Name: Traveling to ISRAEL? All You Need to Know ( By a Professional Tour Guide)
Uploaded: 2018-07-18T08:11:15.000Z
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If you're thinking about flying to Israel
or starting to plan your trip to Israel then

Hi guys, my name is Oren and I'm a professional
tour guide.

Now my whole internet site and channel is
dedicated to Israel, I've written about the

sites, the Israeli society, the best hotels
and hostels, but I wanted to do one video,

this video, with all the most important stuff.

So, let's get started and I will start by
saying that Israel is a safe destination,

if you're not afraid flying to New York or
Berlin then you shouldn't be afraid flying

Before people come to Israel they are concerned
with safety issues, once they arrive they

are concerned with how expensive things are
and I will talk about it in a minute.

Now you will probably land in Natbag, this
is the name the Israelis call the airport,

but it is also called Ben Gurion Airport,
or TLV.

It has the perfect location right in the middle
of Israel, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

It takes about 40 minutes to get from the
airport to the middle of Tel Aviv and a little

Now to Jerusalem you can take the train; the
line will be open in the middle of 2018.

Until then you need to or take a bus: there
is a bus 485 that goes every hour to Jerusalem,

or there are shared taxis: these are taxis
of ten people that you can take to Jerusalem,

To Tel Aviv there is the train and I will
say that the first station in Tel Aviv is

HaHagana and it is also very close to the
Tel Aviv central bus station, but that is

not a good area, you don't want to hang around
that area, especially not at night.

It is much better to take the train to Savidor
Center or Arlozorov, these stations located

in the middle of Tel Aviv and from there you
have many buses, you can take a taxi, you

can also email your hotel or hostel what is
the best way to get there.

But south of Tel Aviv, your first night in
Israel: it's not a good idea.

If money is not an issue then go for the best:
sleep in Jerusalem at the Mamilla Hotel or

the King David Hotel, and in Tel Aviv in The
Norman hotel.

Take a private guide with a car every day.

But if money is an issue then there are things
you can do about it.

The biggest expense is accommodation and hotels
in Israel are expensive.

The average night is more than 200 dollars
in hotels but you can also take hostels.

In the last couple of years some great hostels
opened in Israel and all of them also offer

So you basically sleep at a hostel, pay less,
but have a room like a hotel.

Another thing is that Israel has great street
food so you can have lunch for 7/8/9 euros/dollars

Now street food is never healthy but I will
say that the Israeli street food is great

and is way healthier than what they sell in
Europe or in the US.

The best time to travel to Israel is March,
the beginning of spring.

It is still low season so the prices are lower,
everything is beautiful and green, and the

chances that it will rain are quite small.

Winter is also a great time to come to Israel,
especially if you come from Europe where it

And Israel has a safe friendly desert so if
you are coming from October to March then

plan as much time as you can in the desert.

You can expect more than 35 degrees every
day.

Great if you like the beaches or go to churches
and museums but if you want to go for long

hikes then the summer (so June, July, August,
even September) are a little bit too hot.

Now when it comes to planning a trip in Israel
I like to use three words: the heart, the

The heart of every trip in Israel is Jerusalem.

If you haven't been there you simply haven't
been to Israel.

Jerusalem is one of the most important cities
in the world.

If you have only one long weekend to spend
in Israel, book a hotel or hostel in Jerusalem.

I've written a lot about the different sites
in Jerusalem, but the most important ones

are the Old City, where you will find the
Wailing Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,

Outside the Old City you can head to the top
of Mount Olives, visit the churches and the

In the New City be sure to visit Mahane Yehuda
Market, the Israel Museum, and Yad Vashem.

Two days are the absolute minimum you will
need.

And from Jerusalem you can always take a one-day
tour to the Judaean Desert or Tel Aviv.

The line is Highway number 1, connecting Tel
Aviv, Jerusalem and the Judaean Desert.

In Tel Aviv you will find the ancient port
of Jaffa (Yafo in Hebrew), the Carmel Market,

Tel Aviv Art Museum, the Museum of the Jewish
People at Beit Hatfutsot, many Bauhaus buildings,

Although there is a lot to see, Tel Aviv doesn't
have the important sites that Jerusalem does.

And many of the buildings look rather neglected.

But the charm of Tel Aviv doesn't lie in the
importance of the sites or the buildings,

You can walk in the middle of the night in
Tel Aviv, 2am, and cafés and restaurants

are open and people sitting there as if it
is the middle of the day.

The Judaean Desert, about an hour away from
Jerusalem and two hours from Tel Aviv is the

The main sites are the Dead Sea, Masada, and
the Ein Gedi nature reserve.

If you plan to spend five days traveling in
Israel, then these places are more than enough.

I would recommend staying two or three nights
in Jerusalem, one night in the Judaean Desert

If you like the desert and plan on coming
in winter, then maybe spend two nights in

the Judaean Desert, and if you prefer the
beaches and nightlife then stay a little longer

The land is basically all the rest and there
is a lot to see.

The Negev Desert, Nazareth, Haifa, the Sea
of Galilee, the Golan Heights, Acre, Caesarea,

Here I can't really summarize it all into
a few sentences, since it really depends where

you are coming from, when you're coming and
what are your interests.

I will just say that if you come in wintertime
then spend more time in the desert Negev.

And if you're a practising Christian, then
a tour to Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee

Now there is a lot to see in Israel but many
of the sites are not impressive.

Unlike Egypt where you go and see the Pyramids
and they are just impressive, no matter how

In Israel if you want to understand the sites,
you need to know what you are looking at,

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