Dead Sea Cities

All sanatoriums, clinics and hotels are located in a specific natural zone and you don’t want to conduct medical and health-improving activities somewhere in the desert. Therefore, there is a desire to learn more about those cities of the Dead Sea, where you will have to undergo health improvement.

Cities on the Dead Sea in Israel

The Israeli town on the Dead Sea coast Ein Bokek can be safely called a huge resort and health complex. Its territory is covered with a large number of large and small hotels, inns, SPA centers, sanatoriums. The infrastructure of Ein Bokek itself is completely subordinated to the reception, accommodation, treatment, service and entertainment of vacationers. Almost all the cities of the Dead Sea, in their activities, are aimed at international tourism and medicine, which are the main source of income for this small state.

Each city clinic has its own specialization, and together they treat almost the entire spectrum of diseases. But health therapy is not all that the town of Ein Bokek, which has all the attributes of a resort center, can offer. These are multiple embankments, beaches, both municipal, where anyone can come, and private areas where hotel clients relax.

There is a wide network of catering: restaurants of various levels, cafes, bars, evening clubs. Here a tourist can not only improve his health, but also have a good rest. Small private hotels in the park area of the city are ready to meet lovers of silence and exoticism. Unusual enchanting landscapes and turquoise of the Dead Sea are excellent conditions for relaxation.

Local attractions include:

• Qumran National Park – Hellenic settlements, ancient scrolls. A feeling of being completely transported back two thousand years.
• Ein Gedi Nature Reserve is a tropical oasis in the middle of the desert, with a unique landscape, flora and fauna.
• Mount Sodom is a unique natural phenomenon. It consists almost entirely of salt.
• The Masada fortress is a significant place for Israelis. Numerous myths and legends surround this structure.

Ein Bokek is the only, in our understanding, Israeli city on the shores of the Dead Sea.

Arad is a small town located on the mountain ranges of the Judean Desert, not far from the Dead Sea. The modern settlement was formed in the immediate vicinity of the ancient settlement of Arad, mentioned in the Bible. Every year, thousands of people come to the hotels and clinics of this town, wishing to improve their health and relax on the shores of this unique lake.

The ancient city of Ein Gedi was completely destroyed and changed hands several times over the many centuries of its existence. Now this territory belongs to Israel and next to the ancient ruins there is a thriving kibbutz (a voluntary community of people who organized a settlement based on the principle of joint ownership of property, voluntary labor - "the principles of communism in one community"). The population fruitfully grows dates and flowers, and is engaged in poultry farming. The community has established the production of mineral water and cosmetics based on Dead Sea products - the world-famous brand "Ahava".

A small settlement at the southern end of the Dead Sea is Neve Zohar. It is located not far from the resort beaches of Ein Bokek. This settlement is not well known. It is named after the Zohar ("shining") stream, which dries up during the hot period. After the water evaporates, numerous conglomerates of crystallized salt remain at the bottom of the riverbed, sparkling in the sun. On the territory of the settlement there are also ruins of Roman-Byzantine structures, numerous cave burials from that period.

Neve Zohar is represented by 30 families and is considered the lowest human settlement on Earth, compared to the level of the World Ocean. The settlement of Neve Zohar is located below the shores of the Dead Sea.

Dead Sea Cities in Jordan

Jordan also has cities on the shores of the Dead Sea.

El-Karak is a fairly large settlement in this country. It is its administrative center. The city is located in the west of Jordan, some distance from the coast of the Salt Lake and the Israeli border. The settlement was originally formed around a powerful Crusader fortress, which is now partially destroyed. The main income to the city budget comes from tourists visiting the fortress, passing through to the ancient city of Petra. This is what the entire economy of El-Karak is aimed at.

Almost the entire basin of the Salt Lake of Saudi Arabia is covered by desert, so when driving along the coast, you rarely come across cities of the Dead Sea. But when going for treatment to this unique place, do not be discouraged by the meager excursion program. Believe me, if you want, you will have something to see.

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