Budget Guide to Egypt : Israel, Egypt Travel Planner

Arad
Arad Located on the border between the Negev and the Judean deserts, the dry climate and unpolluted, pollen-free air of the appropriately named Arad attract asthma sufferers from all over the country. Founded as a small residential settlement in I960 for laborers from the Dead Sea Works, Arad has grown...

General Resources : Planning Your Trip
General Resources : Planning Your Trip The number of resources for students seeking work-abroad opportunities has ballooned recently. Two starting points are the Directory of Overseas Summer fobs, a listing of over 50,000 volunteer and paid openings worldwide, and Work Your Way Around the World (US$ 15.95 and US$ 17.95, respectively,...

Car Rental
Car Rental: Avis (tel. 38 42 42), US$72 (in summer US$93) per day with insurance. Budget (tel. 562 1292), US$66 per day with insurance. Eldan (tel. 638 2525), 3-day min. US$159. Hertz (tel. 562 2121), US$73 per day with insurance. Prices in shekels are considerably higher in some cases. Legal...

Accommodations
Accommodations A question has long circulated among budget travelers (or at least among budget travelers trying to impress other budget travelers): which is higher in Aqaba—temperatures, tan lines, or prices? Sleeping near the beach or in an air-conditioned room will set you back several dinars. Several cheap hotels occupy the streets...

Youth Hostel (HI) : Accommodations & Camping
Youth Hostel (HI), 16 Al-Karnak St. (tel. and fax 37 21 39), 200m north of the service taxi station. Halfway between Karnak and Luxor Temples, across from the YMCA camp and down a small street toward the Nile. Far from the center, not as clean as some hotels and pensions,...

Beit ha'Arava
Beit ha'Arava, 106 Almogim St. (tel. 37 10 52 or 37 46 87). From the bus station, take a right at the bus entrance onto Hativat haNegev St. and walk 2 blocks to the end; it's a '/zblock left from there. It's got the view. Good veranda, kitchen, and a...

East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem Although East Jerusalem may not look like a paragon of cleanliness, excellent and usually safe falafel and spicy kabab can be purchased from street vendors for less than NIS2. Nasser Eddin Bros, on Suleiman St., across from Damascus Gate and to the right, just past the bus station, stocks...

Megiddo (Armageddon)
Megiddo (Armageddon) The settlements at Tel Megiddo have been destroyed so many times that the town has truly earned its Latin cognate: "Armageddon." The New Testament forewarns that at the end of the world demons will go out to all the nations, assembling first at Armageddon (Revelations 16:16). Megiddo's used to...

Travelers with Disabilities : Planning Your Trip
Travelers with Disabilities : Planning Your Trip Egypt, Jordan, and particularly Israel have in recent years developed facilities to respond to the needs of travelers with disabilities. Double-check information from tourist offices to ensure that facilities are appropriately equipped. Access to the World: A Travel Guide for the Handicapped provides information...

Gulf Of Aqaba Coast - Sharm ash-Sheikh
Gulf Of Aqaba Coast - Sharm ash-Sheikh Sharm ash-Sheikh is typical of Egyptian towns in the Sinai-it's unremarkable. A few concrete civic buildings and some generic modern housing (originally built by Israel) sit on a barren shelf at the southern tip of the peninsula. The attractions in the area are all...

Sights and Entertainment
Sights and Entertainment As with all the older cities of Israel, the tangled pedestrian streets of Tzfat are sparingly labeled. You're here to wander happily around, anyway. The meager ruins of a 12th-century Crusader fortress that once controlled the main route to Damascus grace Gan haMetzuda, a cool, wooded park...

Study in jordan : Planning Your Trip
Study in jordan : Planning Your Trip Two Jordanian universities are open to foreign students. The University of Jordan (Al-Jubaiha, Amman) has a more liberal atmosphere than the conservative Yarmouk University in Irbid (although you shouldn't plan on wearing shorts at either). Students interested in Islamic culture, however, may enjoy the...

Central Bus Station
Central Bus Station, Yafo St. (information 54 95 55), at beginning of main road to Tel Aviv. Baggage check on lower level behind Bank HaPoalim, open Sun.-Thurs. 8am-12:45pm and l:15-4:3Opm, Fri. 8am-noon. NIS5 per item. Lost and Found operates from here as well. Routes: Buses heading south leave from here;...

Accommodations
Accommodations For those who want a (cheap) room with a view, there are several small hotels on the streets running south from the corniche near Raml Station Sq, The crowds are tolerable at LE5-10 per night, but the insects, ranging from tiny ticks and fleas to armor-plated, three-inch cockroaches, may be...

North Saqqara
North Saqqara Saqqara's largest edifice is the mountainous Step Pyramid built by Imhotep, chief architect to the Pharaoh Zoser, in about 2650 BC. This was the first monumental tomb and the inspiration for Egypt's many subsequent architectural wonders. like most pharaonic structures, the Step Pyramid was built as part of a...