The Amateur Traveler is the first podcast I ever listened to on a consistent basis, and it is my favorite podcast. I enjoy listening because it allows me to travel to many [...]

One of the oldest inhabited cities in Israel, the old walled city of Acre sits on the Northern End of Haifa Bay. Like many other cities in the Holy Land, it has [...]

This photo shows the Tombs on the Mount of Olives. The Jews believe that these people will be the first to be brought to heaven when the apocalypse happens.

Fodor’s sent me a free copy of their Fodor’s Israel which is part of their new guide book series to review. Now frankly, Fodor’s guide books have never been my favorite, but [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks again to Douglas Duckett the author of a popular free travel guide to Israel. This time we talked to Douglass about traveling to the holy city, Jerusalem. We [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Douglas Duckett about his travels to Israel and his popular travel guide to Israel. Douglas has fallen in love not just with the “holy land” but with [...]

The Israeli government wants to show you another side of Israel than you usually see on the public beaches and is “sexing up” its image with bikini clad women.