Luxury hotels at cheap prices alongside comfortable weather in most seasons • Shopping, markets and excellent food • And what is the state of the Corona there?
All information for a vacation in Bahrain
The capital city of Manama
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This week, a peace agreement is to be signed with another country that many Israelis have never heard of - Bahrain.
A small island nation with less than two million inhabitants and, like its neighbors, is considered a rich country thanks to its oil reserves.
The situation of women in Bahrain is considered very good in relation to all other Gulf countries, the weather is very hot in most seasons and among the luxurious hotels you can enjoy rich history, an airport located on a separate island and connected to the city by modern and advanced bridge and impressive buildings.
Attractions in Bahrain
Among the prominent activities that you can enjoy when visiting Bahrain are water sports.
It is more developed than you know in Eilat and Bahrain, similar to the UAE you can enjoy water sports that will include quite a few attractions that you will not see in many places in the world.
The local food is considered the finest with chef restaurants from the leading cuisines in the world alongside authentic restaurants with interesting local food.
What will probably attract quite a few more Israeli tourists is shopping.
In Bahrain you can enjoy a shopping trip that will start with the world's leading luxury brands, on the way to well-known and less expensive brands to colorful and fascinating markets.
In Bahrain you will also find freshwater springs and most of your visit should be concentrated in the capital city of Manama, a city where you will find luxurious hotels, skyscrapers and spectacular beaches.
airline
Bahrain's local airline is Gulf Air.
The company has less than forty aircraft, a smaller company than El Al, which was once considered an empire among the Gulf principalities.
In recent years, the size of the airline has also declined, which has also run into various difficulties.
You can easily identify its planes, they are painted in gold.
Most of the company's aircraft are narrow-body, with the exception of seven Dreamliner aircraft.
The company operates several collaborations with Asian companies, including Thai Thai, which will be another option for the Israeli tourist on his way to a vacation in Asia.
It is important to note that this is a much smaller, influential and significant company than the companies from the UAE.
How much will the hotels cost?
Bahrain is characterized by the highest level of hotels in the world.
Five star hotels in Bahrain will be much cheaper than you can imagine for example, a night at the Wyndham Hotel, one of the luxurious buildings that adorn the view of Manama will cost you about 500 shekels per night for a couple only in October, including breakfast.
At the Four Seasons Hotel, the hotel that competes for the title of the most luxurious hotel in Bahrain, you will pay about 1,050 shekels per night for a couple, including breakfast.
The hotel is located on an island connected by a bridge to Manama.
At the hotel you can enjoy seven restaurants, five pools, a private beach and quite a few other treats waiting for you in the room and around the hotel.
The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Manama will also pay a similar price and so will most hotels at this level in the country.
In Bahrain, as mentioned, there are quite a few hotels of a very high standard in much cheaper price ranges than what we are used to seeing in Israel.
Corona status in Bahrain
Bahrain is considered a country that is facing relative success with the Corona epidemic.
In Bahrain, more than 1.2 million corona tests have been performed so far, with less than two million inhabitants.
According to the data, 724,000 corona tests were performed per million inhabitants in the country and it is the country that performed the most corona tests in the world after the UAE (811,000 per million inhabitants).
Israel in contrast with 297,000 tests per million inhabitants.
In Bahrain, 211 patients have died so far, about 58,000 positive ones have been found and currently there are about 6,000 patients with autism.
The country has experienced some increase in the number of infected in recent days.
Weather and seasons recommended to visit
The weather in Bahrain is very hot in most seasons.
In the summer months the average temperature during the day is 38-40 degrees, the weather starts to cool in the area of November, the rainiest month of the year, although it is very small amounts of precipitation.
In December-February the temperatures drop to about 22 degrees during the day and about 15 degrees at night, a temperature that can suit quite a few tourists who prefer to avoid the strong sun that characterizes the area in most seasons.
