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This Insight Guide is a lavishly illustrated inspirational travel guide to Israel and a beautiful souvenir of your trip. Perfect for travellers looking for a deeper dive into the destination's history and culture, it's ideal to inspire and help you plan your travels. With its great selection of places to see and colourful magazine-style layout, this Israel guidebook is just the tool you need to accompany you before or during your trip. Whether it's deciding when to go, choosing what to see or creating a travel plan to cover key places like the West Bank, Bethlehem, the Dead Sea, it will answer all the questions you might have along the way. It will also help guide you when you'll be exploring Jerusalem or discovering Tel Aviv on the ground. Our Israel travel guide was fully-updated post-COVID-19.
The Insight Guide ISRAEL covers: Jerusalem, the Galilee and the Golan, the north coast, Haifa, central and south coast, Tel Aviv, the inland plains, the West Bank, the Dead Sea, the Negev and Eilat.
In this guide book to Israel you will find:
IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES
Created to provide a deeper dive into the culture and the history of Israel to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics.
BEST OF
The top attractions and Editor's Choice featured in this Israel guide book highlight the most special places to visit.
TIPS AND FACTS
Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Israel as well as an introduction to Israel's food and drink, and fun destination-specific features.
PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION
A-Z of useful advice on everything, from when to go to Israel, how to get there and how to get around, to Israel's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more.
COLOUR-CODED CHAPTERS
Every part of the destination, from Nazareth to Eilat has its own colour assigned for easy navigation of this Israel travel guide.
CURATED PLACES, HIGH-QUALITY MAPS
Geographically organised text, cross-referenced against full-colour, high-quality travel maps for quick orientation in Galilee, Safed and many other locations in Israel.
STRIKING PICTURES
This guide book to Israel features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Church of Mary Magdalene and the spectacular Western Wall.
FREE EBOOK
Free eBook download with every purchase of this travel guide to Israel to access all the content from your phone or tablet, for on-the-road exploration.
Author Notes
Insight Guides wherever possible uses local experts who provide insider know-how and share their love and knowledge of the destination.
Table of Contents
Introduction | |
The best of Israel | 6 |
The Promised Land | 17 |
Israel today | 21 |
History & Features | |
Decisive dates | 28 |
The Dawn of Civilization | 31 |
Empires and Exiles | 37 |
Perfidious Albion | 45 |
The Second Exodus | 49 |
Coming of Age | 53 |
The People of Israel | 63 |
Israeli Arabs | 72 |
The Palestinians | 76 |
Guest workers | 81 |
The Army | 82 |
Religious Diversity | 85 |
The Christians | 88 |
Eclipse of the Kibbutz | 90 |
Markets | 94 |
Language and Culture | 97 |
Cuisine | 104 |
Judaica | 106 |
Digging Up the Past | 109 |
Conserving for the Future | 112 |
Protecting the coast | 117 |
A High-Tech Economy | 118 |
Sport | 121 |
Places | |
Introduction | 129 |
Jerusalem Yesterday and Today | 133 |
Jerusalem: The Old City | 139 |
Outside the City Walls | 153 |
City Gates | 160 |
The New Jerusalem | 165 |
The Galilee and the Golan | 179 |
Israeli wine | 203 |
The Cradle of Three Religions | 204 |
The North Coast | 207 |
Haifa | 213 |
The Baha'i Complex | 221 |
Central and South Coast | 223 |
Gaza | 235 |
Tel Aviv | 237 |
Architecture | 245 |
Nightlife | 255 |
The Inland Plains | 257 |
Mini Israel | 262 |
The West Bank | 267 |
Lands of the Bible | 269 |
The Dead Sea | 283 |
Israel's Four Seas | 292 |
The Negev | 295 |
Eilat | 307 |
Diving in Eilat | 317 |
Travel Tips | |
Transportation | |
Getting there | 320 |
Travel security | 320 |
By air | 320 |
By sea | 321 |
By Road | 321 |
Getting around | 322 |
Buses | 322 |
Trains | 322 |
Taxis | 322 |
Driving | 323 |
Specialist tours | 324 |
Pedestrians | 324 |
A-Z | |
Accessible Travel | 325 |
Accommodations | 325 |
Admission charges | 326 |
Budgeting for your trip | 326 |
Children | 326 |
Climate | 326 |
Crime and safety | 327 |
Customs and entry | 327 |
Eating out | 327 |
Electricity | 328 |
Embassies and consulates | 328 |
Etiquette | 328 |
Festivals | 329 |
Gay and lesbian travelers | 330 |
Health and medical care | 330 |
Left Luggage | 330 |
Lost property | 330 |
Media | 330 |
Money | 331 |
Opening hours | 331 |
Postal services | 331 |
Public holidays | 331 |
Religious services | 331 |
Shopping | 332 |
Tax | 333 |
Telephones | 334 |
Tourist offices | 334 |
Tour operators | 334 |
Travel agents | 334 |
Visas and passports | 334 |
Weights and measures | 335 |
Language | |
History | 336 |
Modern Hebrew | 336 |
Spelling | 336 |
Useful wards and phrases | 336 |
Further Reading | |
Books | 338 |
Films | 338 |
Maps | |
Israel | 130 |
Jerusalem: Old City | 140 |
Jerusalem | 162 |
Northern Israel | 180 |
Old Akko | 208 |
Haifa | 216 |
Central Coast | 224 |
South Coast | 231 |
Tel Aviv-Yafo | 238 |
Old Yafo | 246 |
Inland Plains | 258 |
West Bank and the Dead Sea | 270 |
The Negev | 296 |
Sinai | 315 |
Inside front cover Israel | |
Inside back cover Jerusalem | |
Legend | |
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