Getting There/Around

Getting There:

By Air

Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) (+972 0 3 971 0000/ http://www.ben-gurion-airport.com/) is the major area hub, located midway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and convenient to both.

Air Canada (+1 800 776 3000/ http://www.aircanada.ca)
Air France (+1 800 871 1366/ http://www.airfrance.com)
Arkia Israeli Airlines (+972 3 690 3712/ http://www.arkia.co.il/)
British Airways (+1 800 247 9297/ http://www.british-airways.com)
Continental (+1 800 525 0280/ http://www.continental.com)
Delta (+1 800 221 1212/ http://www.delta.com)
El Al (+1 800 223 6700/ http://www.elal.co.il)
Northwest (+1 800 225 2525/ http://www.nwa.com)
United (+1 800 241 6522/ http://www.ual.com)

Taxi companies

Flash Cab Company (+1 773 878 8500)
Jiffy Cab Company (+1 773 487 9000)
American United (+1 773 327 6161)

Rental car companies

Avis (+1 800 831 2847; +972 3 977 3200/ http://www.avis.com)
Budget (+1 800 527 0700; +972 1 700 70 4141/ http://www.budget.com)
Enterprise ( +1 800 325 8007/ http://www.enterprise.com)
Hertz (+1 800 654 3131; +972 8 977 7777/ http://www.hertz.com)

Getting Around:

Remember that the Sabbath, lasting from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, will limit or shut down public transportation. Taxis are plentiful in Tel Aviv, including sherut (shared taxis) and monit sherut (shared taxis operating along bus lines).

By Bus

Dan Transportation public bus (+ 972 3 639 4444)
Egged Bus Company public bus (+972 3 694 8888)
Kavim Public Transportation (+972 3 557 0600)
Metropoline (+972 1 222 5900)

By Train

Carmelit Subway (+972 4 837 6861) Connects Haifa to the Carmel Mountain.
Israel Railways (+972 3 577 4000) Major metropolitan railway service.
Neta Urban Transportation Co. (+ 972 3 689 3000) Government company in the metropolitan area.
Rakevet Kala (+972 2 625 9322) Jerusalem Light Rail system.

Driving

You can drive in Israel with a foreign license; just don't expect to cross any borders with your rental car. There are two major highways of note near Tel Aviv. The Ayalon Highway is a freeway from Holon to Herzliya, and the the Cross Israel Highway (Hwy 6) is a toll-way that runs North to South.

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