Must-see hotels in Israel

  • Hotel Mizpe Hayamim

    Upper Galilee & Golan

    One of Israel’s most exclusive hotels, this plush hillside establishment is set in 15 hectares of gorgeous gardens, with 97 rooms and suites that are as…

  • Golan Garden Hostel

    Golan Heights

    This mellow 18-bed place – run by super-friendly Alon and Daniel – has a chill-out lounge with bean-bag chairs, a full kitchen for self-caterers, dorm…

  • Ruah Glilit

    Upper Galilee & Golan

    George Samaan (Saman), an internationally known oud, saz and violin player (you can see him on YouTube), and his wife Eva offer guests a warm, musical…

  • Inbar Country Lodging

    Sea of Galilee

    Israel's smallest kibbutz (just five families) runs a delightful hillside guesthouse, part of the ILH network, where hammocks swing amid tranquil,…

  • HI Knights Hostel

    Akko

    Looking more like part of the old city walls than a modern hostel, this 76-room IYHA hostel runs like clockwork. The clean dorm and private rooms feel…

  • Silent Arrow

    Mitzpe Ramon

    Seeking the tranquillity and simplicity of the desert? This encampment may fit the bill. A 20-minute (1.5km) walk from town, it offers basic accommodation…

  • Vitrage Guesthouse

    Nazareth

    More a homestay than a B&B, this simply furnished nine-room guesthouse is run by Bishara, a retired vitrage ('stained glass' in French) artisan, who grew…

  • Nof Ginosar Hotel

    Sea of Galilee

    This kibbutz old-timer, founded in 1964, has 170 elegant hotel rooms, 75 'country lodging' rooms, a gym (opened in 2017), flowery grounds and its very own…

  • InnSense Suites

    Mitzpe Ramon

    Mitzpe's first boutique hostelry makes innovative use of one of the Spice Route Quarter's cavernous industrial buildings. The six suites here are huge,…

  • Merom Golan Resort Village

    Golan Heights

    Rest your saddle-weary body at this attractive and very comfortable resort village, which has 46 wood-and-basalt, spa-equipped chalets and 32 guestrooms…

  • Pina Barosh

    Upper Galilee & Golan

    The seven atmospheric rooms (there’s also a luxury villa), arrayed around the central courtyard of a one-time livestock yard, feature vaulted ceilings,…

  • Artist Quarter Guest House

    Upper Galilee & Golan

    Northern Californians Joy and Evan Yisrael warmly welcome guests to their two spacious, Ottoman-era rooms, both with high, vaulted stone ceilings and…

  • Melach HaAretz

    Dead Sea

    Has two studio apartments off a garden (great for kids) decorated with garrulous owner Asaf Madmony's extraordinary stone, wood and metal sculptures.

  • AlReda Guesthouse

    Nazareth

    On the top floor of an Ottoman mansion, this vast, all-wood studio apartment affords breathtaking views. Unbelievably romantic.

  • HI – Masada Guest House

    Dead Sea

    This 89-room hostel is ideal if you’d like to climb the Snake Path to see sunrise from atop Masada. The five- or six-bed, single-sex dorm rooms border on…

  • Ein Gev Holiday Resort

    Sea of Galilee

    From 1948 to 1967, when most of the Sea of Galilee’s eastern coast was under Syrian control, the only way to get to Kibbutz Ein Gev was by boat. Today,…

  • Kibbutz Lotan Guesthouse

    The Negev

    This pioneering eco-community offers two types of accommodation: traditional guesthouse rooms (26 of them) that are simple but comfortable; and 10 'eco…

  • Dizengoff Avenue Hotel

    Tel Aviv

    This pretty, urban hotel is bang in the middle of Dizengoff, one of the main shopping streets, but you’d be forgiven for missing it. A simple doorway with…

  • Kibbutz Ketura Guesthouse

    The Negev

    Ketura's guesthouse is comfortable and extremely well maintained. Facilities include bicycle hire and an on-site coffee shop (open 8am to 11pm except…

  • Brown TLV

    Tel Aviv

    Go back in time to the 1970s with this retro 'urban hotel'. It may not be in the best part of town, but scenesters love the rooftop bar with its sundeck…

  • Desert Shade Eco-Camp

    Mitzpe Ramon

    Right on the edge of the makhtesh, with extraordinary views (especially at sunrise), this place has a Bedouin-style tent sleeping 20, smaller dorms and…

  • Beresheet

    Mitzpe Ramon

    Perched right on the edge of the makhtesh, this luxury resort hotel has one of the most spectacularly sited infinity pools you're ever likely to dive into…

  • Rothschild 71

    Tel Aviv

    Housed in a 1934 Bauhaus-style apartment block, this luxury hotel offers 32 sleek and stylish studios and suites with good amenities, including coffee…

  • The Jaffa

    Tel Aviv

    A major luxury hotel that opened in 2018, the Jaffa is housed in the 19th-century French Hospital, which has been redesigned by renowned architect John…

  • Market House Hotel

    Tel Aviv

    There aren't many opportunities in life to stay in a building incorporating remnants of an 8th-century Byzantine chapel, but that's what's on offer at…

  • Hotel Nordoy

    Tel Aviv

    At nearly a century old, the mauve-painted Hotel Nordoy at the end of Nahalat Binyamin’s pedestrian walkway (where a twice-weekly arts and crafts market…

  • Sisters of Nazareth Guest House

    Nazareth

    Set around a flowery courtyard with archaeological excavations underneath, this 61-room establishment, in a building that dates from 1855 (a new wing…

  • Art Gallery Hotel

    Haifa

    Original works by local artists adorn the public spaces and 40 mahogany-and-cream rooms of this hotel within a Bauhaus building. Some rooms feel a little…

  • Saint Charles Guesthouse

    Haifa

    Slow-moving nuns, swishing their robes, are your hosts at the sedate, boarding-school-like Saint Charles. Operated by the Latin Patriarchate Rosary…

  • Setai Sea of Galilee

    Sea of Galilee

    Opened in 2017, this premium luxury hotel is gorgeously sited just metres from the seashore. When you're not relaxing in the infinity pool or being…

  • Vera

    Tel Aviv

    Just a block from the liveliest section of Rothschild Blvd's southern tip, this swanky new boutique hotel is on a mission to showcase Tel Aviv’s talent in…

  • Desert Routes Inn

    The Negev

    The owners of this 14-room desert inn, close to the Jordanian border in the Northern Arava, are a goldmine of information about the area and can organise…

  • Zippori Village

    Lower Galilee

    Run by the friendly, knowledgeable Suzy and Mitch (who grew up in Denver and New York City respectively), the five two-room cottages come with gorgeous…

  • The Setai

    Tel Aviv

    Audacious, spacious and luxurious, The Setai sprawls across five refurbished Ottoman buildings that were once used as a jailhouse and police station. Now,…

  • Cana Guest House

    Lower Galilee

    The welcoming Billan family has turned four apartments into 18 comfortable, clean rooms, many quite spacious; private bathrooms are planned. Dorms have…

  • Center Chic Hotel

    Tel Aviv

    The name is cringe-worthy, but this 50-room hotel in a Bauhaus-style building is worth considering for its central location on Dizengoff Sq. It has well…

  • Dan Caesarea

    Caesarea

    This resort, 1.5km inland from the national park, is satisfyingly luxurious. Rooms feel a little beige but have huge beds and modern bathrooms; most have…

  • Desert Days

    The Negev

    Fourteen cabins made of straw bales and mud provide a base for city dwellers seeking a tranquil desert escape. The surrounds are stony and stark, but…

  • Rimonim Palm Beach

    Akko

    What it lacks in charm, this chain hotel makes up for in efficiency and amenities: a palm-lined outdoor pool and an Olympic-sized indoor pool, a sauna and…

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