Insight Guides - Insight Guides Pocket Israel (Travel Guide eBook)

How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book

This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Israel, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Israel, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Israel are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Israel. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Table of Contents

Israels Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction #1

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Jerusalems Old City

Inside the 16th-century city walls are the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Dome of the Rock, and the Western Wall. For more information, .

Top Attraction #2

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Dead Sea Scrolls

On display at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, are the Dead Sea Scrolls the oldest known version of the Old Testament. For more information, .

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Sea of Galilee

Despite its name, the Sea of Galilee is in fact a lake, surrounded by a halo of mountains and overlooked from its bountiful shores by towns, villages and holy places. For more information, .

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Red Sea marine life

Incredible marine life and coral formations make the Red Sea, the closest tropical waters to Europe, a divers paradise. For more information, .

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Floating in the Dead Sea

At 405 meters (1,300ft) below sea level, the Dead Sea is the lowest accessible place on earth, with an excessive salt content that enables bathers to float. For more information, .

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Tel Aviv seafront

Lined with cafs, bars, ice-cream parlors, and restaurants, Tel Avivs seafront is a great place for a stroll and to soak up the citys atmosphere. For more information, .

Top Attraction #7

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Jaffa (Yafo)

Where it all began; it is here where Noah is said to have settled after the Great Flood. For more information, .

Top Attraction #8

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Bah Hillside Gardens, Haifa

The worlds longest hillside gardens are to be found in Haifa at the headquarters of the Bah religion. For more information, .

Top Attraction #9

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Nazareth

Bustling Galilee city and the location of the Church of the Annunciation, which is built on the site of Mary and Josephs home. For more information, .

Top Attraction #10

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Bethlehem

A picturesque Palestinian hilltop town overlooking the Judean Desert where the Church of the Nativity marks the birthplace of Christ, 9km (6 miles) from Jersualem. For more information, .

A Perfect Day in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem