Jerusalem Guest Houses

... :   It is a small country, less than the size of the state of New Jersey with a population of about 3 million i believe. Jerusalem in the largest city, 675,000, Tel aviv next at 350,000 and Haifa next at about 200,000. Jewish settlers originally ...

... He had all that you could have in Rome, only here it is in the middle of the desert! Swimming pool, several palaces, special guest houses, all with intricate mosiac on the floors, that look like carpets! Then the cable car down and shopped. Back on the ...

... absolutely gorgeous up there! On to Ein Gev for the first of 2 nights at the kibbutz on the Sea of Galilee! We were in small guest houses right near enough to hear the lapping of the waves all night! We have a TV for the first time since arriving, so ...

... ? Aunt Evy - This topic came up this week when my class visited a reform synagogue in Mevasseret Zion, just outside of Jerusalem, this week. I would answer that there is definitely a growing need of some sense of spirituality here in Israel, on the ...

... just arrived, from Israel. Brendan and I had just spent 2 hours plotting and planning our trip over to Jerusalem the next morning and picked our new guest's brain as much as we could. "So, you want to go to Israel" he said suspiciously, shifting ...

... to Tzfat, the ancient "mystic" city of Israel. There are four cities in Israel that Jews consider "Holy."...Hebron, Jerusalem, Tiberius and Tzfat. Tzfat definitely lived up to its reputation as a mystical place. There was something unique and special ...

... severely dangered because of the barbaric aspects of that religion I found myself not writing about sufficiently. Then I head back for Jerusalem and meet Ella again. I tell her some of my stories and she agrees with me. Her government is terrible.  ...

... , the lowest place on Earth, although this certainly doesn't describe our spirits. We arrived yesterday, after 3 tumultuous days in Jerusalem. By this, I mean that that our experiences in Jerusalem were a mixture of awe, activity, and frustration. ...

... . The old part of town consists of narrow cobblestone alleys revealing artists' galleries, medieval synagogues, private homes and small guest houses. Despite its small population (ca 27,000), Safed is once again making its mark on the map. Thousands of ...

... houses and hotels perched on a ledge over the spectacular gorge. A lot of the houses are deserted and derelict, but hotels and guest houses are functioning. We walk to the edge and take photos down into the gorge, and back into the village. We manage to ...

... vegetarian (which is great news for Allison!). We are staying up on the mountain on the banks of the river, in a tiny colony of guest houses/bungalows. The owner of our guest house is such a character-- she told us to call her "Mamachi" (Mama)- and calls ...

... 's highest town and known as "Little England". As we get to the outskirts of town there are rows of neat mock Tudor guest houses lining the street - given the impression of driving into a slightly down at heel English seaside resort. After a short nap we ...

... sunrise, we headed out to look for a room. The nearby Manjaikulam Road is home to around a hundred hotels and guest houses, so we decided to start at the bottom and work our way up. The first 4 or 5 places we enquired ...

... Taropani, despite being uphill from where we had stood so miserably, was only an hour away. It is a collection of run-down guest houses that, in this foul weather, looked rather sad and dilapidated. We gladly entered one of them and quickly changed into ...