Things to Do
The best things to do in Israel (2026)
Attractions, museums, tours and nights out — what is actually worth your time in each city.
We publish 41 things to do lists across 7 cities in Israel, including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Eilat, Haifa. Every guide is hand-picked and written up with what each place is good at, who it suits and what to know before you go.
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The 7 Best Historical Sites and Architectural Wonders in Israel (2026)
The best historical sites in Israel are Jerusalem's Old City, Masada, Crusader Akko, Roman Caesarea, the Baha'i terraces in Haifa, Bauhaus Tel Aviv an…
Read the list Tel Aviv · AttractionsThe 8 Best Attractions in Tel Aviv (2026)
The best attractions in Tel Aviv in 2026 are Old Jaffa, the Carmel Market, Neve Tzedek and the Bauhaus White City. Tel Aviv has almost no monuments an…
Read the list Haifa · AttractionsThe 8 Best Attractions in Haifa (2026)
The best attractions in Haifa in 2026 are the Baha'i Gardens, the German Colony and Wadi Nisnas. Haifa is built up the side of Mount Carmel in three t…
Read the list Golan Heights · AttractionsThe 7 Best Attractions in the Golan Heights (2026)
The best attractions in the Golan Heights in 2026 are Nimrod Fortress, Mount Bental and the Golan Heights Winery. The Golan is a high volcanic plateau…
Read the list Dead Sea · AttractionsThe 7 Best Things to Do at the Dead Sea (2026)
The best things to do at the Dead Sea in 2026 are Masada, the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve and floating at Ein Bokek. The Dead Sea region packs a UNESCO de…
Read the list Akko · AttractionsThe 8 Best Attractions in Akko (2026)
The best attractions in Akko in 2026 are the Knights' Halls, the Templars' Tunnel and the Al-Jazzar Mosque. Akko is a UNESCO-listed walled city built …
Read the list Jerusalem · AttractionsThe 8 Best Attractions in Jerusalem (2026)
The best attractions in Jerusalem in 2026 are the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Old City itself, explored from the Tower of D…
Read the listThe 10 Best Museums in Israel (2026)
The best museums in Israel are the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, which holds the Dead Sea Scrolls and the model of Second Temple Jerusalem, Yad Vashem, …
Read the list Tel Aviv · MuseumsThe 8 Best Museums in Tel Aviv (2026)
The best museums in Tel Aviv in 2026 are the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, ANU – Museum of the Jewish People and the Eretz Israel Museum. Tel Aviv's museums…
Read the list Jerusalem · MuseumsThe 8 Best Museums in Jerusalem (2026)
The best museums in Jerusalem in 2026 are the Israel Museum, Yad Vashem and the Tower of David. Jerusalem has the strongest museum collection in the c…
Read the listThe 9 Best Tours in Israel (2026)
The best tours in Israel in 2026 are the Western Wall Tunnels and City of David in Jerusalem, the Masada sunrise climb paired with the Dead Sea, and a…
Read the list Jerusalem · ToursThe 7 Best Tours in Jerusalem (2026)
The best tours in Jerusalem in 2026 are the Western Wall Tunnels, the City of David and the Ramparts Walk. Jerusalem is the one Israeli city where a g…
Read the listThe 9 Best Free Things to Do in Tel Aviv (2026)
The best free things to do in Tel Aviv are the beach and the 14km promenade, the Florentin street art, the Bauhaus streets around Rothschild and sunse…
Read the list Jerusalem · Free Things to DoThe 9 Best Free Things to Do in Jerusalem (2026)
The best free things to do in Jerusalem are walking the Old City's four quarters, Yad Vashem, Machane Yehuda market and the Mount of Olives viewpoint …
Read the list Israel · Free Things to DoThe 10 Best Free Things to Do in Israel (2026)
The best free things to do in Israel are walking the Old City of Jerusalem, the Baha'i Gardens in Haifa, and every beach in the country — public beach…
Read the listThe 6 Best Cinemas & Movie Theaters in Tel Aviv (2026)
The best cinemas in Tel Aviv in 2026 are the Tel Aviv Cinematheque for arthouse and festivals, Lev Cinema at Dizengoff Center for foreign-language rel…
Read the list Jerusalem · CinemasThe 6 Best Cinemas in Jerusalem (2026)
The best cinemas in Jerusalem are the Jerusalem Cinematheque for repertory and international film, Lev Smadar in the German Colony for art house, and …
Read the list Israel · CinemasThe 6 Best Independent Cinemas in Israel (2026)
The best independent cinemas in Israel in 2026 are the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, the Jerusalem Cinematheque and Lev Smadar in Jerusalem. Israel's arthous…
Read the listThe 7 Best Festivals in Tel Aviv (2026)
The best festivals in Tel Aviv are Pride in June, the all-night White Night in late June, DocAviv documentary festival in the spring, Purim's street p…
Read the list Israel · FestivalsThe 7 Best Cultural Festivals in Israel (2026)
The best cultural festivals in Israel are the Israel Festival and the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Akko Fringe Theatre Festival, the Jerusalem Light F…
Read the listThe 10 Best Synagogues in Israel (2026)
The best synagogues to visit in Israel are the Hurva and the Four Sephardic Synagogues in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter, the Chagall Windows at Hadassah …
Read the list Tel Aviv · SynagoguesThe 6 Best Synagogues in Tel Aviv (2026)
The best synagogues in Tel Aviv are the Great Synagogue on Allenby, the Bauhaus-era Beit El and Bilu shuls, the small Yemenite Quarter congregations n…
Read the list Jerusalem · SynagoguesThe 7 Best Historical Synagogues in Jerusalem (2026)
The best historical synagogues in Jerusalem are the rebuilt Hurva and the Four Sephardic Synagogues in the Jewish Quarter, the Ramban — the oldest sti…
Read the listThe 7 Best Guided Market Food Tours in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (2026)
The best market food tours in Israel walk Machane Yehuda in Jerusalem or Carmel and Levinsky in Tel Aviv. Machane Yehuda's own chef-guided tasting tou…
Read the list Tel Aviv · Food ToursThe 7 Best Food Tours in Tel Aviv (2026)
The best food tours in Tel Aviv walk one of four areas: the Carmel Market, the Levinsky spice market, Jaffa, or Florentin. Expect three hours, eight t…
Read the listThe 9 Best Places to Snorkel in Israel (2026)
The best places to snorkel in Israel are the Coral Beach Nature Reserve in Eilat, where live Red Sea coral starts metres from the shore, the sunken He…
Read the list Eilat · Adventure ActivitiesThe 8 Best Places to Snorkel in Eilat (2026)
The best place to snorkel in Eilat is the Coral Beach Nature Reserve, where a marked reef trail starts a few metres from the shore. Add the Japanese G…
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