Jerusalem is a great place, but one where you need all the help and advice you can get! You do a wonderful job of helping keep visitors safe and promoting a special place! Thanks! 🌿
small correction: the train takes 25 minutes to get to Jerusalem then you have to take the escalators up for two more years until you reach street level
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So pleased with the TLV to Jerusalem rail link. We went from TLV to Jerusalem, go off the train, used the tram towards jaffa gate and walked up to the apartment. We also signed up to Rav-Kav so we could pay our bus, train & tram fare using the mobile 'app' to top up! well done israel - this is superb
I'd also recommend checking that you dont arrive on a religious holiday. Which is what I did. There was no public transport and the taxi drivers outside Tel Aviv airport wanted to charge me 450 shekel. Luckily I got talking to a guy from Jerusalem who managed to negotiate with a taxi driver on my behalf and I got to share a taxi with 4 other people and ended up only paying 75 shekel each. So make sure your trip does not coincide with a religious holiday. Also when transport is running, the 405 bus will take you from Tel aviv airport to Jerusalem and vice versa. It runs 24 hours a day and costs 12 shekel. You need a Rav kav card to ride this bus. You can buy a card at a bus station or in a shop and top it up.
@@uvejspreza9879 unfortunately not(i checked this out). You gotta buy a card(which I paid 15 shekel for). The bus takes about 40 minutes to travel between tel aviv and Jerusalem. There's a bus stop about 200m away from the Central bus station in Jerusalem (405 bus is written on the bis stop).
@@eoinMB3949 So I have to get a card first..and I guess the card is useful for a ride Jerusalem-Tel aviv and Tel aviv-airport. Thanks mate. Btw are you Irish? Your name sounds Irish
@@uvejspreza9879 yeah you gotta get the card. You can use this on all public transport though, so it's very handy. Yeah I'm Irish, i just came back from a trip to Jerusalem where I made every mistake possible!
Great info. I just got back from Israel. We rode the buses and trains a lot. One person in our small group had a bit of more understanding in how to get around Israel.
Train is great (and cheap!!) We used it from the airport to Jerusalem (and then the light rail 4 stops to our hotel), up to Haifa to see friends, and back to the airport! If you're going to Israel, get a Rav-Kav card to use public transportation all over.
I took a shared ride called "Share Root" Cheap, safe, and fun. The most important advantage was it dropped me right at my hotel which is priceless when you are jetlagged. In Jerusalem I took busses, above ground subway, and walked. Everything is well organized and locals will point you in the right direction. English is widely spoken.
Thank you very much. I will be taking the train back to the airport from Jerusalem. I have your app and your books and have watched many of your videos. I have learned a lot and it has made planning my trip so much easier. So appreciated.
Thank you very much for the info, I really appreciate your help! I will be making my way to Israel in 3 days and can't wait for the trip that I have been wishing for years!
It would have been helpful to have said what the cost of the train fare is from Ben Gurion to Jerusalem central station. I paid 18 shekels three weeks ago. As for the sherut taxis, maybe three years ago I was lucky. I arrived at Ben Gurion during Shabbat, and of course there was no public transport. It used a sherut and it was absolutely fine. The driver was very safe, and I was dropped off at the door of my hotel. Three years ago I paid 70 shekels which I thought very fair, especially for the convenience of arriving at my hotel.
Thank you for this, super helpful as always! One thing: though Yitzhak Navon station is one of the deepest train stations outside of the ex-USSR, the Badaling Great Wall station in Beijing is 22 meters deeper. And if you'd count metro stations, Pyongyang's are on average 20-30 meters deeper.
I've had the same experience, except the one time when the driver waited for almost an hour, to fill the last seat, as it was beginning to snow, and we were worried we wouldn't be able to get to Jerusalem. Finally some official made the driver go. Good thing too, because an hour later, there was a foot and half of snow, and nobody was getting in or out of Jerusalem.
You are so right about being ripped off by taxi drivers. We got ripped off by taxi driver in Israel many years ago. He told us one fare at the airport and when we arrived at the destination he charged us more. I never forget that!
Thank you Oren for the information. I remember when I last flew into Tel Aviv I was scammed by an illegal driver the minute I arrived. I didn’t know about the “official taxi” stand at the time. I wish I had seen your video before traveling!
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@@Travelingisraelinfo hi oren, I hope you can help but I need transport to Jerusalem since will be arriving on a Saturday morning, traveling alone and will be my first time there please
Bummed that our trip to Israel for Feb had to be cancelled due to flight challenges. Just got to be a huge hassle. We will try for the third time later on next. year. Until then will have to absorb all the info I can from these great videos.
When we were there at the airport we were having a hard time finding the bus we wanted and were getting really frustrated. Turns out we were on the wrong level! After we figured it out we remembered you saying that in one of your videos but in the hurry to get somewhere we forgot! In the app we were using it looked like we were where we were supposed to be but we were directly above or below it.
Thank you for this informative video. How much easier it is now to get to Jerusalem then when I lived there. And your tips on where to stay want me to hop on a plane and go. Now if I could convince my wife...!
I’ve used a taxi, train and sherut. Unless it’s shabbos i always use the train, it’s cheap, fast and efficient. On Shabbos , I’ve used the sherut, it’s a lot slower but it’ll get you there. Cab was $100 to Jerusalem, but took way longer then the train.
SHALOM OREN,, THE TAXI MUST HAVE A METER , LIKE YOU SAID OR A GETT,,.. WHY THE TRAINS AND BUSES DONT RUN FRI. AFTERNOON THREW SAT. NIGHT . IS BECAUSE OF JEWISH SHABBAT TO UPDATE ,, INFO.. GREAT VIDEO... KEN,, YES!! ,, THE POST HOSTEL,, IS GREAT LIKE YOU SAID IT IS ON THE LIGHT TRAIN ON JAFFA ST. TODA!! ISRAEL WE LOVE VISITORS...
Please do a video on how to pay for gas with a rental car. We had such trouble doing this. There is only one gas station at the airport that let us use non Israeli Visa card. Everywhere else was cash only. We found your videos so helpful on our trip!
I use the train to tel aviv from Jerusalem 3 times a week, it is reliable and fast. Note: if you came late at night sometimes the train is stopping at modi'in stop which is not part of Jerusalem, be aware.
You forgot to mention that "navon" is the only station in Jerusalem...... It will take about 25 min to arrive, and another 10-15 to get out because the way up is horrible!!! I would recommend you to contact your hotel to see if they have a taxi driver they trust, before finding a taxi at the airport...
Tourists without a local SIM can't use the transport app to pay for the journey from the airport. Look at it from a tourist's perspective: SIM cards are cheaper in town than at the airport, enabling data roaming will cost a daily fee for the whole holiday. It's best not to have a data connection during the journey from the airport so using an app that depends on a data connection is out of the question.
I rented from El-Dan to go from Ben-Gution to Galilee. a few days touring from Tiberias. then stopped off in Nazareth for a visit, on way to Haifa. Then toured from Haifa. You don't need a car in Tel-Aviv - nor wil you find anywhere to park it!! We also used El-Dan (booked via Enterprise incidentally) for our Be-er Shiva & Jerusalem visit. (airport, Beer Sheva, Jerusalem & airport)
A few tips about renting a car and driving in Israel: 1) If you are American, you will want to go to the Israeli website ending in .IL in order to rent a car (ex: avis.com.il). Collision and personal liability coverage is mandatory (unless using a credit card that provides this coverage with Avis). 2) Driving in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv is not for the faint of heart! There are pedestrians and one-ways streets, along with drivers of various capabilities. I almost got in to a collision one minute before turning in my rental car in Jerusalem. 3) I recommend renting your car at Ben Gurion international airport. If you do need to drive to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, once you park your car, use taxi (GETT app), light rail (Jerusalem) or bus to get around. 4) A rental car is the only way to see the Galilee or Golan or the Judean Hills. 5) The TripAdvisor app is an excellent way to research Israel for tourists, especially the forum section.
our hilarious experience: landed at 2355, then arrived at the car hire desk about 50 mins later, it was closed because of covid. we were suppoed to walk out to the car park opposite the terminal ( bearing in mind our israeli friend was there to meet us. we had to go to the other terminal to collect the car, so our friend put us on the inter terminal bus, we arruved and everything was closed LOL. and the bus had just driven away. so i managed to catch a taxi driver that was dropping people off, he didnt speak english but his passengers did and even insisted they make sure our accommodation was genuine and phoned my friend to make sure he was meeting us. the taxi trip was something from a horror movie, driver on the phone talking, watching videos on a tablet , waze on another device and watsapp on another! and it was 300 shekels from the airport to yad eliyahu. but we survived lol and went on to have the most amazing holiday.
As an Israeli every time I am amazed how top notch is the Israeli railway system this day - it arrives to all the coastel cities including the Gaza border Sderot and netivot from Ber Sheva till Haifa and even Acko and Naharia which is the northest city in Israel. As an Israeliu the moment i have a Chance i will travel to every station,yes it ain't a bullet train that they should make to Eilat but to notch system
its funny we were charged 40 euros for a taxi from prague airport to the city (theres only buses) thats 160 nis for a journey exactly the same time it takes from Natbag to Jerusalem when you are told that charging 200 nis is a scam?! when gas here is far more expensive? if you want comfort and no bus or train is available, 200-250 nis (50-60 euro) for a taxi to jerusalem with traffic jams is what you can expect to pay and its not a scam. thats the prices in europe as well.
Hi! I have some questions. 1. The bus have storage for luggage? 2. Are the luggage allowed inside the train? 3. We are departing Saturday from Tel Aviv to Ben Gurion. So TAXI's are the only option?
Also taxis to jerusalem , the train all to jewish side. Some taxis wont take you to western arab side. You have to ask. And if doing train to jerysalem need to know how to public transportation to arab side.
Can yo please make a video about everything we need to know about Eilat, I mean transportation from Tel aviv, accommodation, places to dive or snorkeling, thanks
Hi, We are 2 adults travelling to our dream destination Jerusalem. Thanks to this video I realize that there is no public transport on Satuday. We arrive at TAviv airport on Saturday noon. How do I get to Jerusalem on a budget? Shared taxi as there is no trains at noon Saturday. Thank you for the wonderful videos.
I used to use NESHER taxis before there were buses and trains. Their service is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. It seems like they are going out of their way to be rude, rude, liars, cheaters, and obnoxious. And they succeed. I recommend to everyone who needs to travel to Jerusalem, go even on foot and don't travel with an NESHER. Go by train or take a bus. And inside Jerusalem take a regular taxi.
I've arrived on Yom Kippur at 12.30. And The last Train was on 12:58 . And i didnt get my Trani to Jerusalem, So i had to take the sharut taxi, and have paid 30€.
Toda raba for your excellent explination. I am working in the travel industry as well and have been a few times to Israel, but i don't know if there is local transport from TLV to Tiberias (Teverya) on the evening of 16. September 2023. I googled already and found different information. As far as i know the 16. and 17. September is Rosh Hashana. For this reason i am confused which transportation is available. We booked already a hostel in Tiberias, but will it be possible to get public transport (train + bus) from TLV to Tiberias on the evenong of 16. September this year? In advance i like to thanl you very much (toda raba) for your advice !!! May the God of Israel (the only real God) bless you abundantly !
I recommend using the train to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, or any other city served by the rails. I always found it easy to get around Israel, but I have been there several times. I will be visiting in a month, but will be doing less walking and using the local buses more. So I have a question. When I arrive, how do I buy a bus card? Where do I get one? Also, is the train stop at the zoo permanently closed? Thanks.
@@deborahfreedman333 I am low tech, so I will go with the rav-kav card. This is good for any city in the country, right? I can use it in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Haifa? Can it also be used on the Jerusalem light rail? Thanks!
@@MFPhoto1 It depends on how far you go. I'm retired so I pay half price and can't give you exact figures. I pay for a monthly pass using my Rav Kav app in Jerusalem and then add on a few hundred shekels for travel outside the city. Maybe Oren could suggest a good place to find how much travel between cities costs.
@@marjoriemendelson6166 Between cities I have no problem. I will take the train to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa, and the Egged bus to and from Tiberias. I have visited Israel several times, but within cities I only walked or used a taxi. My legs are not what they used to be, so within cities I thought I would try the bus.
It would be so cool if all the popular travel Israeli youtubers like Oron, thesalukie, Corey from the ask projecy and Nas Daily all got to together to do a video.
Thanks for this Oren. Excellent as always. Looking forward to using your App. I'm arriving in a week and this is a big help. Question? I'm traveling extensively for 2 weeks by rail and bus. Should I purchase a monthly Rav-Kav. Can I get it at TLV. Thanks.
I just left Jerusalem and I would have to admit one thing that you will notice is that the parts of it that want to be like America and look like the West are the most annoying parts of Israel it's the least reflective of the Israeli culture I don't recommend anyone to go to Tel Aviv you just as well go to Los Angeles go to the Golan Heights go down to the Sea of Galilee go to Nazareth but don't go to Tel Aviv unless you don't want to be in Israel that's my recommendation after being there two times in the last 4 months and I'm highly disappointed at the secularism the atheism and the westernism of Israel
...which is why we like to have 4 or 5 days for party-time in Tel-Aviv then visit the historic parts of the country. Something for everyone! Tel-Aviv is more like Barcelona crossed with Brighton. I don't think it's much like any US city.
Shalom, I am a Brazilian tourist. I will be in Israel, for the SECOND time, in July 2023. My first time was in January 2016. In 2016, ALL my money was in CASH. I didn't take any kind of banking card: no credit cards, and no debit cards! Everything in CASH. Any problem? I want to do exactly equal to my first time: ALL the money in CASH. Is it OK? Is this modus operandi (in Latin) OK ?? Sorry if my English is not so advanced. Please, NOTE that my hotel is in South Tel Aviv, near Levinsky Garden. Is it dangerous? Shalom.
how much is the train ticket going to Jerusalem from the airport? How much pocket money would you recommend just to keep for transportation going to Jerusalem? Thank you
sign up to Rav-Kav travel card & top-up via the 'app'. less hassle than carrying cash. just tap-in when you board the bus. Does Tel-Aviv still provide free buses on Shabbat? they did when we were visiting in May/June.
