Tel Aviv

tallaghtfornia

Hi All
Might be heading to Tel Aviv for a week - just wondering if any Bordies have been and is it worth spending a week there ? Also I hear the Airport security etc can be a challenge to get though - can anyone advise any tips ?
thanks in advance.

whomitconcerns

Airport security on way over is easy. On way back in tel Aviv it's a pain...searched repeatedly and passport repeatedly searched and questioned.

Head south to Jerusalem if your going anyway...personally wouldn't go to israel unless I had a very good reason to go

jimwallace197

Well worth going. If you have been to an islamic country in the last year, just be conscious they will ask you a lot of questions about that and also why you are travelling here.

Tel aviv is more for night life whereas Jurusalem is more for tourism and sightseeing.

I would recommend the garden of Gethsemene there and the Dead sea.

bolgbui41

It's definitely worth going to Israel. The night life in Tel Aviv is great and there are some fantastic restaurants, but there think you'd be hard pressed to find enough to do in if you were there for a week. I'd second the suggestions above and add Haifa - the Bahá'í world centre (gardens and shrine) are worth a visit. Jerusalem has enough to keep you occupied for a couple of days, and Gethsemene is lovely.

I found the security a bit of a pain, but I think that was because of my own circumstances - I was doing a bit of work in the West Bank and had stamps from several Muslim-majority on my passport. I was delayed at the airport and was searched a couple of times going through checkpoints on public transport. My friend who visited free of all that baggage had no difficulties, though.