Visit to Israel!

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Re: Visit to Israel!

@mufaddal

Israel is an amazing beautiful country, been there thrice and loved every moment of my stay there. The coastal areas of Israel are very different to its interior near Jordan. The coastal cities such as Tel Aviv are comparable to the finest in Western Europe with regards to amenities, facilities and nightlife options. The more central towns are a mix of Southern Europe and Northern MIddle East with quaint cobbled streets and open markets.

Its very easy to go to Israel on an Indian passport, and lots of Indians travel there for business, pilgrimage and leisure. I understand India is now Israel’s largest source market in Asia, having overtaken South Korea in the number of people visiting. Israel also has a very large Indian Jewish community and Indian food is easily available just about everywhere as are Bollywood movies in many an Israeli mall / multiplex.

In case you do not want an Israeli stamp on your passport, you can ask Immigration to stamp your travel on a separate piece of paper, thereby maintaining no record of your travel to Israel on your passport.

One of the nicest ways of entering / departing from Israel is using the land border crossing at the Dead Sea to / from Jordan on the same trip (Indian passport holders do not need prior visa for Jordan, so its an easy crossing) You can then see the very obvious differences between Israeli and Jordanian towns / cities / infrastructure. They seem like belonging in two different worlds.

Go to Israel if you can, you’ll enjoy your stay there.

wow, I am quiet excited after reading your post and added Israel into my visit-to list.. for sure.

I would be really glad if you can share some pics