Apr 17, 2007 -- /prbuzz/ -- Drive-Israel.com, the only Israel travel site geared to independent travelers who explore the country by car, suggests road trips with accompanying sectional road maps, and highlights sites along the way.
Tourists can use the site to plan visits to Israel's growing selection of boutique wineries, desert spas, ethnic craft centers, or local museums, complete with contact information, and opening times. The internet site suggests that tourists equip themselves with a mobile phone to take advantage of accommodating site owners who will often extend visiting hours for latecomers.
"Often tourists prefer to hire guides for trip segments in order to visit otherwise inaccessible sites, explains Judith Isaacson, site founder. "We suggest add-on jeep trips, caving adventures, and off-limit arcehological sites -- all of which can be booked via the site."
In response to tourists' desire to meet "real" Israelis, Drive-Israel.com offers Meet the Artist art and alternative health workshops which take place in the artist's studio under his/her guidance. The growing list of Drive-Israel workshops includes functional art pieces, outdoor sculpture, and glass art.
The site also suggests bed & breakfast stays, self-catering units, rural lodgings, and vacation villa rentals -- all bookable
through the site. Lodgings are critically reviewed by Drive-Israel so that no unwelcome surprises await the vacationer at check-in. "The Crusader castle is a stunning and unique vacation spot -- well-situated to explore the Mediterranean coast as well as the inland mountains. The views from the spacious balcony are sweeping, and the massive designer furnishings are comfortable and particularly well-suited to a Crusader castle. But before you book, you need to know that access to your room is by 27 steep stairs and that the distinctively styled bathtub, sink and toilet are located inside the large bedroom, hidden behind a Japanese screen," explains Isaacson.
"Our goal is to encourage "explorer" tourists to Israel, provide alternative ways to experience Israel, and to eliminate unwelcome surprises at check-in, she explains further. Isaacson, who has traveled to Thailand, India, Turkey, Iceland, Belize, Guatemala, much of Europe and the U.S., remarks that "all places look good on the internet, but reality is always different. We visit our selection of places before they are listed. If we like what we see, they get listed and we try to let you know possible problems - then you decide if
27 steps, for example, is an issue or good exercise."
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Drive-Israel.com, the only site geared to travelers to Israel who prefer to explore the country on their own, suggests car trips and accepts bookings for rural lodgings.
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