Description
One of the nicer Jerusalem Bed and Breakfast is Ilana's: Located in the idyllic village of Bet Zayit, adjacent to Jerusalem, Ilana Shoket's Bed and Breakfast has two cottage apartments, each apartment has two rooms and both can accommodate up to eleven guests.
Rooms overlook a charming garden patio, in which you can dine on a delicious breakfast and absorb Bet Zayit's tranquil country atmosphere. An added advantage: plenty of parking space in our farm!
Only 30 minutes ride from Ben Gurion Airport, and a mere seven kilometers from Jerusalem, pastoral Bet Zayit is the perfect venue from which to begin and end your tour in Israel. Ideal for nature lovers and tourists who wish to avoid lodge amidst the city's noisy downtown area and its congested neighborhoods.
Prices
$55 for a double room and $15 for additional child or guest.
$6 for an Israeli breakfast. (At the end of the summer you can enjoy figs and sabra fruit fresh from our garden!)
Prices may be 5% higher at high season (July through August and during Jewish holidays).
Discount available for long term renters.
Reservation
Friendly owners Ilana and Avi Shoket speak English, Hebrew and French.
You can make reservation by e-mail, phone or fax:
E-Mail: shokeapt@netvision.net.il
Phone: 972-2-5346261 Fax: 972-2-5701136
We will need a deposit of 10% in order to confirm your reservation.
Address: Ilana Shoket, Moshav Bet-Zayit no. 14, Jerusalem 90815, Israel.
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Bet Zayit and Surroundings
Shopping: You can purchase foods at the local mini-market and make your own meals in the fully equipped kitchen.
Bet Zayit is closer to Jerusalem than any other village. From Bet Zayit you have easy access to Jeruslem, Ein Kerem, and to Abu Ghosh, the arab village known for its humus and fish restaurants:
what you will find inside the apartments:
Each apartment has two rooms and can accommodate up to 4 adult guests + extra beds for kids. Kitchenette equipped with a refrigerator, electric kettle, gas range, toaster oven and microwave oven. One apartment is air-conditioned; the other is cooled by fans. There is central heating in Winter. If you do not have a cellular phone, you can call from the public phone booth that is available nearby.
Transportation: Cars: free parking right next to your lodgings!
Taxi cabs available 24 hours a day.
Buses: the #186 bus to and from the central bus station in Jerusalem runs every two hours on weekdays (there is no bus transportation on the Shabbat - Friday evening to Saturday evening).
