This is a full day trip but a good one. Get to the Beit Shemesh train station - cab for 35 shekels or 12 or 15 bus. Get on the train to the Chof Carmel stop in Haifa. It's a 1:45 trip that includes much ocean scenery. 46.50 per ticket. Seems to be the same price for adults and kids.
Change at Tel Aviv Mercaz station. It's another 45 minutes from Tel Aviv. The Chof stop is 100 yards from the beach, a gorgeous beach. Very clean. Great waves. If you go in the winter, they'll be nobody else there. Just enjoy the site of the water and the sand. The water is not cold so you could swim.
From there take a cab to the Maritime museum. 40 shekels. 10 minute trips. The cabs are at the station. Or take the 112 bus. The museum has tremendous archeology like many museums in Israel. If you love the seas, you'll enjoy this. Price is around 20 shekels per person. There are family plans.
From there walk to Eliyahu's cave. It's a hundred meters down the road and up some steps. You'll see the signs. It's pretty holy there. You'll feel it.
Then get on the the sky tram up the mountain. You'll see it overhead. Just follow the wires to the station. 29 shekels per person. You'll get a great view of the ocean. Up top are more views.
Cab back to the train station or take the 112 bus. Buy some kosher sandwiches at the station and head home.
The whole thing is around $40 per person for the day, including food. Not pennies. But it's a big, beautiful trip - the kind you make just a few times a year. You get a religious site, education, and the big blue sea all in one day. You spare yourself a hotel, which would run you $100 bucks alone. And you don't need to own or rent a car for this.
Change at Tel Aviv Mercaz station. It's another 45 minutes from Tel Aviv. The Chof stop is 100 yards from the beach, a gorgeous beach. Very clean. Great waves. If you go in the winter, they'll be nobody else there. Just enjoy the site of the water and the sand. The water is not cold so you could swim.
From there take a cab to the Maritime museum. 40 shekels. 10 minute trips. The cabs are at the station. Or take the 112 bus. The museum has tremendous archeology like many museums in Israel. If you love the seas, you'll enjoy this. Price is around 20 shekels per person. There are family plans.
From there walk to Eliyahu's cave. It's a hundred meters down the road and up some steps. You'll see the signs. It's pretty holy there. You'll feel it.
Then get on the the sky tram up the mountain. You'll see it overhead. Just follow the wires to the station. 29 shekels per person. You'll get a great view of the ocean. Up top are more views.
Cab back to the train station or take the 112 bus. Buy some kosher sandwiches at the station and head home.
The whole thing is around $40 per person for the day, including food. Not pennies. But it's a big, beautiful trip - the kind you make just a few times a year. You get a religious site, education, and the big blue sea all in one day. You spare yourself a hotel, which would run you $100 bucks alone. And you don't need to own or rent a car for this.
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