Close your eyes and imagine the products you will be able to find in the Negev; I bet wine is not going to be at the top of your list. And yet wine tasting or even a full wine tour will be surprisingly easy to organize. As a matter of fact, if you are a lover of the genre, you could build your entire stay in the area around the history of wine and wine tasting.
Category: Negev Highlands general
Coming to the Negev by Bus
If I were a tourist from abroad visiting Israel I absolutely would not rent a car. I am going to list the reasons:
Ten days in the Negev in July (with the family)
Anne and Pascal are a French couple, she is a psychologist, he a doctor, they have three teenage children and their lives are fairly intense as you can imagine.
The two of them have been coming to us every year for the past four years as a total escape. They stay on average for five nights, they come at different seasons, they are infinitely curious, they explore, they are delightful and we get on well with them. But when I received an email from Anne telling me that they had decided to come for ten days with the children in July, I almost panicked.
No, the blog is not dead!
It is just that the bloggers have found new toys!
Annual June renovation job: the South African room is having a face lift. Like the others it will very soon have a kitchenette, bigger terrasse and a livingroom/sleeping area for children.
Khamsin
Khamsin is a word in Arabic designating a hot wind coming out of the deserts of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, carrying dust and extreme temperature. In Hebrew it is called the sharav, in North Africa and Southern Europe it is known as the sirocco.
Visiting the Negev in the Spring
Although every season is a good season to visit the Negev (see our post about winter and summer), spring is considered to be the best season to do so.
Spring in Israel is not a real season. It is still very much part of the winter when you have a difference between gorgeous days (the vast majority) and rainy days. February, March and April are the most popular months for visiting the Negev. You have more chance of having gorgeous weather, between 20-25C, than say December or January. Although of course, there is no guarantee. Actually, this year, we had our first rain at the end of February and it has rained several times in March. Last year, the biggest floods occurred at the end of April…
Ezra Orion
“No prophet is recognized in his own country.”
Ezra Orion was a controversial Israeli artist. In 1988, at a meeting at NASA headquarters in Washington, he proposed erecting a line of stones on Mars using a space vehicle.
The Nabateans
Masters of the incense route
From time immemorial, there was a demand in Europe for spices and precious items from the East. The only route (via Yemen) to Europe (via Gaza) was overland, across 2200 km of empty desert as there was no economic sea route.
Negev: Israel’s last Wilderness
I am John from England, my wife Marion is from France and we are owners of Krivine Guesthouse in Midreshet Ben Gurion…
Top 10 things to do in Mitzpe Ramon
Mitzpe Ramon
Mitzpe Ramon used to be the kind of town young people leave at the first opportunity. It was conceived by central planning (soviet style) in the 1950’s and built in the middle of nowhere. Initially it served as a base for mining companies,
