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There can be fewer places on Earth that evoke such strong emotions than Israel, after all this is a holy land fought over for millennia. Today’s Israel has come of age. Vibrant, stylish and sophisticated, Israel also offers exceptional value for money.

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The sun was slowly turning red and beginning to set, but as it got lower, the light reflecting from the golden roof of Dome of the Rock...

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Barcelona and Prague eat your heart out - with the advent of low-cost flights to Tel Aviv, a whole new party town has arrived on the map for Brits...

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First-timers to Tel Aviv need to plan their weekend break carefully. The city that never sleeps may party every night of the week, but it...

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Once a barren, bunker-littered, strategic high ground from which Syria surveyed the enemy, the Golan Heights 40 years on is a verdant fruit...

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Jews and Christians alike love the Galilee - though for very different reasons. Jesus is hardly the draw at The Decks kosher steakhouse in...

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It was a sound that, given the circumstances, instantly transported me back thousands of years. The Muezzin's call to prayer from the...

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Jerusalem is one of the most satisfying destinations for a long weekend break in Israel, thanks to the fact the old city is as alive and...

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Whether it’s the sweet mountain air, the fertile soil or the legend of water being turned into wine by a maverick Jew 2,000 years...

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You know, it’s a great feeling swimming outside fourteen floors up.   For a start, you’re...

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Crowne Plaza Hotel Tel Aviv City Center - Tel Aviv’s best bet for business travellers and fitness...

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With a dedicated spa hotel in Herods Vitalis plus spas and salons in all its top hotels, Israel’s Eilat is the perfect venue for a...

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Among the few people not to have been surprised to hear of a woman exchanging vows with a dolphin in the Red Sea resort of Eilat will be those who...

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It’s impossible to find a resort anywhere in the world more family-friendly than Eilat. Mum and Dad may be paying the bill, but kids...

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Late November is a great time for jazz lovers to visit Jerusalem, when the sixth annual Jazz Globus Festival plays for a week in the buzzy...

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It seems only fitting that a building which tells a tale as complex as the building of Jerusalem should be a microcosm of the city...

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The Harmony Hotel is a great new asset to Jerusalem - the boutique hotel it astonishingly never had until 2008. And what a relief to be...

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It’s a funny thing about the Inbal - it’s not the fanciest hotel in Jerusalem, with rack rates starting at £180 it...

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Arriving at the Montefiore in the evening to be confronted by a sea of beautiful people standing seven deep to the buzzy bar, you could be...

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Israel's Carmel Forest Spa Resort, set in a national forest close to the country’s third city, Haifa, has taken on a...

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Capital Jerusalem Government Parliamentary Democracy Currency 1 New Israeli Sheqel...

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