- A few numbers for greater importance
- Do not swim for the buoys!
- Ein Bokek lights the stars
- In the piggy bank of impressions
Photos of people with newspapers, serenely lying on the sea surface, like on a beach lounger, have been roaming the tourist Internet spaces for more than a decade. They seem incredible forgeries, because since the time of the school course in physics, everyone knows the laws of gravity. Common sense, too, cannot restrain itself and persistently whispers even to former poor students that this is deception and photoshop.
The Promised Land is once again ready to surprise its guests. Making sure you can take a nap on the surface of the Dead Sea is easy enough for you. One has only to buy a tour there, or at least an excursion.
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A few numbers for greater importance
The Dead Sea is an exceptional and unique natural phenomenon in the world. The reservoir is a lake located so much below the level of the world ocean that a unique microclimate is created on its shores. The chemical composition of the water only adds pepper to a strong cocktail mixed in the hot air of the Judean Desert:
- The salinity of the Dead Sea is off scale. The concentration of calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium salts, sulfates and bromides is almost an order of magnitude higher than those of the Mediterranean or Black.
- In a liter of Dead Sea water, 275 grams are dissolved. salts, while in a similar volume of water from the World Ocean - only 35 grams.
- The reservoir is located in a tectonic depression 430 meters below sea level.
- Its own level drops by one meter every year. The Dead Sea is catastrophically shallow.
On the shores of the saltiest body of water on the planet, there are many enterprises for the extraction of salts, bromine and medicinal mud. You can buy products from leading cosmetic concerns that use valuable raw materials in the production of their preparations in souvenir shops and shops in the resorts of the Dead Sea, on the beaches, and throughout the country.
Do not swim for the buoys
You will not hear the usual polite requests of beach lifeguards on the shores of the saltiest lake in the world. You won't be able to swim in it. The water of the Dead Sea is so heavy, viscous and oily that it is impossible to row, swim or even walk fast in it.
Nevertheless, swimming here is a very exciting and interesting activity. It is enough to lie down on the water, relax and give physics the opportunity to prove itself not in theory, but in practice.
Due to diffusion, salts and minerals from the water penetrate into the blood plasma and saturate it with useful elements. The electrolyte balance is leveled and becomes physiological, the skin is smoothed, muscles relax, and metabolic disorders are cured.
For some time after bathing, a person is in pleasant bliss, as if after a wellness massage session conducted by an experienced doctor in the best Israeli clinic.
Next comes a burst of energy and there is a desire to storm the surrounding sights. Cases have been recorded when, after half an hour in the Dead Sea, tourists ended up in the Masada fortress on a high cliff without the help of a cable car. These stories are passed by guides by word of mouth.
It is good for your health to follow important rules when swimming in the saltiest lake on the planet. Do not stay in the water for more than 15-20 minutes and more often than once a day. After bathing, thoroughly rinse off the salts with a fresh shower and protect your eyes from getting into them sea water. It is strongly discouraged to swallow it
In addition to general positive health, the Dead Sea water guarantees a significant improvement in the condition of psoriasis, eczema and other serious dermatological disorders. Salt evaporation on the banks and over the water treats respiratory pathologies, and doctors compare this area to a 24-hour inhalation wellness chamber.
The best time to relax in the Dead Sea resorts is the period from November to April, when the thermometers do not tend to break temperature records and staying on the beaches and on excursions will seem comfortable even to white-skinned sissies.
Ein Bokek lights the stars
A popular resort area on the shores of the Dead Sea is called Ein Bokek. It is built up with numerous hotels, in which everyone who suffers to get prettier and improve their health will be able to find a room to their liking and means.
In Ein Bokek, luxury hotels with a full range of amenities for discerning guests proudly soar into the sky and hotels, where hospitable kosher buffets for early breakfasts are served equally warmly, with a modest wink of three stars on the facade.
Every self-respecting local hotel certainly has in its arsenal fresh pools, spas, massage rooms, restaurants and gyms.
In the piggy bank of impressions
The specifics of a holiday on the Dead Sea are not very conducive to the establishment of resort romances, but exciting excursions will always be able to diversify the beach regularity.
The Masada fortress has been preserved in the vicinity since Roman times. Two thousand years ago, its defenders have forever gone down in history as an example of unwavering courage. You can also see the ruins of the ancient city of Beit Shean with fountains, an amphitheater, ancient Roman columns and mosaics.
Only representatives of the strong half will be able to enter the monastery of St. Sava, since this is a male monastery and women are prohibited from visiting the monastery's charter. But the representatives of the beautiful half of humanity will make up for the lost impressions at AHAVA, a factory for the production of cosmetics based on mud and salts from the Dead Sea.
You will also be able to take a piece of it with you so that you can bask in a warm bath on long winter evenings, breathe in a healthy aroma, escape from the gray slushy everyday life and dream of a new meeting with one of the most amazing places on planet Earth.
