Accommodation in Israel

As this site is geared towards your eventual arrival in Israel, it makes sense that we also have some recommendations on where to sleep on your trip to Israel. Basically, you have the following three options:

• Hotel
• Guest House (Bed & Breakfast) 
• Hostel (& Budget accommodation)

Hotels in Israel

Israel has some mighty fine hotels these days, and caters for all tastes and wallets. We won’t be recommending any particular hotel, but after some extensive research (unfortunately that research hasn’t meant sleeping in some of Israel’s tastiest hotels…though we have managed to grab a night or two in some of them over the years) we’ve finally settled on a solution that should provide you with some of the best Israel hotel deals out there on the Web. Our solution is a tie-up with Hotel.info, a site that includes some 210,000 hotels worldwide, with hundreds of Israel hotel deals for you to consider.

Wherever you’re intending to stay, Hotel.info has a deal for you. Take a look at some of the locations below for some great hotels. Alternatively, click on the hotel.info box over there on the right sidebar, and in the displayed page enter the town you intend to stay in, and happy hunting! Enjoy your stay in Israel! 

Guest Houses in Israel

Israel has a number of great guest houses, some of which are kibbutz-run, most however, are privately owned. These bed and breakfast type places can be found all over the country, but in the North are particularly favoured by Israelis looking for a short weekend break. Prices can range from 250 shekels per night for something very basic, to 1000 shekels plus per night for a bit of luxury. These guest house/B&B places are often known by the name Zimmer.

We highly recommend you take a look at this site as it will help you find a great country lodging/bed and breakfast type of place, at any location in Israel.

Our own personal recommendations for guest houses are to visit the north, and in particular to check out the moshavs Amirim and Had Ness. You also can’t go wrong in Rosh Pina, a small town with stunning views over the Galilee.

Hostels in Israel

Israel also has some fine budget accommodation, ranging from dorm beds in Christian youth hostels, to private rooms in hostels just a step away from the beaches of Tel Aviv. I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing hostel life, and, in the right place, it can take your trip to another level. You get to meet up with other travellers from all over the world, people often looking for the same experiences and fun.

We recommend you click on the image below, it will take you to the Hostelworld.com site, where they have a big list of hostels and budget places to stay.

One hostel we know from our (very) early days in Israel and that we can heartily recommend for that backpack/traveller experience: the Old Jaffa Hostel in Tel Aviv/Jaffa. Unique atmosphere and still charming, by all accounts.