Looking for a Tour in Israel? Which to TAKE and which to AVOID
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2019
- Taking a tour in Israel, whether a day tour or a tour running over multiple days, is a great way to understand the rich history of Israel.
In this vidoe I talk about all the different tours on offer:
what you can expect, what you should avoid, and which companies are out there - from budget to luxury.
Tour companies
I’m going to divide the tours into three:
The cheap options, which I really like
The mid-range, which are very common but which I don’t like
The high end, meaning private guides, which is the best option if you can afford it.
All the information on my site - www.travelingisrael.com/tours...
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Enjoy Israel!
Oren
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Enjoy Israel!
Oren
I am an Austrian citizen but was born in Turkey. I am very interested in the historical sights in Israel. Esp. those with christian context and Jewish sites with old testamentary context. But also, I would love to mingle on the markets and get in contact with people or visit a kibbutz. I know, some of them are open to visitors. I have no idea, what the latest political state is. I am not so much in Turkish politics and due to some stress I had a few years ago, I avoid news all together. So I don't know how Austria is perceived nowadays.. Do you think, it would cause irritation, if an Israeli/hotel reception etc would know, or see in my passport, that I have a Muslim background or that I am Austrian? I would love to go all around, where all Israelis go around and live. It would be a pity, if I should avoid one or another area or getting in contact would be a challenge, the moment, I say my name. By the way, usually people cannot tell, where I am from. I had heard, Italian, Russian, English. In Austria a lot of people just assume, I am an Austrian, with an unusual surname. But my first name is Nursen. Should I just say another name? What is your estimation? Please be as honest and direct, as you can. You can tell me, that you don't know. That is fine. I only hope, you don't think, this is a trick question. It is not. I just discovered your channel today.
PS: My sister told me, a friend of hers (I think from Bosnia) was there two years ago, and was very much irritated by the fact, that she got a registration number at the airport exit. is that something, that every tourist gets? What does this number mean?
Hello,
I would like to know if it is possible to take a bus/train/ferry from Luxor Egypt after my tour there to head to Eilat, then head up to Aqaba by bus? After touring WadiRum,Petra,Jerash, then I will like to cross to Jerusalem and continue my Israel tour. Are these option possible instead of always flying to the capital before touring south? I appreciate any logistic tips, thank you.
We rented a car to do travels in Israel. While I am.from a large city at home (Houston Texas), the traffic signs in Israel were not the easiest to follow. I think it was my difficulty in reading Hebrew based words, but my sister would navigate next to me and that allowed me to focus on driving.
Another issue was getting gas for the car. Outside of the big cities English is more uncommon. When I went to get gas for the car, all the writing on the pump is in Hebrew. Also there was the choice of the 2 filler nozzles for fuel. Of course, in the states the green filler is diesel and the black is gas and so I tried to insert the diesel nozzle in the tank. Luckily it didnt fit! Finally I just went inside and asked for help. Oh yes, its not gas, its called benzene.
God is good all the time amen🙏 welcome to holy land
Bless your soul
This channel is very underrated. Great advice and very interesting content.
Thanks!
I love Israel with all my heart, and I've never been there. I am very interested in go to Israel and visit all those places.
Goodshepherd travel agency is reasonably priced. I had a wonderful trip.
I have been to many beautiful cities around the world, Jerusalem is among the most beautiful. An amazing city.
Thank you. Informative and down-to-earth in your explanations. Much appreciated.
Again a very informative video Oren. Thank you. We will visit Israël on november 4 . Shalom
How can I get your books
Greatly appreciate your videos. Visiting Isreal is on top of my list.
Hope to visit Israel soon 💗
Your traveling guide is my first list for my tourist guide.
Hey dude, I'm working from home atm and today I watched about 5 or 6 of your videos and really enjoyed watching! Thanks so much for all the info. I'm just travelling on UA-cam because of well...we all know. Actually watched your money video with the poets on the notes and the 1/2 shekel story that all pay. Awesome, really easy and pleasant to listen to you too. Oh yeah, there was the idea to go to the countryside during the week and city at weekends, loads of info like! Anyway thanks a bunch. Hope you and your family are well. Keep your spirits up and will watch more!
I so love your videos! I doubt I will ever get to Israel, wish I could, I would hire you in a heartbeat to guide us around. Anyone who goes and has you as their tour guide must have a wonderful time and informative experience.
Wow this is super helpful thank you!! We are hoping to go soon!
Thanks! Check out my site, almost all of my videos are based on posts - www.travelingisrael.com/
Fantastic! Great advice from all your videos. Thank you!
Love your channel !!! My Husband and I plan on returning to Israel and would like to visit places we didn’t get to see and also try some foods and do some old city shopping.
Thanks for sharing
I'll be there next week and hopefully I'll find a good tour
Thanks
I love some of the sites you show on this channel thank you
thanks! going to israel on Monday, maybe see you there!
Another great video. Thanks
Absolutely fantastic informativ video
Love your program good advice from South Africa
Lovely information video. I'd love to visit Israel
Thank you !! Good advice
I really love and injoy your vedeo very informative I love Israel so much and planning to go back there when everything is open again in Israel
Excellent video
Hi and thank you for your informative videos…
When would be the best time to visit Israel and Jordan, for instance in this year 2023 that isn’t too hot and crowded nor too cold and wet?
Thanks 😊
When I come to Israel, I will call you. Thanks Oren
Very good video 👍👍😀😀
Thank you! Good video.
I am an amateur photographer.. Would LOVE to see Israel one day.
:-)
Enjoyed your videos!
Are there any tours to Hebron? Which budget friendly hostel/hotel would you recommend in the Old City in the Jewish quarter?
Very good for the information, hopefully see you soon in Israel ...
Hi, Iam your new subscriber. Finally find your channel. Like your explanation it is very informative for.people.like me that never go to Israel. I must see your all videos. Next year I would like to visit Holyland spot around Israel but confused about where to stay, how much the budget I hv to spend, which one is more advantage just go there and look for a local tour guide or booked my self to group tour from my country, etc. Just donot know yet. But anyway your video is very helpfull. Thank you.
Thanks. Check my video about accommodation. there you get the sense of prices
Hi Oren, i love your videos very informative.
U mentioned package tours usually start their journey from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
As we will be staying around Sea of Galilee area, I wonder is there any package tour up to the north?
I just love your channel!! So much good information !! Is there anyway soon you can post how to get to Kidron valley and Caiaphas house ? I can’t seem to find directions on how to get there also more information on tower of David , city of David and the western wall tunnels . Prices and how to get to those places 🤗 Thank you 💕
Hey, Thanks! I am not going to do videos about it soon but the name of the church of Caiaphas house is - Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu. You will find it in a second. it is very close to the city of David. they have a good internet with all the info.
Thank you !! I will see if I can find it on the web . Thank you so much for responding I was looking all over UA-cam but I could not find a good video that gave good details. I will be purchasing some of your book soon . I will be going back to Israel for the second time in 2021 doing another tour but also staying about 6-7 days extra and tour on our own .
One more question how about the Kidron Valley ? How can we get there without car ?
@@Habibi1980 Walk or take a taxi. it is between the Old City and the Mount of Olives
Thank you 🤗
I've used the frum companies for touring, and I've been super happy. Simcha Hochbaum is top notch for Chevron. The frum companies are good cuz they don't go into places charaidim can't go, if you know what I mean.
Do you know if a frum Segway tour, or one that is sensitive to the needs of a frum woman?
I was planning on going on the Caesarea, Acre and Rosh Hanikra Tour offered by Beinharim because they were the only non private tour (I'm traveling alone and on a budget) I found who goes to Rosh Hanikra .Do you recommend to not do this as a tour and to do it on my own? I'm too scared to rent a car in Israel and from Tel Aviv via public transportation it looks like it will take a really long time.
Bbrilliant :)
Thanks u very much l will be visiting Israel on April 2021 and I will get in touch
Shalom Oren Can you please do an explanation on the significance of the green, blue etc. painted doors in the old city.
Love to come to Israel one day.
Hello, Oren, how are you? A question: winery tours, i was searching and the prices are expansives for a private tour. Do you have any tip?
In which area in Israel you want take a wine tour? I can recommend talking to the wineries directly.
Hi Oren!
Would you recommend someone doing a an app-guided tour even if they have never been to Israel before?
wondering the same!
Excellent video. Could you tell me in the case of free tours how much should I give the guide approximately?Are there free tours in Spanish? Thanks for your answer
There are no free tours in Spanish. I would say not less than 10$ per person as the guide need to pay the company 3$ per person.
Thanks a lot for your answer.
Bedankt
Please vlog the red sea and mount Sinai and the temple of mount sion
Todah Rabah (תודה רבה) Oren, these are great tips, many thanks! 👍 ❤️ 🇮🇱 Btw Oren, there was something I wanted to ask you .. in Israel is it possible to visit a Jewish family and have a home-cooked meal and maybe even participate in a little of the food preparation, much in the same way that they offer this expereince with Druze families?
I am sorry, I don't know of any but I will ask other tour guides
If you check out the B and B accommodation, I bet you will get what you are looking for. Maybe kibbutz stays.
@@Justinian21c Thank you Justinian, this is exactly what we were looking for. Very grateful! 👍
@@Visonista It's my pleasure. Have a wonderful, blessed trip to Israel. Shalom to Israel and its people.
I love your videos thank you. Oops I thought you were French. Haha
Is there an entrance fee for a a lot of these Biblical sites? I will check out your booklets. Toda raba.
Hi & Shalom! Your videos are Fantastic! I am planning to visit Eretz Yisrael in March of 2020 with my Mom. Your videos are so helpful to understand and plan better. Can you please answer a question about the 2 rings you wear? My Jewish American doctor wears 2 rings just like you...what does this mean? Todah Rabah and G-D Richly Bless you and your Beautiful Family!
Hey, Thanks! One is my wedding ring and the other is the brothers ring. we are 4 brothers and we have the same rings, but this is not something Jewish.
@@Travelingisraelinfo Ok Oren! Thank you! Maybe you can do an Israel Eco-Tourism video? SHALOM!
@@miahb346 My next video will be about accommodation and I will take about some eco villages
Hi brother I want go to Israel tour
Can you explain the process.
Hi I’m interested in getting a tour guy for may 5-10 2023.
Is there any bus or other transport from Jerusalem to Eilat on shabbat?
No. Only at evening.
I’m gonna visit Palestine next month. Do u have advice ?
Do your booklets come with a map?
Yes!
Very tru but some fruit hove sugar, so choose you fruts, exesating discyplinac you selfe,
What are the coolest months to visit Israel? I don't like hot weather because I disliked hot sun & sweating. I like windy, cooling day or cold days. Kindly advice. Appreciate Yr info's. God bless you.
Oren will confirm this for you, but I think the coolest months are November through March.
Hey December - January. I wrote about it here - www.travelingisrael.com/israel-vacation-tips/
January in Jerusalem is VERY cold. And rainy. The Jerusalem stone holds the cold in.
@@inmemoryofyossi8187 I found it interesting when reading the Torah to discover that in King David's final words when summarising some of the details of his military commanders, he makes the comment: "He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day." (2 Samuel 23: 20) This means that in times past Israel once had snow! Yes, I know there can be occasional snow even today, but it seems as if in the past it was more frequent .. and that you also had lions !!
@@Visonista Snow in Israel is not that uncommon in winter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_in_Israel
If I want to do a tour with you … where can I reach you ?
Your own personal Jesus! 😎👍
Where can I hire you for a tour?
I wanted to buy your books. Going on a visit in 6 months. Your books aren't available right now?
Yes! travelingisrael.shop/
How much does it cost for a tour guide ?
Can you send me tour guides of Jerusalem?
How can I reach you ?
Nice video my friend
Let's taste the best coffee that I brought from Nusa Tenggara Timur-Indonesia for you, my friend
What is called David's Tomb on Mt. Zion is not David's real tomb. David was buried in "the city of David," according to Kings. The City of David is located east of Mt. Zion and south of the Old City. David's palace has been found. His real tomb has not.
The problem with tour groups is that they are always in a hurry. The advantage is if you go on a tour, you won't get lost. I recommend on your first visit, go with a tour. Maybe on your second as well. But on your third and subsequent visit, and you really need to visit Israel many times, I recommend going on your own. Getting around the cities is not too difficult. In Jerusalem, there is a light rail. Taxis are also a great way to get around. And Israeli Railways is the best way to get from city to city. I do hire a guide for a day if I am going outside of the city. Last visit I had a guide for Sde Boker and archaeological sites in the area. The time before I got a guide to take me to the rabbinic tombs and ruins around Meron. I got to see a lot which tours do not see since the roads are not passable by bus.
I Want visit Israel
Would love to go but today's current events,we don't want to be in the crossfire.
You won't be.
I have made many trips to Israel. The only time I felt my life was in danger was in Haifa. I was in a taxi going downhill on a winding road, and the driver did not seem to think holding on to the steering wheel was that important. Saying that, I would add that most taxi drivers get you there and back in one piece.
Waiting to see Christian tours
Ulai
This is my country proved by JEWISH HISTORY and ARCHEOLOGY which is Israels greatest weapon against lies and ignorance.
Welcome to Christian world to all Christianity hello there from here phillipines amen
*Palestine
Palestine is a magical country
Wonderland is also a magical country
Free Palestine 🇵🇸🕊️
I hear Palestine is beautiful.
I've heard people say that its a little off-kilter.
It's actually ISRAEL. There is no "palestine". Hope that is helpful.
@@Lagolop Your reply is very telling and helpful indeed.
@@offkilterconcepts5749 I'm so glad when I get to inform people about Jewish aboriginal lands. So much misinformation out there. Then, fictional terms are used over and over in an attempt to make them truth. Have you ever been to the ancestral heartland of the Jewish people; Judea and Samaria? Just beautiful :)
@@Lagolop All you did was inform me of your ignorance. History and International law are very clear and not on your side. I'd be glad to better inform you of the specifics in a debate anytime.
zionst propaganda tour .
I am proud to be a Zionist! Unlike all the Muslim\Arabic countries around us, we are a democracy, we don't kill gays and women are free to do what they want. Keep on blaming us for all your failures and we will keep on building and succeeding. And if you don't want to go to a tour in Israel, go to a tour in Syria or Yemen. I hope you will enjoy it!
@@Travelingisraelinfo my friend i am from saudi arabia and i love your channel and your country "israel" so much and i agree with everything you said but i hope you keep your self away from such negative comments and keep your channel healthy. i recommend you and all israelis to not give any attention to negative people and keep doing what you are doing and more. pray for Yemen and Syria instead of gloating over another's misfortune. my words may be a little bit harsh but i still love you and i hope one day we will have peace and to be your guest in Jerusalem and to be your host when you visit my city Mecca. all the love to you my cousin
@@Majjed61 Thank you so much for your comment! As you see on my channel, it is not about politics and yet Every day I get hate comments from Muslims from all over the world. 99% of the Hate comments I delete, but once in a while I answer. It is unbelievable the amount of hate in the Muslim world towards Israel although, as you know, the horrible things Muslims do to each other in the Muslim countries... Anyway I am very happy you wrote me and I hope that one day you will be able to visit me in Israel and I will be able to visit you in Saudi Arabia.
@@Travelingisraelinfo i understand but just take a deep breath and ignore them most of them are paid to do this by the Qataris with millions of accounts to bring back ottoman impair back and Hamas is one of their group thay are called muslim brotherhood and they are the reason of radicalizing many muslim people in the past and now. lets just ignore them they are in their last days . i would like to ask you to make a video about Israeli wine if you can cuz if you know that saudi arabia is about to allow alcohol drinks next year and i would like to make my first glass a meddle eastern one.