Vacation in Israel

By Tami Packey


If you have decided to travel in Israel what would be the best way for you to do so? There are various ways to tour the country and obviously it depends on your personal preferences as well as your budget, your age, your gender and whether you travel with other people or by yourself.

For you to decide what kind of voyage you are going to have you need to learn a few facts about the country you are going to visit. It is recommended to learn these facts and then explore more and see whether it goes hand in hand with your plans or do you need to make some adjustments.

Israel is a small country only a few hours from the north edge (Rosh Hanikra) to the south edge (Eilat).This fact by itself can influence your decisions greatly. for example, the fact that you don't have to travel for days to cross the country and to get from one place to the other enables you to skip planning the trip very thorough: you can be spontaneous and not plan during the trip. You do not have to book internal flights and plan a trip to remote places. Everything is close and within reach. Another positive implication of the fact that Israel is relatively small country is that it is easy to see many sites and places and explore everything the country has to offer.

Israeli transportation is very comfortable, accessible and efficient. You have buses and trains to every place in the country very frequently so if you plan on traveling with public transportation, it is a big plus for you. Also, the prices are fair and However, a very you must take it under your consideration that most of the public transportation do not operate on Friday evenings and Saturdays. Of course you can always rent a car. There is a special system of renting cars in Israel that provides the opportunity to rent a car only for few hours. You can take the car from wherever you are (a parking lot next to your place) and leave it in a parking place that is closest to the place you are going too. This is a very nice and comfortable way to travel.

If you are planning to travel by public transportation take under your consideration that it doesn't operate on Fridays (from the entrance of the Shabbat-afternoon) until Saturday evening in most of the country. Apart from that the public transportation- both train and buses- are very convenient, cheap, frequent and accessible Renting a car is another fair option and not expensive one. You can also rent a car if you don't want to rent it for your entire trip, only during the weekend or per day.

Israel is rich with historic and interesting sites and places to visit. Jerusalem alone can be the subject for a whole trip since it is so fascinating and unique. Whatever you decide, make sure you learned enough in order to shape the trip that suits your wishes.




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