On Lake Brienz Enjoy a wonderful evening cruise on lake brienz and be inspired of the breathtaking surrounding. taste a delicious halal barbeque, supplemented with several meals out of the arabian countries – an experience out of 1001 nights. Departure 19:45 hrs, Interlaken Ost boat landing (return back at 21:30 […]
Keshet educational tours interface with Israeli society so that visitors understand that the story of contemporary Israel is their story, too. At the offices of Keshet: The Center for Educational Tourism in Israel in Jerusalem, things are humming with activity. Every summer the organization’s staff of 33 swells three fold, […]
AMMAN (Petra) – Jordan Times. Senior officials, senators, lawmakers and Church leaders on Saturday denounced recent statements by Israeli authorities on the Judith Church on the west bank of the River Jordan and renaming it the “Baptism Church”. Senior officials, bishops and Christian clergymen stressed that excavations have clearly proved […]
GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: A Saudi-Spanish consortium has emerged as a frontrunner among bidders to win an $8 billion contract to build a high-speed rail network linking Makkah, Jeddah and Madinah. “The Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) has already invited the consortium to its headquarters in Dammam to discuss […]
Annual survey taken by New York’s Travel + Leisure magazine finds Cape Town to be readers’ favorite Middle East/Africa city to visit. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are among the top three cities in the region to visit, according to a recent poll taken by the New York-based magazine Travel + […]
Israel’s recently inaugurated 60-kilometer Gospel Trail starts in Nazareth, where Jesus spent his early years, and ends up at the Sea of Galilee, the center of his ministry. Walking, biking, or even driving along the route, travelers pass by many of the unforgettable places mentioned in the Christian Scriptures. At […]
By GHAZANFAR ALI KHAN | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Egypt have decided to launch fresh studies to build a gigantic 32-km bridge linking the two countries in a renewed bid to forge closer ties and boost bilateral trade and investment. The bridge project will be on the top […]
In 2007, New York City-based David Kaufman named Tel Aviv, your disembarkation point in Israel by air, the “Mediterranean’s New Capital of Cool”, testament to its growing popularity in a country with an amazing number of attractions considering it’s only the size of Wales. The city has nine districts, the […]
Israel’s threat to deny visitor’s entry to Palestine is as disturbing as it is shocking. Our protest will be a civil society tsunami Palestinians have globally touted an array of rights that Israel systematically denies. There is the right of return, the right of freedom of movement, the right to […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A tragic accident caused the death of a 24-year-old French tourist while riding the bonde (streetcar) that runs from Largo da Carioca in downtown Rio de Janeiro, to Santa Teresa. As the bonde passed the Arcos da Lapa, the famous white aqueduct, the man leaned […]
By Hana Namrouqa MUJIB NATURE RESERVE – The Mujib Nature Reserve is expected to be declared a biosphere reserve at the end of this month, thus achieving international recognition for Jordan’s jewel of eco-tourism, according to officials. UNESCO is expected to declare the reserve a biosphere on June 28, according […]
For most of us, a train journey means a sleepy-eyed commute to work. For trainiacs, they’re another entry in the little black book. But for a lucky few, a rail journey is an expedition through cultures and across lands, providing an experience that’s equaled by no other means of transport. […]
China has closed Tibet to all foreign tourists until the end of July, say travel agents in the region. The move is being seen as an attempt by Beijing to prevent unrest ahead of celebrations marking 90 years since the founding of the ruling Communist Party. Read More