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YMCA Three Arches hosts art exhibitions. YMCA Peniel-by-
MAP M5 • 26 King Accommodations are Galilee
David St, West Jerusalem apartment-style, with MAP C5 • 3 miles (5 km)
• (02) 569 2692 • www. kitchenettes and huge north of Tiberias • (04)
ymca3arches.com • $$$ windows; rooms with 672 0685 • www.ymca-
Dedicated in 1933, this balconies cost more. The galilee.co.il • $$
iconic building – known airy foyer and rear deck The foyer at this hotel is
affectionately in Hebrew are great spots to relax. straight out of the British
as Yimca – is visible all Service is impeccable. Mandate, while rooms
over town thanks to its are large but basic. The
152-ft (46-m) tower. It’s Gordon Boutique unruly gardens are lapped
a great place to stay, with Hotel by the waters of the Sea
magnificent architecture, MAP V1 • 2 Gordon St/ of Galilee. Service isn’t
Mandate-era charm, and 136 HaYarkon St very polished but this is
a reasonably priced • (03) 520 6100 • www. a quirky and restful place.
restaurant too. gordontlv.com • $$$
Set by the beach, this Akkotel
Hotels in Tel Aviv ultramodern boutique MAP B4 • Salahuddin St,
hotel has 12 crisp rooms Old City, Akko • (04) 987
Brown TLV that are hip and high- 7100 • www.akkotel.com
Urban Hotel tech. Some have sea • $$$
MAP V4 • 25 Kalisher St views, though not all Set inside the walls that
• (03) 717 0200 • www. can be called spacious. surround the Old City, this
browntlv.com • $$$ 16-room hotel has atten-
A chocolate-brown color Market House Hotel tive staff, a family feel,
scheme sets the mood at MAP T6 • 5 Beit Eshel St and a splendid terrace.
this design hotel, as does • (03) 797 4000 • www. The quirky, pleasant
the lovely staff. Artwork atlas.co.il • $$$ rooms have all mod cons.
enhances public and Set in Jaffa Flea Market,
private spaces, and there this lavish hotel is built Colony Hotel
is a spa, a courtyard, and over a Byzantine church MAP C3 • 28 Ben-Gurion
a sundeck. Standard rooms and has a glass floor to Blvd, Haifa • (04) 851
are a bit small, but the view the remains. It is a 3344 • www.colonyhaifa.
location near HaCarmel relaxing haven amid the com • $$$
Market is spot on. bustling streets, and only Set in the delightfully
a few minutes’ walk from preserved, lively German
Center Chic Hotel the Ottoman clock tower Colony, this hotel has lux-
MAP V2 • 2 Zamenhoff St and the seafront. urious rooms with marble
• (03) 526 6100 • www. bathrooms, classy facili-
atlas.co.il • $$$ Lodgings in Galilee ties and – if you’re lucky –
Set in a striking Bauhaus and the North a balcony. The Baha’i
building near Dizengoff Gardens dominate the
Square, this is the sort of Pilgerhaus Tabgha view from the roof.
place where modern art MAP B5 • Migdal-Tabgha,
adorns white brick walls. Galilee • (04) 670 0100 Mizpe Hayamim
The flower-filled roof • www.heilig-land-verein. Spa Hotel
terrace has loungers and de • $$ MAP B5 • Midway
citrus trees. Breakfast is Located on the shores of between Safed and Rosh
served at the adjacent the Sea of Galilee, this Pina, Upper Galilee • (04)
Cinema Hotel. metic ulously kept hotel 699 4555 • www.mizpe-
is housed in a beautifully hayamim.com • $$$
The Diaghilev Live renovated building that Famed for its organic
Art Boutique Hotel dates from the 1880s. Its farm – orchards, dairy,
MAP W4 • 56 Mazeh St rooms are well appointed vegetable gardens – which
• (03) 545 3131 • www. and modern, while the supplies its restaurant,
diaghilev.co.il • $$$ various outdoor areas – this hotel has rooms with
Set in a quiet leafy street, including the bar – are lovely views over the
this contemporary hotel great for relaxation. Galilee and a great spa.

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