marine reserve of tropical marine flora and fauna

Coral World Underwater Observatory, located at the southern tip of Coral Beach, it has aquaria, a museum, simulation rides, and shark, turtle, and stingray tanks. The observatory is the biggest public aquarium in the Middle East.

Dolphin Reef, a marine biology and research station where visitors can swim and interact with dolphins

Freefall parachuting.

Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve, established in the 1960s to conserve endangered species, including Biblical animals, from this and similar regions. The reserve has a visitors' center, care and treatment enclosures, and large open area where desert animals are acclimated before re-introduction into the wild. Hai-Bar efforts have successfully re-introduced the Asian wild ass, or onager, into the Negev. The Hai-Bar Nature Reserve and animal re-introduction program were described in Bill Clark's book "High Hills and Wild Goats: Life Among the Animals of the Hai-Bar Wildlife Refuge". The book also describes life in Eilat and the surrounding area.

Marina, with some 250 yacht berths

Timna Valley Park, the oldest copper mines in the world; Egyptian temple of Hathor, King Solomon's Pillars sandstone formation, ancient pit mines and rock art

"What's Up", a portable astronomical observatory with programs in the desert and on the promenade

Ice Mall, ice skating rink and shopping mall

Dive tourism

Skin and scuba diving equipment is for hire on or near all major beaches. Scuba diving equipment rental and compressed air are available from diving clubs and schools all year round. Eilat is located in the Gulf of Aqaba, one of the most popular diving destinations in the world. The coral reefs along Eilat's coast remain relatively pristine and the area is recognized as one of the prime diving locations in the world. About 250,000 dives are performed annually in Eilat's 11 km (6.84 mi) coastline, and diving represents 10% of the tourism income of this area. In addition, given the proximity of many of these reefs to the shore, non-divers can encounter the Red Sea's reefs with relative ease. Water conditions for SCUBA divers are good all year round, with water temperatures around 21-25 °C (70-77 °F), with little or no currents and clear waters with an average of 20-30 metres (66-98 feet) visibility.

Eilat City Museum

Eilat Art Gallery

Eilat has been utilized by film and television productions - domestic and foreign - for location shooting since the 1960s, most notably in the early 90s as a tropical locale for season 2 of the Canadian production Tropical Heat.

Archaeology

Despite harsh conditions, the region has supported large populations as far back as 8,000 BCE.

Exploration of ancient sites began in 1861, but only 7% of the area has undergone serious archaeological excavation. Some 1,500 ancient sites are located in a 1,200-square-kilometre (460 sq mi) area. In contrast to the gaps found in settlement periods in the neighbouring Negev Highlands and Sinai, these sites show continuous settlement for the past 10,000 years.

Notable people

Neighborhoods

Eilat neighborhoods are Arava, Ganim A, Ganim B, Hadekel, Ha'eshel, Mizpe Yam, Maar'av Sheva (also known as West7), Midbar, Ophir, Shahamon, Tse'elim, Urim, Ye'elim, Zofit Elite, and Zofit Tachtit.

Twin towns - sister cities

Eilat has streets named after Antibes, Durban, Kamen, Kampen and Los Angeles as well as a Canada Park.

Panoramic views

References

1. ^ Discovering the World of the Bible, LaMar C. Berrett, (Cedar Fort 1996), page 204

2. Avner, U. 2008. Eilat Region. In, A. Stern (ed.). The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavation in the ^ Holy Land, Volume 5 (Supplementary). Jerusalem. 1704-1711.

3. ^ Yehudah Rapuano (2013). "An Early Islamic Settlement and a Possible Open-Air Mosque at Eilat". 'Atiqot. 75: 129-165.

4. ^ John S. Haupert (1964). "Development of Israel's Frontier Port of Elat". The Professional Geographer. 16 (2): 13-16. doi:10.1111/j.0033-0124.1964.00013.x.

5. ^ Nowar, Maan Abu (2002). The history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1. ed.). Oxford: Ithaca Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-0863722868. Archived from the original on 2016-05-01.

6. ^ Avi Shlaim; William Roger Louis (13 February 2012). The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Origins and Consequences. Cambridge University Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-107-00236-4. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015. 90% of Israeli oil was imported through the Straits of Tiran

7. ^ Avi Shlaim; William Roger Louis (13 February 2012). The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Origins and Consequences. Cambridge University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-107-00236-4. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015.

8. ^ "Daily brief to the U.S president on 27 May 1967" (PDF). 27 May 1967. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2014. "diverted as was a sister ship yesterday

9. ^ Suicide Bomb Kills 3 in Bakery in Israel Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine - The New York Times, Jan 29, 2007

10. ^ Wyre Davies (August 2, 2010). "'One killed' after rockets strike Jordan and Israel". BBC. Archived from the original on September 16, 2010.

11. Moti Bassok, ^ Cabinet examining plan for Med-Red railway Archived 2014-02-15 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz, January 30, 2012

12. ^ ""What's Up" Observatory in Eilat". Whatsup.eilatnature.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012.

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Princess Beach | Attractions in Eilat, Eilat

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Large Land transportation network

Beit Guvrin - Maresha National Park

Burial Caves

Apollophanes Tombs

Numerous caves within park grounds

Dug during arabian periods

All caves manmade

Soft rocks allows for easier cave digging

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Ecce Homo Church

Dead Sea

Tiberias

Secret Abandoned Hotspring

Lake surrounded by beautiful mountains and unique geographical formations

Burial Area of jewish Sages

Yigal Alon Promenade - Tiberias

Sea of Galilee - Tiberias

Where Jesus walked on water

Quneitra Observation - Mount Avital - Golan Heights

B. of Annunction - Nazareth

Took place while Mary was drawing water from a nearby spring

First shrine build in the middle of the fourth century comprising of an altar in a cave which Mary had lived

Salesaian Church - Nazareth

Lookout point behind church

ILH Israel Hostels

Food

Culture

Bar

Great Beach

Massada Station - Haifa

Shortest Subway

Louis Promenade - Massada Sation - Haifa

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The Carmelit was closed in 1986 when it showed signs of aging and reopened in September 1992 after extensive renovations. It was closed again from March to July 2015 due to a fault in the cable. It closed a third time in February 2017 for renovations following a fire, and reopened in October 2018.

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Fun bit of collage that I helped art direct/direct with the infamous Saiman Chow at Blacklist.

Agency: Partners & Spade
Creative Director: Anthony Sperduti, Andy Spade and Griffin Creech
Producer: Jamie Arendt
Artistic Director: Alia Penner
Production Company: Blacklist
Director: Saiman Chow
Executive Producer: Adina Sales
Producer: Hana Shimizu
Art Director: Alex Mapar
Animators: Kristen Basile, Alex Mapar
Animation Assistant: Emilie Liu
Music Supervision: Search Party
Audio House: Heard City
Track Name: "Lekar Ham Diwana Dil" by R.D. Burman