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Israel
Four thousand years of contested ground in a country three hours long, and a beach city that parties through all of it. Check the advisory before you plan.
Israel in ten slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Best time to visit Israel: Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Where people go in Israel
- Tel Aviv3 days is about right
- Haifa2 days is about right
- Beer Sheva2 days is about right
What people go to see in Israel
The Baháʼí Terraces, or the Hanging Gardens of Haifa, are garden terraces on Mount Carmel in Haifa, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Israel. Completed in 2001, there are 19 terraces and more than 1,500 steps ascending the mountain. The central terrace is highlighted by the Shrine of the Báb, one of the main religious sites of the Baháʼí Faith.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 29 Aug 2026
Arash Hashemi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cave of Elijah is the name used for two grottoes on Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel, associated with Biblical prophet Elijah. According to tradition, Elijah is believed to have prayed at a grotto before challenging the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel, and to have hidden in either the same or in another nearby grotto from the wrath of Jezebel.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 27 Apr 2026
Phillip Baldensperger · Public domain
The German Colony is an area of Haifa established in 1868 as a Christian German Templer Colony in Ottoman Palestine. It was the first of several colonies established by the group in the Holy Land. Others were founded in Sarona near Jaffa, Galilee and Jerusalem.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 16 Aug 2026
StateofIsrael · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Haifa Museum of Art, established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930s in Wadi Nisnas, downtown Haifa. Ranking as Israel's third largest art museum, the museum focuses on Israeli and international contemporary art, and its collection includes 7,000 items, mostly of contemporary Israeli art.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 May 2026
Talmoryair · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Carmel, also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias, is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. A number of towns are situated there, most notably Haifa, Israel's third largest city, located on the northern and western slopes.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
Chadner · Public domain
The Shrine of the Báb is a structure on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, where the remains of the Báb, founder of the Bábí Faith and forerunner of Baháʼu'lláh in the Baháʼí Faith, are buried; it is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Baháʼís, after the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh in Acre.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
This picture has been taken, uploaded and the copyright owned by Tom Habibi, but released in the licences below. Shrine · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Habima Theatre is the national theatre of Israel and one of the first Hebrew language theatres. It is located in Habima Square in the center of Tel Aviv.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Aug 2026
ד"ר אבישי טייכר · CC BY 2.5
Jaffa, also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part. The city sits atop a naturally elevated outcrop on the Mediterranean coastline.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
Godot13 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Neve Tzedek is a neighborhood in southwestern Tel Aviv, Israel. It was the first Jewish neighborhood to be built outside the old city of the ancient port of Jaffa. It was founded in 1883 by a group of 48 Jewish families led by Shimon Rokach, a Jerusalemite pioneer of agriculture, and Aharon Chelouche, a landowner and businessman from Jaffa.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 6 Jan 2026
Giladtop · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rothschild Boulevard is one of the principal streets in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, beginning in Neve Tzedek at its southeastern edge and running north to Habima Theatre. It is one of the most expensive streets in the city, being among one of its main tourist attractions. It features a wide, central strip lined with Ficus trees, as well as pedestrian and bike lanes.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 1 Jun 2026
Homerethegreat · CC BY 4.0
Expo Tel Aviv (formerly the Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center and later the Tel Aviv Convention Center, commonly referred to as Ganei HaTaarucha or the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds, is a fairground complex on Rokach Boulevard in northern Tel Aviv, Israel, used as a venue for concerts, exhibitions, trade fairs, and conferences.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 9 Aug 2026
Ynhockey · CC BY-SA 4.0
The White City is a collection of over 4,000 buildings in Tel Aviv from the 1930s built in a unique form of the International Style, commonly known as Bauhaus, by German Jewish architects who fled to the British Mandate of Palestine from Germany after the rise to power of the Nazis. Tel Aviv has the largest number of buildings in the Bauhaus/International Style of any city in the world.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Jul 2026
Unknown author · Public domain
The White City is a collection of over 4,000 buildings in Tel Aviv from the 1930s built in a unique form of the International Style, commonly known as Bauhaus, by German Jewish architects who fled to the British Mandate of Palestine from Germany after the rise to power of the Nazis. Tel Aviv has the largest number of buildings in the Bauhaus/International Style of any city in the world.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Jul 2026
Unknown author · Public domain
Abraham's Well is a historical water well in Beersheba, Israel, associated with the biblical narrative of Abraham. Its structure houses the archaeology museum of Beersheba.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 May 2026
Daniel Baránek · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Midbarium or "Desertarium", also the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Animal Park is a desert zoo and amusement park at the edge of the desert by the northwest outskirts of Beersheba, Israel. It covers 140 dunams and has over 100 species of animals, including leopards, zebras, giraffes, turtles, wild dogs, hippopotami, meerkats, lions, and eagles.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Dec 2025
אומרים ישנה · CC0
The Monument to the Negev Brigade, known locally as the Andarta, is a monument designed by Dani Karavan in memory of the members of the Palmach Negev Brigade who fell fighting on Israel's side during the 1948 Arab Israeli War. It is situated on a hill overlooking the city of Beersheba from the east and constitutes a recognized symbol of the Negev and Beersheba.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Jul 2026
Daniel Baránek · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Negev Museum of Art is an art museum in the Old City of Beersheba, Israel. The building is the former Governor's Mansion, built in 1906 by the Ottomans as part of government edifices that include the Seraya and the local mosque.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 1 Jun 2026
Daniel Baránek · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club is an Israeli professional football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The club was established in 1949, and since 2007 it has been run by businesswoman Alona Barkat, who serves as the club's owner. The club also fields youth teams, and a women's side.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 3 Sep 2026
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