Dates:
DayPlanWhere we sleep
9/3 (Sat) Arriving @ 11:15 -> ***rent a car*** @ 1:00
Meet YK @ Jaffo
Some T-A,
Sunset at the promenade
<@DK-1, Rehovot>
10/3 (1)
Drive via Arad, hw 90, coffee break at the Dead Sea
Timna Park<2>
Sunset at Mt. Yoash<1>
Check in at Nikki's
Find GS in Club Inn (on the way to Aquarium)
Walk the hotels strip...
<@Nikki-1, Eilat>
11/3 (2) Kibbutz Lotan<3>
Brunch in Eilat
Snorkeling near Aquarium + Aquarium <@Nikki-2, Eilat>
12/3 (3) Happy b/day, Kot!
Meeting Yael @ Mitzpe Ramon at 11:00
Ein Avdaat at Sde Boker<4>
Camel ride w/ Roni & Ariel for Kot's b/day
<@Yael-1, Beer-Sheba>
13/3 (4)
Ein Gedi
Mud at the Mineral Beach<9>
Visit A&V at Kibbutz Lahav
<@Yael-2, Beer-Sheba>
14/3 (5)
Beer-Sheba: university + centre
Soreq Stalactite Cave<1>
Latrun monastery
Rehovot <@DK-2, Rehovot>
15/3 (Fri)
Beit Guvrin
Britania Forrest
Party @ PB
<@PB, Rehovot>
16/3 (Sat)
Caesarea w/PZ
Haifa
<@LI+YK, Haifa>
17/3 (1)
Zfat w/LI
Tiberia (dinner at fish restaurant near the lake)
<@Chaya, Tiberias>
18/3 (2) Happy b/day, Irka!
Hamat Gader<5>
YARDENIT (25 min from Tiberias) - pat the catfish!
b/day party @KD
<@KD-1, Haifa>
19/3 (3)
***return car*** in Haifa
Google in Tel-Aviv,
Tel-Aviv w/OV
<@OV, Ramat-Gan>
20/3 (4) Jerusalem
Walk around the wall
Old city: all quartets, wailing wall, cardo, hram groba, bazar,
Sunset on top of the Austrian Hospice<8> <@Omer, Jerusalem>
21/3 (5) Moshava Germanit
Jerusalem
Bus back to Haifa <@KD-2, Haifa>
22/3 (Fri)
Haifa Zoo,
Carmelit
Hadar, shuk <@YS, Haifa>
23/3 (Sat)
Neve-Sheeanan
Technion
<@KD-3, Haifa>
24/3 (1) Adar by Carmelit
Haifa Zoo<6>
Carmel
sunset at Bat Galim/Dado <@MK, Haifa>
25/3 (2)
Rotshild Park @ Zichron Yakov w/GS
Aqueduct + seashore in Caesarea
Eat at THAT arab place near Karkur <@PZ, near Caesarea>
26/3 (3)
Beit Shean w/YK and GS
Gan-Guru<12>
<@KD-4, Haifa>
27/3 (4)
Haifa <@KD-5, Haifa>
28/3 (5-Thu) Leaving @ 11:45; be there @ 8:30,
train: 7:27 from Hof-HaCarmel - 8:45 at Ben-Gurion
<@Toronto...>
Sites:
- Soreq Stalactite Cave
October-March (inclusive) 08:00-16:00; Fridays and the eves - closes 1 hr earlier.
The cashier closes one hour before the closing of the site!
- Timna Park
Sun-Thu, Sat: 8 A.M.-4 P.M.; Fri and eves: 8 A.M.-3 P.M.; Adult/Child - NIS 44/39
- Kibbutz Lotan:
9:30-11: ecologic tour, 10:00 bird watching (Another site)
- Ein Avdat <-> Sde Boker
- Hamat Gader 08:30-22:30; NIS 81
- Haifa Zoo Sun - Thurs/Sat: 9am-6pm; Fri/eve: 9am-3pm; Adult and Child: NIS 35
- Technion Swimming Pool
Sun, Tue, Thu: 6-23; Mon, Wed: 6-20; Fri, Sat: 6-18; 04-8235944/04-8324945
- Austrian Hospice 37 Via Dolorosa (Corner Al-Wad road)
- Mineral Beach
Address: Rte. 90, 20 km south of Qumran, 90665; Phone: 02/994-4888
Sun-Thu (9-18:00) NIS 45; Fri-Sat (8-18:00) NIS 55
- City of David
In order to reach the City of David by foot, exit the Old City via the Dung Gate (the gate closest to the Western Wall Plaza. Turn left and shortly after (around 50 meters), make a right. The entrance to the City of David will be on your left hand side.
Entrance Fee: 27/14; 2-hr tour: 60/45; Sun-Tue: 8-17, Fri: 8-14
- Mt. Yoash
This lookout along the border road with Egypt is an easy trip from Eilat. Notice the huge storage tanks as you drive along Route 12; they belong to the Eilat-Ashkelon oil pipeline. After you pass the tanks, you enter the Eilat Mountains Nature Reserve, with Nahal Shlomo, a dry riverbed, on your left. Drive 12 km (7½ mi) into the reserve and turn left at the orange sign for Mt. Yoash; then drive another 1 km (½ mi), bearing right up a rough, steep, and winding stone road. Park and take in knockout views of the alternating light and dark ridges of the Eilat Mountains
- Gan-Guru
Contact: nirtours@nirtours.co.il; 04-6488061;
Sun-Thu: 9:00-16:00; Fri: 9:00-13:00; Sat, eves: 9:00-17:00
Next time:
- Aкко
- Massada
- Megido
- Mini-Israel
- Rosh-HaNikra
- Museum Israel in Jerusalem
- Museum of Technology in Haifa