Israel travel guide
Before you go to Israel
- Currency
- ILS ₪
- Emergency number
- 112 / 100
- Plug type
- H, C, M
- Tap water
- Tap water is safe to drink throughout the country.
- Tipping
- expected
- Bargaining
- Common
- eSIM
- Available
- Card networks
- Visa, Mastercard, Amex (limited), Isracard
- ATM fees
- Usually none at bank ATMs; third-party standalone ATMs do charge
Cities in Israel
- Jerusalem One of the world's oldest cities and a holy city for Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The walled Old City holds the Western Wall, Temple…
- Tel Aviv-Yafo Israel's cosmopolitan Mediterranean hub, famed for Bauhaus "White City" architecture, long beaches, a buzzing food and nightlife scene, and…
- Eilat Israel's Red Sea resort at the country's southern tip, a year-round beach and diving destination with coral reefs, a marine observatory and…
- Nazareth The largest Arab city in Israel and, in Christian tradition, the boyhood town of Jesus. Its Old City clusters around the Basilica of the…
- Dead Sea (Ein Bokek) The resort strip of Ein Bokek on the southern Dead Sea, the lowest place on Earth, lined with spa hotels and mineral beaches, and the…
- Haifa A port city rising up the slopes of Mount Carmel, best known for the terraced Bahá'í Gardens and Shrine of the Báb, its German Colony,…
- Tiberias A lakeside town on the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret), a base for Christian pilgrimage sites around the lake, Jewish holy tombs, hot springs and…