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Luxury and Relaxation at the Herbert Samuel Hood Dead Sea Hotel

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If you’re looking for a luxurious and relaxing getaway, the Herbert Samuel Hood Dead Sea Hotel is the perfect destination. This hotel is located in a stunning location where the yellow of the desert meets the blue of the sea, making for breathtaking views. The hotel’s warm and welcoming atmosphere will make you feel right at home, and the attention to detail in every corner is impressive.

The lobby invites you to sink into one of the soft sofas and enjoy a drink while taking in the silence. The pool is large and well-kept, and the view of the Jordan mountains is captivating. The spa complex is one of the most beautiful in Israel, and the treatments offered will allow you to disconnect and reconnect.

The hotel offers a variety of rooms, including double rooms, family suites, and luxury suites with an attached pool. The Herbert Samuel Dead Sea Hotel is the ideal starting point for many trips and attractions in the area, including Ein Bokek, Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, and Masada.

The swimming pool is surrounded by open, green, and well-maintained areas, and the lobby bar is a pleasant and relaxed space where you can enjoy a quiet break, a light meal, and a drink from the diverse collection. The Herbert Samuel Restaurant serves seasonal products, culinary adventures, and a celebration of flavors throughout the day.

The spa complex includes sauna rooms, a jacuzzi, a salt pool, a sulfur pool, 16 treatment rooms, and changing rooms. The hotel also provides bicycles for guests to use, and a gym is located in the spa complex. The seaside is a few minutes’ walk from the hotel, and guests can enjoy the beach promenade at the lowest point in the world.

The hotel also offers conference and event halls, advanced technical equipment, audio systems, lighting, and wireless communication. The Sunrise Hall is perfect for theater-style seating arrangements for up to 50 people, around a table for up to 40 people, and classroom style for 30 people.

Overall, the Herbert Samuel Hood Dead Sea Hotel is an excellent choice for a vacation, personal break, or family vacation. The warm hospitality, luxurious amenities, and breathtaking views make it an unforgettable experience.

Reviewers say:

The Herbert Samuel Hood Dead Sea Hotel received generally positive reviews from guests. Many praised the hotel’s fantastic location, amazing food, and friendly staff. The spa area, with its hot Dead Sea water and sulfur pool, was also highly rated. Some guests had concerns about the renovation of the hotel, the cleanliness of the towels, and limited parking space. However, overall, the hotel was considered a great option for a relaxing break or an unforgettable family vacation. Guests highly recommend the hotel to those looking to rest, relax, and replenish.

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Dead Sea scrolls and Qumran

The Qumran Ruin is a complex of structures located in the Yehuda Desert on the verge of the Dead Sea. It can be found on a barren terrace between the Dead Sea and the cliffs where the long-untouched Qumran Caves reside. The Qumran Ruin is located just next to the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, some 1300 feet below sea level and several kilometers south of Jericho, and is one of the main tourist attractions in the Dead Sea area. The design of the Qumran ruin is unique, with many large halls that used to serve public functions, and a relatively small number of living quarters. The main structure used to have several rooms arranged around a central courtyard. Additional building complexes, to the south and east of the main building, have contained long halls, rooms and ritual baths. A large number of mikva'ot (ritual baths) were found throughout the site, as was typical of public and private buildings in Jerusalem in the Second Temple period. Beside the spectacular archeological value of these ancient ruins, Qumran is best known as the nearest settlement to the burial place of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Dead Sea scrolls were discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves around the area, and have been considered to be the greatest manuscript discovery of modern times. The scrolls consist of about 825 to 870 separate documents of great religious and historical importance that include the only known existing copies of Biblical documents created before 100 AD. The Dead Sea Scrolls were most likely written by the Essenes, a strict Torah observant, Messianic, new covenant Jewish sect during the period lasting from about 200 B.C. to 68 A.D. They enhance our knowledge of both Judaism and Christianity, and represent a non-rabbinic form of Judaism alongside a wealth of comparative materials for New Testament scholars. Visiting the Qumran National Park is an exciting and inspiring experience. The most important findings in the area are the ones from the end of the Second Temple period and from the Bar-Kochva rebellion era. It is possible to see the cave in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, and other structures that were excavated nearby. An audio-visual presentation tells the story of the site and the people who used to live here. In addition, it is possible to take a short walk up the Qumran canyon, in a nice desert surrounding, and appreciate the one-of-a-kind surrounding of the lowest place on earth.

Masada - world heritage site a tourist destination by the Dead Sea

Masada is the most visited site of all the archaeological sites in Israel and one of its main tourist attractions. It contains ancient palaces and fortifications located on top of an isolated rock plateau in a stunning desert site overlooking the Dead Sea. And it holds a great historical value, too. Masada (meaning 'fortress' in Hebrew) became known for its attributed mythic significance in the First Jewish-Roman War (also known as the Great Jewish Revolt). In the first century A.D. nearly a thousand Jewish rebels who believed in zero-tolerance toward the Roman rule took over the fortress and were surrounded by the Roman army, which left behind the most complete siege works in the world. When defeat appeared imminent, the rebels chose to commit suicide instead of giving in and spending the rest of their lives as slaves. This made Mesada a symbol of the human spirit’s yearning for freedom. The Israel Nature and Parks Protection Authority had expertly restored the ruins of Masada, so visitors can almost re-live the last days of this heroic story's main characters. The latest attraction is the remarkable new museum, with nine dramatically lit rooms displaying some precious finds alongside life-size statues. In the Masada museum, visitors can easily picture the lives and deaths of these Jewish fugitives, who refused to surrender. Beyond the mythic importance of this site, you will find the Dead Sea and desert mountains views absolutely stupendous. The cliffs on the east edge of this Dead Sea site are about 1,300 feet high and the cliffs on the west are about 300 feet high. The fortress can be reached from two directions today - either from the Dead Sea in the east, via the original and steep "snake path", or from the west on a path built from the old Roman ramp, offering an easier climb or a cable car. Masada is a world heritage site and a very popular tourist destination. It is definitely one of your must-see sites while visiting the holy land. Visitors can stay at many of the hotels located at the Dead sea Ein Bokek area, Ein Gedi, and Kalia.

Ein Gedi Hotel - Experience the Oasis of Tranquility, Your Perfect Stay by the Dead Sea

The Kibbutz Ein Gedi Country Lodging is located in a peaceful and beautiful location in the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea and only 5 minute’s Drive from the Dead Sea shores. Just enjoy the lowest place on earth . An oasis in the middle of the desert, whose beauty exudes vibrant hues of blue, green, yellow and red a peaceful and small slice of heaven, encompassing treasures created by members of the kibbutz community with only a magical paradise in mind. A visit to Kibbutz Ein Gedi Dead Sea Country immediately instills peace and tranquility to any visitor. The Botanical Garden displays an abundance of flora whilst caressing the shores of the salty dead sea, entrapping a festival of light and color and encouraging the visitor's senses to actually sharpen. Archaeological treasures surround Ein Gedi almost as protection. north the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered. In The south is 'Massada' a fascinating cultural treasure and a symbol of heroism for the Jewish people, and to the Right on the doorstep the Byzantine Synagogue boasting an undamaged beautiful mosaic floor with inscriptions relating to the people of the period. Our Air is pollution free, Over 330 sunny days annually, dry, high oxygen levels, low UV rays all add up to “HEALTH” 420 meters below sea level, Ein Gedi Dead Sea captures the sense of serenity and encourages the visitor to simply relax and enjoy. A real recipe for well-being. Despite the dry atmosphere water is a major element in this small corner of the globe. Nature Reserves with gushing waterfalls the you can visit, Ein Gedi Dead Sea Spa with natural, hot, sulphur water pools and, of course, the Dead Sea. Three totally different types of water, three different forms of enjoyment and three different health aspects.

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