HOTELS
February 2023
ISRAELI HOTEL MAKES PRESTIGIOUS CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER’S ‘GOLD LIST’ The Jaffa - a former convent, described as ‘anachronistic masterpiece’, where old meets new with sweeping ceilings, neoclassical ornaments and colonnaded walkways
A n Israeli hotel was “Gold List,” a prestigious annual roll call of the luxury travel magazine’s top places to stay in the world. The eponymous Jaffa, located in the city of the same name adjoining Tel Aviv, made an appearance in Africa and the included in this year’s Condé Nast Traveler’s
Middle East section. The magazine said its list was “passionately selected by our international team”. It described The Jaffa, which has 120 rooms, as “a stained-glass- windowed former convent that British designer John Pawson has turned into an anachronistic masterpiece”. The interior has “sweeping
ceilings, all powder blue and rimmed with Neoclassical ornaments” with an “altar turned bar, clad in marble. This old-meets-new formula informs the hotel’s other spaces too, from the colonnaded walkways around the citrus-scented courtyard, where all-day deli Golda’s serves bagels and
lox and shakshuka, to the timeworn plastered ceilings” in the suites. The Jaffa, it wrote, is “an apt analogy for the rapid gentrification happening just outside the lobby, where Jaffa, just south of downtown Tel Aviv, has emerged as one of Israel’s most envelope-pushing creative hot spots”.
GALILEE CIRCASSIAN VILLAGE PICKED AS TOP TOURISM SPOT
Kfar Kama, one of two Circassian villages in Israel, listed on 32 “Best Tourism Villages 2022” by the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization K far Kama, one knowledge systems, and local values and activities, including culinary. the Negev. Kfar Kama, founded by Muslims originating from the
of two Circassian villages in Israel, appears on a list of 32 “Best Tourism Villages 2022” from 18 countries chosen by the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). he objective of “Best Tourism Villages,” now in its second year, is to promote and enhance the role of tourism in safeguarding rural villages of up to 15,000 residents, along with their landscapes, natural and cultural diversity,
The initiative also promotes transformative approaches to the development of tourism in rural destinations that contribute to sustainable development goals. The UNWTO got 136 requests from 57 member countries for consideration by an independent advisory board. The Israeli Ministry of Tourism proposed Kfar Kama and Tzippori in the Galilee as well as Kibbutz Neot Semadar in
Caucasus, features unique architecture and a museum of Circassian culture. The community sponsors heritage and culture events including dance performances and tourist festivals. The village, whose tourist infrastructure has been renovated with the assistance of the Ministry of Tourism, is full of restaurants, family riding attractions, a dairy offering workshops on
cheese making processes and the Circassian Heritage Conservation Center, which offers tours of the old village alleyways, a sound and light show and tastings from the Circassian cuisine.
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