If you travel to Israel and have time to see more than the usual sites, or if you want to see a typical residential area, visit Raanana. Raanana was founded by Jews from New York and has a large Anglo population. It’s a city that …
What are the Flour Caves, Israel?
2024 Update: The flour caves are now virtually impossible to visit without a guide basically for safety reasons. Contact me at Travel.by.Petal on Instagram if you’d like me to put you in touch with a good guide. The Flour Caves are part of an underground …
Best Beach in Eilat
Eilat has many beautiful beaches, but when I travel to Eilat I have to make a stop at “Bar Beach”. I wrote this post years ago but we continue to go back here almost every year. I’m writing this in 2024, and it has actually …
Dining in the Dark – Feast Your Senses
This dining experience originated at the Blind Cow in Switzerland. It’s called “eating in the dark”, “Sightless Dining”, “Dining in the Dark”, “Dark Dining”, or “where’d that meatball go?”. The concept is that you eat your entire meal in complete darkness. Either the diners are …
The Max Brenner Chocolate Restaurant Experience
Update: The Max Brenner chocolate restaurant now has several branches across Israel. Photo by Ori Max Brenner Chocolate Restaurant In Hertzalia tucked among the high-tech offices you can find the Max Brenner Chocolate Restaurant. The decor is reminiscent of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with …
Visit the Dead Sea at Night
Most people know that when visiting Israel they should go to the Dead Sea, but what they may not know is the best to visit. In the summer, and in fact most of the year, it is extremely hot in Southern Israel. Unless you are …
Sabino’s Restaurant Kfar Saba a Kosher, Kid-friendly Israeli Restaurant
(Updated December 2019) Sabino’s Kfar Saba Restaurant You will definitely be the only tourist at this unique Israeli neighborhood meat restaurant! Located in a small Yemenite neighborhood in Kfar Saba, about 40 minutes North of Tel Aviv you’ll find Sabino’s Steakaria. Kosher Meat Restaurant, Local …