► Weather
► Watch the Kotel in real-time
► Watch the Old City with Google streetview
► Live Currency Rate: US $ / Shekel
► Live Currency Rate: Euro / Shekel
► Taxis: Taxi HaPalmach 02-679-3333
► Electrical appliances: The Israeli power supply is single phase 220 volts at 50 Hertz. Most power sockets in Israel have three pin holes, but many of them will work with double-pin European plugs. Visitors who want to use shavers, traveling irons and other small appliances may need both transformers and adaptor plugs.
► V.A.T refund:
The following are all the conditions which must be fulfilled in order to receive the V.A.T. refund upon departing from Israel.
- Non-Israeli citizens are entitled to receive a V.A.T. refund if they do not hold an Israeli passport and if they are visiting Israel as a tourist.
- When making the purchase, you must present your passport in order to be identified as a tourist
- The goods must have been purchased in a store included in the V.A.T. refund program and the purchase amount in one tax invoice including V.A.T. must exceed NIS 400.
- The goods are not food, drink or tobacco products.
- Upon arrival to the airport or the border terminal, look for VAT REFUND counter
- Please present the purchased goods, the invoices and VAT refund forms, and your passport for inspections
- VAT refund will be paid as requested either in cash, by bank transfer or by check to mail address
► Road distance chart:
Did you know?
- It takes 10 hours to drive from the north to the south
- The water temperature in the Red sea in December averages 24ºC (79ºF)