Fodors 92 Israel

includes index and biblioraphy

Facts at your fingertips Planning your trips : National tourist office ..... 15, Tours ..........15, when to go ...........18 National and religious holidays ...........18 Dates .........20, what to pack ............20, Coasts in Israel ...........20, Taking money abroad .........21, passports .............22, Health and insurance .........23 Student and youth travel ...........24, Hints for handicapped travelers ..............25, Lnaguage .......26, Israli time ............26 Getting to israel. From the U.S.by air .............26, From the U.K.by air ................27, Customs on arrival .........27 Staying in Israel. Hotels ...........28, Kibbutz guest houses .........29 Holiday villages ...........29,Christian Hospices ...........29, Youth hostels ..........29, camping ............29, restaurants ............30, Budget eating tips .............30, Tipping ..........30, mail .........31, Telephones........31, Closing times ...........31, Electricity .............31, Newsstands ..............32, News on radio and tv .............32, Lavatories ...............32 Getting around Israel . by air ..........32, by train ............32, by car ........32, by bus ..............33, By taxi .........34, Visiting Egypt ............34 Leaving Israel. Airport tax ......35, Customs on returning home ................35 Israel`s early history - Atapestry of time and place ..................37 Maps of the promised land and the fertile cresent ........42 Map of the holy land ...........46 Maps of the jewish revolt and the crusades ..............49 From exile to return - The story of Israel`s independence ...........54 Food and wine -eat your way around the world .............66 Jerusalem - The eternal city ..............74 Map of old testament Jerusalem ...........76 Map of second Temple Jerusalem ...........76 Map of Byzantine Jerusalem .........77 Map of Jerusalem .............80-81 Map of the old city (jerusalem ) .............87 The dead sea - including Jericho and the jordan rift ..........122 Map of Masada ..........127 The west bank ...........Judea and samaria ...........134 Jerusalem corridor, shefelah and philistine country -A land of little gems ................145 Te laviv - Shopkeepers and sophisticates ..........156 Map of tel Aviv ...............158-159 Up the coast to half a and mount carmel -Gate way to Galilee ............177 Map of haifa ...........186-187 Acre and the western Galilee - Crusaders and castles .....207 The jezre`el vallet and the lower galilee -Crossroads of the north ..................222 The sea of galilee - The waters of the north ...............240 The upper galilee and golan -Where the past is present ..............259 The negev and eilat -Deserts and discos ............279 Index ..........290