http://community.goisrael.com/forums/7.aspxIsraeli tour guides from the Israeli Tour Guides Association will answer your questions.enCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://community.goisrael.com/forums/thread/520.aspxWed, 20 May 2009 09:14:22 GMTdefe4685-4fa8-4a87-9193-db72b3c28830:520Daphnar0http://community.goisrael.com/forums/thread/520.aspxhttp://community.goisrael.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=7&PostID=520<p>Personally, I&#39;d try to avoid it.&nbsp; Even though the non-Jewish sites and locations are all functioning as usual, it&#39;s hard from the point of view of transportation (unless you&#39;re renting a car), and any infrastructure services / logistics you need from the country are closed.&nbsp; That said, if it&#39;s your only option of dates, try to be in a Muslim or Christian destination during the holiday.&nbsp; The Old City of Jerusalem would be ideal, since even the Jewish Quarter is lovely on Shavuot.&nbsp; I&#39;d even take a charming hostel in the Old City itself; they&#39;re cheap, excellently located for a 2-day immersion in the atmosphere of the Old City and beautiful.</p>http://community.goisrael.com/forums/thread/514.aspxSat, 25 Apr 2009 05:23:34 GMTdefe4685-4fa8-4a87-9193-db72b3c28830:514Catherine0http://community.goisrael.com/forums/thread/514.aspxhttp://community.goisrael.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=7&PostID=514<p>Hello!&nbsp; </p> <p>I&#39;m looking for some advice concerning tourism in Israel over Shavuot.&nbsp; The short version of my question is this: to what extent does the country (museums, restaurants, etc.) shut down for those two days?</p> <p>For the long version of my question, let me give some background:&nbsp;my family and I will be in Israel for ten days, May 22 - June 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;The first two nights we&#39;re planning to stay in Tel Aviv.&nbsp; Then&nbsp;we&#39;d like to spend four of the remaining nights in Jerusalem and the other four split between locations in the north and south (Mediterranean coast / Sea of Galilee region and Masada / Ein Gedi region, respectively), in some order.&nbsp; The question is, given that three of these eight days include Shavuot and Shabbat, what is the best way to plan our itinerary?&nbsp; If we plan to spend our last four days (May 28 - June 1) in Jerusalem, will the combination of Shavuot and Shabbat make it difficult for us to see all the various sights and museums there?&nbsp; Or on the other hand, would we find ourselves more constrained by the holiday / holy days elsewhere in the country (e.g. Caesarea, Akko, Haifa, towns around the Sea of Galilee, Golan Heights, Masada, Ein Gedi)?&nbsp;</p> <p>Any light anyone can shed on this matter whatsoever would be enormously useful and greatly appreciated.</p> <p>Very best regards,</p> <p>Catherine</p>