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Desert Wine Route

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.

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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. 

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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…

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Top 10 things to do in Mitzpe Ramon

Mitzpe Ramon

Mitzpe Ramon and Albert Promenade view from Camel Lookout
View of Mitzpe Ramon and Albert Promenade from Camel Lookout

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,

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