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Akoya Hotel Eilat a new Boutique hotel in the city

Eilat travel guide

Address: Heil HaHandasa St 6 Eilat

Welcome to Akoya Hotel Eilat, the perfect destination for a romantic and tranquil boutique vacation in the red sea. Each of our 100 suites and rooms is designed to offer exclusive indulgence for couples seeking a dream getaway.

In our accommodations, you can expect a range of delightful treats. Immerse yourself in luxury with a bathroom stocked with high-quality toiletries, enjoy your favorite shows on a smart TV with Netflix for those relaxing binge-watching sessions, savor a cup of excellent espresso from our top-of-the-line machine, and find refreshments in the mini bar. We also provide a beach set for couples, allowing you to pamper yourselves perfectly while enjoying the picturesque seaside.

For those who prefer to sleep in, we offer a thoughtfully designed Breakfast Box that will be delivered right to your door, customized to your liking, and even accompanied by a daily newspaper.

Let us introduce you to our premium suite, featuring a breathtaking view of the sea. This suite consists of two bedrooms connected by a door, creating a masterful retreat for couples. Experience an elevated level of hospitality with amenities such as a beach bag equipped for your convenience, a 55-inch smart TV, an espresso machine, a mini bar, a spacious wardrobe, a hairdryer, and a safe for your valuables.

Our superior rooms with balconies provide a pampering experience, treating you to a spectacular view of the sea. These rooms come equipped with luxurious amenities including a balcony, a 55-inch smart TV, an espresso machine, a mini bar, a hairdryer, and a safe.

At Akoya Hotel, we take pride in offering a serene and peaceful boutique vacation exclusively for couples. Located on the lively promenade of Eilat, right in front of the beach, our hotel ensures personal attention and tranquility beyond your dreams. Upon your arrival in our lobby, we will welcome you with a glass of sparkling wine and a delightful refreshment. Sink into our plush armchairs in the lobby bar, unwind from your journey, and enjoy a cup of coffee while admiring the elegant design. The carefully selected background music will set the perfect vacation mood, and your rooms will provide you with plush bedding, a coffee machine, and a mini bar stocked with mineral water.

Wake up to the breathtaking view of the sea, kickstart your day with our specially crafted Breakfast Box delivered to your room, and head to our private beach with the beach kit we have prepared exclusively for you, allowing you to soak up the sun and relax in style.

Our hotel boasts a range of facilities, including a spa with an extensive menu of massages, couple’s treatments, and delectable treats for a truly indulgent experience. Look forward to our upcoming spa, as well as an adjacent beach just a few minutes’ walk from the hotel. We also offer 24/7 room service for your convenience and a swimming pool for your enjoyment. Our gym and special hosting packages for festive events will be available soon.

Indulge in the ultimate couple’s retreat at Akoya Hotel, where VIP reception awaits with seasonal fruits, sparkling wine, cookies, and more. Choose from two options for your fresh breakfast: a specially prepared Breakfast Box in your room or a voucher for a meal outside.

Experience the epitome of tranquility and romance at Akoya Hotel, where every moment is designed to create a perfect oasis for couples seeking an unforgettable vacation.

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Eilat Shopping

Since Eilat is defined as a Duty Free Zone and most products and services are available VAT-free, Eilat is the place to shop! Its modern, air-conditioned shopping malls and Mall Hayam in particular, hold outlets of most of Israel’s major chain stores as well as fashion boutiques, jewelry stores, toy stores, digital cameras and accessories, books, sports equipment, souvenirs, and much more. In addition, every Thursday there is an open air stores recommended market with a carnival atmosphere in the plaza of the City Center from 08:00 to 18:00, selling by the Ministry of Tourism everything under the sun at prices that can’t be beaten. http://www.inisrael.com/tour/eilat/shopping.htm

The Dolphin Reef Eilat

The Beach The dolphin reef beach is a private beach, offering a diversity of services, such as bathrooms and showers, restaurant, diving courses, swimming and diving with dolphins and a lot more. The beach itself is not very big, but the golden sand compensate you for the little round stones covering the other Eilatian beaches. As soon as you enter the beach, you see the defined area, in which the dolphins are swimming. For the time being, there are ten dolphins, some of them were brought from the Caspian Sea in Russia, and some of them were born in Eilat, and are Israeli citizens…. The uniqueness of the place is the fact that there was not and there isn’t an attempt to domesticate the dolphins. That defined area in which they are living is not closed, and allows the dolphins free entrance and exit. As a matter of fact, the dolphins are staying there out of their own free will. The dolphins frequently swim to the open sea, for the simple fact that they have to supply themselves with food. The “Dolphin-reef “ crew does not supply them with food, and does not interfere with their private life. Aside from that, those dolphin has a good taste of their own…they too - same as we - loves the Red Sea, with all of its beautiful coral reefs and spectacular undersea creatures. Preparing to swim After struggling with myself, I chose to swim with the dolphins, rather than diving with them. Sarit, the instructor, gave me a short brief, focusing on the interaction between those diverse mammals and us. There are some rules such as not chasing the dolphins, not touching sensitive areas like the eyes, the blowhole on their head and their genitalia (as if we wanted to do that…). We also got an explanation regarding the personal equipment, which includes snorkel, diving-mask, flippers and diving suit. If you are anxious to commemorate the occasion, you can rent an under-water camera, or pay to professional photographer to come along with you, for video shooting or stills. No one promised us that we could get real close. After all, that depends on the dolphins themselves. We were a little disappointed, but our hopes increased while remembering that half an hour of swimming is a lot of time. After a short demo practice, outside the defined area, we moved into it (“we” means me, five other visitors and, of course, Sarit). In the water with the dolphins What can I tell you…from the first moment you can sense the presence of that amazing creature, by hearing the unique sounds that it can produce. It is unbelievable! You can Swimming and Diving with dolphins in Eilatnot see them yet, but you sure can hear them. We all tried to make the first eye contact, but came out with nothing. I raised my head out of the water, and caught a glimpse of back-flippers about 50 meters from me. After a few minutes I nearly had a cocktail of salty sea water, when my mouth almost opened wide because of a huge dolphin, swimming in superb, passing along my swimming buddy, a tourist from the Netherlands, who actually was able to touch it. I saw the dolphin moving on into the deep water, and I was so envious of my friend at that time, because I was afraid that this time I wouldn’t share his experience. The first encounter But, after a few minutes of swimming here and forth, came, just out of the blue, an amazing dolphin, named Bunchy, according to Sarit. Bunchy was a young dolphin, which explains the fact that he still doesn’t get bored of meeting groups of enthusiastic people such as we were. The wild dive Bunchy stayed with us for about 15 seconds more, and during this time he surely felt like the most beloved dolphin in the world. We touched him, caressed him and played with him. It took us a while to realize that we are swimming with a dolphin (!), but soon it seemed like the most natural thing to do. Bunchy surrounded us and examined us above and under the water… it was really hard to say who enjoyed this meeting more…Bunchy or us… Conclusions I can hardly explain the feeling touching his smooth skin, and the feeling I got out of a 10cm distance between my head and Bunchy’s. You just have to be there in order to understand. Swimming with dolphins was something I dreamt about since I was a little boy. I guess it was under the influence and impression of books that had been read to me, or because the mythological and unforgettable TV show - “Flipper”. Out of that short experience I’ve had in the Dolphin Reef, I can say that dolphins are the most amazing mammals. You can sense, in every moment, their high intelligence (no doubt, much more then a few people I happened to have met in my life). All farewells are sad, especially if that farewell is from the first dolphin you have ever met, but you can find some comfort knowing you can always do that again, if you are in Eilat, and have about two hours and some bucks (about 200NIS) to spend.

The Red Sea Jazz Festival

Red-Sea jazz festival, the biggest and most successful of its kind in Israel is hosting more than 20 world-known and international artist such as Rickie-Lee Jones, Garry Barton, Stephan Harris, Danilo Perez, Niki Yanofski, Beri Saharoff, Rea Mohich, Shem-Tov Levi and many others… The Red Sea Jazz Festival (RSJF) established in 1987 as a four day international jazz festival with 9 concerts per evening, 6 clinics with guest artists and nightly Jam sessions. The festival is held yearly in the last week of August. RSJF strives to introduce to the public the broadest possible musical spectrum, from New Orleans jazz to the contemporary, including Latin and World music. The festival presents guest groups from all around the globe plus Israeli top groups. RSJF is also active in the jazz education field in Israel, promoting original jazz compositions and youth jazz bands. This year same as previous years – we are following the tradition of hosting world top jazz performers and also headlining young jazz artists and Israeli groups. Every evening at 19:00 we welcome you to an open concert featuring the best Israeli young jazz groups. During 4 days, the festival will feature 3 different concerts in each of the halls, performed by international and Israeli artists – participating in the festival. The concerts will be held in three venues: The CLUB with the capacity of 1,000 seats around tables serving food and beverage, the HALL with 2,000 regular seats and the ARENA with 4,000 seats, some arranged gradually overlooking the Red Sea. Tickets Wide PASS allowing 4-day admission to the two big halls and to the club on an availability basis. Daily PASS and single tickets for each concert will be available as well. The youngsters, honor guests of the festival, remain with their young PASS allowing free admission to all concerts on availability basis. Blue/Yellow PASS allowing admission to 4 concerts per day. The Eilat Port is waiting you again, music aficionado, to celebrate the end of the summer vacation with lots of good music and pleasant ambiance complemented by encounters with friends and top musicians from Israel and abroad. The Red Sea during the day and Eilat Port at night – what could be better?

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