- By plane to Israel
- How to get to the Dead Sea from Tel Aviv
- From Eilat to the Dead Sea
Wellness centers, sanatoriums, luxury hotels on the shores of the Dead Sea receive thousands of guests every year. The most popular Israeli resorts of the Dead Sea are Ein Bokek, Ein Gedi and Neve Zohar. We will tell you how to get to the Dead Sea from Russia and spend the minimum amount of time on the road.
The path to the Dead Sea resorts can be divided into several stages. One of the travel options looks like this:
- tourists fly from Russia by plane to Tel Aviv;
- from Tel Aviv Airport to the Dead Sea, you can order a personal transfer, take a taxi or go through Jerusalem by public transport.
If tourists want to combine rest on the Red and Dead Seas, then you should use another route:
- plane from Moscow or St. Petersburg to Eilat;
- bus from Ovda airport to Eilat, and from there bus number 444 to the Dead Sea resorts.
By plane to Israel
You can get to the territory of the State of Israel in different ways: by air; on water; overland. It is impossible to talk about direct water communication between Israel and Russia. Ferries to Israel depart from Ukraine, Egypt, Greece and Cyprus. The cost of tickets is high, and it is very difficult to buy them. By land, Israel can be entered from the direction of Jordan and Egypt, which again requires special costs. There remains one proven way to Israel - through the sky.
From two Moscow airports - Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo - planes of the El Al, Aeroflot and Ural Airlines companies fly to Tel Aviv and Eilat. Israel and Russia are separated by 4 hours of flight. Airplanes leave for Tel Aviv every day, and for Eilat, or rather, to Ovda international airport, only twice a week.
You can get from St. Petersburg directly to Tel Aviv airport by Aeroflot transport. The flight will take more than 5 hours. There are also flights with one connection in Moscow or Riga. They are offered by the carriers Aeroflot, AirBaltic, S7 and El Al.
There are no direct flights from the northern capital of Russia to Eilat. You will have to fly to the famous resort near the Red Sea with two or even three transfers. Therefore, the easiest way is to organize a trip to Eilat, and then to the Dead Sea via Moscow.
So you are in Israel. How to get to the Dead Sea faster? Via Israel's main airport - Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
How to get to the Dead Sea from Tel Aviv
The path to the Dead Sea from Ben Gurion Airport lies through Jerusalem. The bus station of this city can be reached directly from the airport, without going to Tel Aviv, by minibuses "Nesher". From the bus station of Jerusalem to Eilat, a regular bus leaves 4 times a day through the Dead Sea resorts. You can also use the buses that go to Kalia or Neve Zohar.
Ben Gurion Airport connects with Tel Aviv by rail. You can get from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem or Beer Sheva by train, and then change to regular buses going to the Dead Sea.
From Eilat to the Dead Sea
The international airport located near Eilat is called Ovda. It has no direct connection to the Dead Sea resorts. How to get to the Dead Sea from this airport? There are two options.
You can take a bus to Eilat, where you can change to bus number 444, following to Jerusalem, which runs along the shores of the Dead Sea, making stops at all resorts. The road to your destination will take from 3, 5 to 5 hours.
The second option of the trip involves first a visit to the city of Beer Sheva, from where you can take a bus to the Dead Sea. This is a difficult route that will require a lot of time and effort from tourists. You will have to spend about 4-5 hours on the road.
