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…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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.
Nazareth
On the top floor of an Ottoman mansion, this vast, all-wood studio apartment affords breathtaking views. Unbelievably romantic.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
HI – Karei Deshe Guest House & Youth Hostel
Sea of Galilee
This sparkling-white facility, right on the lakeshore, has 82 rooms (with 18 more set to come in 2018), a sandy beach and lots of trees and grass. Dorm…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Haifa
Slow-moving nuns, swishing their robes, are your hosts at the sedate, boarding-school-like Saint Charles. Operated by the Latin Patriarchate Rosary…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Lower Galilee
The welcoming Billan family has turned four apartments into 18 comfortable, clean rooms, many quite spacious; private bathrooms are planned. Dorms have…
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…
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…
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…
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…