Itinerary: A Week in Tel Aviv and Petra

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We booked tickets to Tel Aviv for February 2018! Very excited about this. Israel is a country that I’ve spent a lot of time in and that I absolutely love and I am beyond excited to share it with my brave boyfriend. I say brave because he totally got on board with this trip and then looked on a map and realized in a glance Israel’s fundamental security issues. Realizing that it was smack dab in between, or a stone’s throw from, all of the countries that many of us think of as the most unsafe in the world (Syria, Iran, etc) did not inspire feelings of warmth, safety, and security to him. However, he bravely agreed to forge ahead with this trip solely based on the word of me and my mom that it is a safe place to visit.

On to the itinerary – I realized pretty quickly that I’m not going to be able to provide him all the experiences and understanding of Israeli culture in a week that it has taken me years to experience. So this trip will focus on a few tourist highlights, but mostly hanging out in Tel Aviv so that he falls in love with the country and wants to go back. To which point I have another itinerary in the works that will focus on visiting solely the north of Israel and exploring the Galilee, the Golan, the Jordan River, and great hiking all while staying on Kibbutzes and in Tzimmers and visiting lots of wineries.

Here is the itinerary for February that is currently in the works. For reference, we are using Starwood points to get free nights at the Sheraton Tel Aviv which is an awesome location. If we were paying for accommodation, we would probably have done an AirBnB.

Saturday: Fly LAX – YYZ – TLV

Day 1 – SUNDAY  : Arrive and Enjoy Tel Aviv

  • Late Morning: Arrive @ Ben Gurion Airport
    • Take a Flo Shuttle from Ben Gurion to Hotel ($16 one way)
  • Afternoon/Lunch:
    • Café on the Beach near the hotel
    • Walk around and get bearings on the best part of the city
      • (Which, in my opinion, is exactly where our hotel is located. Also, don’t want to have high hopes for activities at this point since we’ll probably be jet-lagged and exhausted)
    • Walk up Frishman St. to Rabin Square
    • Wander from Rabin Square over to the juice stand at Dizengoff/Ben Gurion for a juice
    • Hang out at Frishman Beach
  • Dinner:
  • Drinks:

Day 2 – MONDAY : Explore Tel Aviv 

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  • Late Morning/Afternoon: Bike Ride + Sightseeing
    • Rent bikes and ride around – Tel-O-Fun $5 for 24 hour rental.
      • Route:
        • From Hotel up the beach to Shuk HaCarmel and Neve Tzedek
          • 1.5 miles from the Sheraton
        • Explore Yaffo (1.2 miles from Neve Tzedek)
        • Start riding back to Explore Beer Scene
        • If time, ride to Yarkon Park
        • If it’s getting late ride back to Neve Tzedek and wander down Shalom Shabazi St.
        • Stop at Jajo Vino (Shabazi 44) for a glass of wine
        • Stop at Suzana (Shabazi 9) for a glass of wine
          • “Suzana on the Roof” Outdoor Rooftop Bar opens every evening at 7pm.
  • Dinner and Drinks:
    • Vicky Cristina at Ha Tachana (Wine and Tapas Bar)
      • Vicky, the Tapas side of the restaurant, opens in the afternoon
      • Cristina, the wine bar side of the restaurant, opens at 7:00pm
      • Vicky Cristina is a 7 minute walk from Suzana

Day 3 – TUESDAY: Day Trip to Jerusalem / Dead Sea

  • Tour with Egged Tours ($130, 7:15am pick up)
  • Evening / Dinner: TBD

 

Day 4 – WEDNESDAY: Day Trip to Petra

  •  Tour with Tourist Israel – See Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba

Day 5 – THURSDAY: So many options! 

Day 6 – FRIDAY:

12pm – Flight Home

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