Travel to Israel

Insight Guides Israel

Format: Paperback
Author: Brian Bell
ReleaseDate: 15 April, 2006
Publisher: Insight Guide
Rating:

Really added perspective to my trip!
I read it on the plane before I arrived, and felt it made my trip much more insightful. This book DID give me lots of insight into the culture and people of Israel. The book tells you things that don't often come up in conversation that really shed light on Israel.

Highly recommended - especially the first few chapters about history and people. Great photos, too. Yes, in one photo you see a lady's bum - this is the "innapropriate" photo the other reviewer was talking about.

If you're looking for detailed restaurant reviews this might not be the book for you, but a great overall guide to Israel - this is it!.

Very Dark....
I am going to Isreal with a group and was looking for something a little bit more biblically based. I bought this book recently and sent it back immediately! There was a lot of unappropriate information (not to mention pictures) enclosed within the pages. This was not what I was looking for.

Narrative heavy, less detail than others
This one, though full of nice pictures and descriptions, has less detail than I was looking for. Though I'm familiar with the subject, it's been a while since I visited Israel, so I decided a couple of tour books were in order. The sights covered are cherry-picked with no info on a lot of places. The places chosen for description have a lot of info. A good first guide, but don't expect the depth needed for a return trip.

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