Blogs from Eilat, South District, Israel, Middle East

Eilat is the southernmost city in Israel, next to the Red Sea. It's a city people visit for diving, snorkeling and lovely hikes. It's also the tax free zone in Israel, so people come here to shop. I spent the first day at Coral Beach Nature Reserve. It's an absolute heaven for snorkeling, clearest waters I have seen in a long time and marine life just next to the beach (just put your head inside the water). I also visited Timna Park, a 6,500+ year old Copper Mine which was mined from everyone including King Solomon to the Egyptians to Romans. The mine was shut in the 1970 after Chile became the dominant player in Copper mining and Israel found it hard to compete. The landscapes at Timna Park are beautiful. I also visited the Red ... read more

Rano ma opat budia susedia ale tentoraz este nevstavam. Idem na bus c.15 o 8/45. Nazad pojdem c.16 co je prakticky to iste. V supermarkete kupene mini ranajky, kakao a 2 kolaciky. Kolaciky predavaju na gramaz. Na bus stanicu tentoraz vchadzam hlavnym vchodom a nie bocnym ako vcera. Nabieham do prveho kanclu s logom eggedu, chlapik ma ale posiela dalej az do hlavnej budovy. Tu pekne oznacene infocentrum. Zajtra mi ide c.282 o 8/45 z nastupista c.7 za 21,5s smer ovda letisko. Tieto vsetky informacie mi chlapik pise na uz predtlaceny papier. Este som traposil ked sa ma pytal na cas odletu, nevedel som vyslovit 12 ale dohodli sme sa. Inak odchody busu c.282 na strankach eggedu nenajde. Neviem preco. Okolo 8/30 prichadza k nastupisku 282, o pat minut odchadza, fiha tak zajtra dojdem radsej skorej, ... read more

Vecer som sa nemohol ulozit, poschodova postel sa mi zda neaka uzka. Tentoraz spim na prizemy, bo hore bola blizko klima. Ubytko opustam uz nieco po 7/30, vonku uz pece slnko a je prijemne teplo. Na vcerajsej poznavacej trase po promenade som si vybral plaz uplne na severe pri hoteli herods. Rozprestieram handru na pieskovostrkovy podklad a sup ho do mora. Pozor na mna davaju plavcici, kupanie je tu povolene od 9/00-16/00. Voda spociatku studena ale neskor uz v pohode. Striedavo kupacka a slnenie, okolo mna rusky hovoriaci dochodci. Na plazi sa dali prenajat aj lehatka so slnecnikom ale to nevyuzam,bo tien vrhaju aj okolite plamy resp da sa nenapadne skovat aj pod velkymi slnecnikmi. Miriam mi nabalila opalovaci krem so stupnom 50, spalenie a zrejme ani opalenie teda u mna nehrozi. Pri plazi su aj ... read more

You can't claim that you are trying to dive everywhere, if you don't go to these places in the first place! So here I am on my way to Eilat. I spent few days in Aqaba years ago....it was around the Christmas holidays, and even Leslie did dive the Red Sea. You can see Eilat from Aqaba, and obviously the opposite is true too. This time I'm taking the Egged bus from Jerusalem. That was a good 4 hours drive, beautiful specially once you drive next to the Dead Sea! Hotels in Eilat are crazy expensive, and few of them even have a minimum stay of few nights...so I ended in the Eilat Youth Hostel. The hostel is central...and be ready, a room with breakfast is 140usd per night! Yes, the most expensive hostel I ever ... read more

Today was incredible. Early this morning, around 7 am, we were in Masada and we hiked Mt. Masada. We took the the Snake Trail, which was a pretty rigorous hike, so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that isn't an experienced hiker or physically fit in some way. Instead I would recommend the Rabbit Trail, which is an easier hike, and it still has a beautiful view of the Dead Sea and the mountains of Jordan across the water at its peak. We made sure that we were drinking lots of water before and during the hike, because it's very easy to get dehydrated in the Negev Desert, especially as you move farther south towards Eilat. This is because Israel has a very dry heat during the summer; temperatures can reach up to 110˚F (43˚C) while ... read more