Down South

The entire city of Eilat is a Duty Free and Free Trade Zone, so all purchases are free of the 16.5% VAT.
 

Did you know that Albert Einstein was invited to be Israel's second president? It's true, he was invited to do so in 1952 by David Ben Gurion whose house is located on kibbutz SdeBoker. 
 

In the south there is a salt lake bordering Jordan, It's one of the 7 world wonders, it's called the Dead Sea and it’s the lowest spot on earth, almostimpossible to dive into
 

chess grandmasters per capita in the world.
 

The world’s largest pepper was grown in the south of Israel at, recorded by The Guinness Book of World Records in 2013
 

The south is home to the Bedouins, a predominantly desert-dwelling Arabian ethnic group.
 

The surface and shores of the Dead Sea are 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level, making it Earth’s lowest elevation on land.
 

The Dead Sea’s unusually high salt concentration means that people can easily float in the Dead Sea due to natural buoyancy. In this respect the Dead Sea is similar to the Great Salt Lake in Utah in the United States.
 

The city of Beersheba, located at the south of Israel, has the highest number of