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The hotels built on love stories | Israel today

2020-02-14T10:50:41.001Z


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Many people like to celebrate Valentine's Day on a romantic vacation abroad and in Israel as well. • There is no better fit for this day than a vacation in hotels set up on par and love stories

  • Bench of lovers in cliff views

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    Avital Hirsch

Valentine's Day, International Valentine's Day, gives us another excuse to celebrate love in two in a romantic atmosphere. Many couples choose to celebrate in romantically-designed hotels or pampering spa packages, mainly because the 14th of the year comes out on Friday, but there are also hotels and accommodation complexes that romance, love, or couples are the basis for, or chosen as the concept around which they were built and designed.

You only have to choose whether to sleep in a hotel that deals with the love of Sultan Daoud Pasha and his Turkish lover, in the winning love story of Jewish Allegra and Arab Jabar in Beit Hakerem, or in the long and long lasting love of a couple of Zionist couples and travel enthusiasts, who set up romantic accommodation complexes in the north and south.

The love of the Sultan

If you're among the "bride from Istanbul" enthusiasts, you'll probably love the Netanya City Spa Hotel, David Tower, from the luxury hotel chain Mgallery of the Accor International Hotel chain. Located near Independence Square in the city and the market in Netanya, the hotel was inspired by the love story of the Turkish sultan Dawad Pasha, who, according to legend, decided to build a magnificent tower that is all gold to commemorate his beautiful lover on one of the cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean.

The design is majestic in a Turkish atmosphere, with plenty of gold, marble, chandeliers and cutlery, as well as the image of the Sultan's beloved in the lobby and well-equipped rooms. The loving couple will look at you every time you go up the elevator through a huge picture, and in the evening you will receive a chocolate room and a small booklet explaining their love story.

At the luxurious, 1,000-square-foot spa, you can pamper yourself with treatments in the atmosphere of the Sultan's voyages, bask in the Turkish hammam with a double marble countertop, and drink tea with cookies in the relaxing corner overlooking a panoramic seaside view. The hotel welcomes guests over 16 years old. : Starting at NIS 1,300 per night, including breakfast and couples therapy.

Love is forbidden in Jerusalem

Behind the stone structure of the romantic Allegra Hotel in the Ein Kerem neighborhood of Jerusalem lies a love story against all odds, which took place about 100 years ago. At the center of the story are the Jewish Allegra Blue from the Nahlaot neighborhood of the city, and Jaber Rahil, the eldest son of one of the affluent Christian families in Ein Kerem, which was then a small Arab village. Forbidden love blossomed to the dismay of both sides of the family, until Allegra fled with Jabber to Bethlehem and converted to marry him - which drew her out of her Jewish family.

The building in which the hotel is located is the house that Jabar Lalgra built in Ein Kerem, where they lived and raised their children. In the Arab village of then, he was nicknamed "The Jewish House." During the War of Independence, the building was abandoned, and has since reincarnated, until it was acquired seven years ago and became a romantic hotel for couples, with 13 luxurious stone suites, each named after a different love story, such as Rachel and Jacob, Napoleon and Josephine.

Around the bustling Bustan Hotel where lovers' seating is scattered, the hotel roof overlooks the entire Ein Kerem neighborhood and is surrounded by churches. Price: Starting at NIS 1,200 for a couple midweek.

The love of the guides

At the center of the Nof Cliffs hospitality complex, which is surrounded by the likes of Tomer and Dorit Linzenberg, a desert-loving couple of teachers in their 60s and parents of four, who left Kibbutz Ketura where they lived 20 years ago, fulfilled their dream of establishing a tourism venture.

Originally, it was established to express their shared love for horses as well, and at the beginning of the road, the venue served as a gathering place for riders and horses. Today, the complex includes 12 stone cabins located on hills and facing mountain views. Each cabin has a balcony with a hot tub, and in the courtyard a corner to set up a fire, or a charcoal bbq for the less romantic. Another romantic tribute to the place is the "love locks bench" facing the landscape, on which are hung locks of loving couples. Instead, you can purchase a lock with personalized names of the lovers, lock it on the bench, and throw the key toward the desert sand. Price: Starting at NIS 800 per couple.

About horses and people

A place that started and stayed connected to horse riding is the Galilee Rose Farm in Corzor, also interwoven with a long, long-standing love story of the founding couple: Jonah and Yehuda Avni, born in the 1920s - she is in Israel and in Chicago.

The couple met and fell in love with Kibbutz Hatzerim, built their home in Moshav Orot, where their three children were born, and fulfilled their Zionist and tourist dream in '61 at the Rose Galilee farm overlooking the Sea of ​​Galilee. Slowly and steadily, the couple transformed the 120 acres of rocky and barren grounds into 30 country-style country cottages, timber and basalt, with a fireplace and hot tub in each cabin.

There is of course a horse farm on the farm, which offers cycling tours for beginners or experienced riders, chef Tibi's restaurant, and a spa offering body treatments. Hiking trails, an ancient winepress, orchard fruit and a view of the Sea of ​​Galilee. Yehuda passed away eight years ago, but the essential pigeon is still on the farm alongside her children, often recommending guests places to go in the area. Price: Starting at 580 per couple for bed and breakfast.

Source: israelhayom

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