Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
cosmetic products made by
the two companies, Ahava
and Mineral. These are sold at
all well-stocked pharmacies
and at the Duty-Free Shop at
Ben Gurion airport. When
visiting the Dead Sea, you can
buy directly from the
Ahava
Factory
, north of Ein Gedi.
It is open daily, but closes at
2pm on Fridays. There is also
an
Ahava Miner
a
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at
the Hilton Tel Aviv and a
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major Ahava outlet at the Ein
Bokek spa resort on the Dead
Sea shore.
A range ofA Dead Sea
products is also sold at a
shop called
Holy Treasures
,
opposite St George
Church in the town of
Madaba, Jordan.
more exotic souvenir is a
nargileh, or Arab water pipe.
All of these can be found in
Jerusalem and also in
Amman, where a particularly
good one-stop shopping
opportunity is offerd by the
El-Alaydi Jordan Craft Centre
,
which has a vast selection of
locally produced items,
including Hebron glassware,
Palestinian embroidery and
Bedouin tent accessories.
In Madaba in Jordan, there
is a complex of excellent
craft
shops
just north of the
Madaba Museum, offering
everything from textiles
to jewellery to mosaics.
At Petra, look at for
the
Made In Jordan
shop, which is near
the entry gate to the
site, and which has top-
quality locally made
items, including camel-
hair shawls and olive.
Making sand-filled bottles, Jordan's
most prevalent souvenir
For a very different sort of
souvenir, an extensive range
of recordings of modern and
traditional Jewish music can
be foun
d
at
Tower Records
in Tel Aviv.
SOUVENIRS
Sandals, bags and belts
are good articles to buy
throughout the Holy
Land. Copperware is
also a good buy,
notably coffeepots and
trays, often etched with
arabesque patterns. A
A Alternatively,
t
h
e
Bauhaus Centre
in Tel
Aviv has a gift shop selling
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miniature models of some
of the city's landmark 1930s
architecture
(see p171)
, as
well as topics and prints.
Decorative bottles
filled with coloured
sand are popular
Jordanian souvenirs,
especially at Wadi Rum
and Petra.
Water pipes,
or nargilehs
DIREC
T
ORY
SHOPPING MALLS
Abdoun Mall
El-Hashimi St, Abdoun,
Amman, Jordan.
Tel
(06) 5920296.
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Azrieli Center
132 Petach-Tikva Hwy,
Tel Aviv.
Tel
(03) 6081199.
RELIGIOUS
ARTICLES
Holy Land Arts
Museum
Milk Grotto St, Bethlehem.
Tel
(02) 274 4819.
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www
.holylandarts
museum.com
Pninat-ha'kesef
1/86 Ha'kishor St,
Tel Aviv
Tel
(03) 518 1406.
TEXTILES AND
RUGS
Madaba
Oriental Gifts
Madaba, Jordan.
Shtihei Carmel
Bilu Center, Rehovot
Tel
(08) 935 5557.
Holy Treasures
Talal St, Madaba, Jordan.
Tel
(05) 324 8481.
SOUVENIRS
El-Alaydi Jordan
Craft Centre
El-Kulliyah el-Islamiyah St,
Jebel Amman, Amman,
Jordan.
Tel
(06) 464 4555.
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Bauhaus Centre
99 Dizengoff St, Tel Aviv.
Tel
(05) 522 02459.
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City Tower
Corner of Jaffa Rd & King
George V St, Jerusalem.
Dizengoff Centre
Dizengoff St, Tel Aviv.
Tel
(03) 621 2416.
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Gan ha-Ir Shopping
Centre
71 Ibn Gabirol St, Tel Aviv.
Tel
(03) 527 9111.
JEWELLERY
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www
.pninat-
hakesef.ybay.co.il
Agas and Tamar
43 Shabazi St, Neve
Tzedek, Tel Aviv.
Tel
(03) 516 8421.
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www
.bauhaus-center.
com
Craft shops
Haret Jdoudna Complex,
Talal St, Madaba, Jordan.
Tel
(05) 324 8650.
CERAMICS
Beit el-Bawadi
Fawzi el-Qawoaji St,
Amman, Jordan.
Tel
(06) 593 0070.
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Blue Bandana
52 Hei Beyar, Kikar ha-
Medina, Tel Aviv.
Tel
(03) 602 1686.
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Silsal Ceramics
Innabeh St, North Abdoun,
Amman, Jordan.
Tel
(06)
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593 1128.
www
.silsal.com
COSMETICS
Ahava Factory
Kibbutz Mitspe Shalem,
Route 90, Dead Sea.
Tel
(02) 994 5100.
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Ahava Mineral
Lounge
Tel Aviv Hilton,
Independence Park, Tel
Aviv.
Tel
(03) 520 2222.
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Malkha
Kanyon Mall
Malkha, West Jerusalem.
Tel
(02) 679 1333.
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Mecca Mall
Mekka el-Mukkaramah
Rd, Amman, Jordan.
Tel
(06) 552 7945.
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Made In Jordan
Petra, Jordan.
Tel
(03) 215 5700.
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www
.madeinjordan.com
Tower
Records
1 Allenby St, Tel Aviv.
Tel
(03) 517 4044.
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