Israel’s top 10 public gardens By Abigail Klein Leichman Despite chronic water shortages, Israel has some spectacular landscaped gardens that attract visitors from all over the world. ISRAEL21c explores the best. Think of the Israeli desert blooming, and you might picture juicy Jaffa oranges, prickly Sabra cactus fruit, luscious tomatoes or hothouse flowers that get […]
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A quarter million people flocked to the recent Light Festival that imaginatively brightened the Old City after dark. The third annual Jerusalem Light Festival (www.lightinjerusalem.org.il), held in and around Jerusalem’s Old City, proved a popular early summer destination. Some 250,000 people came to see exhibits inspired by light festivals around the world. Artistic director Eduardo […]
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ISRAMAN TRIATHALON 2012
Israman, the grueling Iron Man competition that is ranked as one of the top 10 most challenging long triathlons in the world, will take place on January 20, 2012 in the coastal resort town of Eilat, Israel. The full Israman competition includes a 3.8 km swim, a 180 km bike ride followed by a 42.2 […]
Tourist entries in January-July up 4% to 1.9 Million Figures released last Thursday, covering the first half of 2011 show that 1.9 million tourists entered Israel in January-July 2011, a 4% increase on the corresponding months of 2010. As 2010 was considered a record year in the number of tourist arrivals to Israel (3.45 Million), the figures for the […]
A little Arab town on the road to Jerusalem has gained fame as the hummus capital of Israel after one of its residents won the lottery in Chicago. The town of Abu Ghosh, a mostly Arab town in the green hills outside of Jerusalem, is the “hummus capital” of Israel. And the most well-known of […]
Israel is one of those destinations that keeps surprising you with its diverse “attraction menu” on offer: ancient biblical sites and sunny Mediterranean beaches, history and culture, people & landscapes, holy places, lively markets and nightlife all within close proximity
A holy Bunch of hedonists is the title of a recently published article by Andrew Taylor in The Sydney Morning Herald Traveller. He discovers a land where culture, nightlife and the beach often take precedence over piety and politics. “…Jerusalem’s Old City is, of course, the honeypot around which tourists buzz. Three of the world’s […]
The Ministry of Tourism announced that a record 262,000 tourists and day visitors entered Israel in June, 1% more visitors than in June 2010. Cruise travel to Israel also reached an all-time high in June with the confirmed arrival of 50,000 tourists and crew docking in the Israel port cities of Ashdod and Haifa […]
The next edition of the popular tour guide “Fodor’s” will list Tel Aviv’s Hotel Montefiore among its “Best Choice” hotels in Tel Aviv. Fodor’s has already added Hotel Montefiore to its prestigious category on the website, which currently includes The David Intercontinental and The Sheraton Tel Aviv. The boutique hotel has already received popular ratings […]
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