In this blog we gladly share with you two of the most beautiful weeks of our lives – our honeymoon, which was very special and adventurous. Looking for a honeymoon location? Here you can find travel ideas and information about locations, tours, trips, biking, hiking and sightseeing in Israel.
Israel is a great honeymoon destination and offers many different types of attractions such as hotels, beaches, guest houses, historical sites, nature reserves, national parks and much more!
Our honeymoon tour starts in Tel Aviv and is focused in the beautiful north of Israel. We have included many photos of Israel which portray our honeymoon's memories. We hope you would enjoy visiting Our Honeymoon In Israel and hopefully one day – your own vacation in Israel!
About us:Ilan was born in Israel and is a graphic designer, Thamara was born in Holland, is a tennis coach and used to be a professional tennis player, we met online on ChristianCafe.com, fell in love, got married in Holland and had our very special wedding celebration in Israel.
Day 1 – Renaissance Hotel, Packing and Driving To Amirim
Renaissance Hotel
Our first honeymoon day started very early at 1:00 Am, it was actually our first night after the wedding celebration. We spent it in a fancy hotel in Tel Aviv called Renaissance; it was a gift from a good friend of us. Interestingly, the name of the hall where we had our wedding celebration was also called Renaissance. It was a great start and a chance to get some rest before continuing on our honeymoon adventure.
Our first honeymoon day started very early at 1:00 Am, it was actually our first night after the wedding celebration. We spent it in a fancy hotel in Tel Aviv called Renaissance; it was a gift from a good friend of us. Interestingly, the name of the hall where we had our wedding celebration was also called Renaissance. It was a great start and a chance to get some rest before continuing on our honeymoon adventure.
In the photos you can see the view of Tel Aviv and the Mediterranean Sea from the balcony of our hotel room and the rich Israeli breakfast we had there. Click on the photos to see bigger images.
Packing
We left the hotel at noon and went back home to pack and get ready for our honeymoon adventure. We hadn’t had time to do so earlier because we were so occupied with the preparations for our wedding celebration and looking for nice places to stay on our honeymoon.
We packed quickly, had a small meal and loaded our bicycles on the small car we had rented. Seppo, Ilan’s uncle who came all the way from BC Canada with his wife Annikki to our wedding celebration helped us loading the bicycles.Amirim
Finally as the sun was going down (in Israel the sun sets around 5:30 PM in late October) we left from Tel Aviv to Amirim. Amirim is a beautiful Moshav in Galilee 2.5 hours north of Tel Aviv (a moshav is a cooperative Israeli settlement something like a village). Amirim is about 650 meters above sea level overlooking the Sea of Galilee, which is about 200 meters below sea level. Amirim established by vegetarians offers guesthouses known as zimmers (guest chalets), art galleries and vegetarian restaurants.
We arrived around 8:00 PM to a beautiful zimmer we had reserved. It was beautiful; we had some food, wine, candles, incense, a Jacuzzi, bathrobes, a nice kitchen, Stereo, DVDs, TV and a nice bed waiting for us there. Though it was dark we had a beautiful view of the twinkling lights of the villages below us. We also got a greeting card from the owner of the zimmer and a gift: elephant shaped salt and pepper shakers!
We had a romantic dinner, later we danced to the sounds of the beautiful classic folk Israeli music we brought with us and then enjoyed a good warm Jacuzzi.
