Head South for your next vacation, and explore the beautiful Negev Desert! Whether you’re looking for five-star luxury, the coolest hostels, or anything in between, this guide has got you covered!


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Best Hotels in the Negev

Beresheet Hotel

Swimming Pool | Boutique | Luxury | Isrotel | Mitzpe Ramon | $$$$$

Escape to this beautiful spa resort in the middle of the Negev Desert, rated as one of the best in Israel. Opened in 2011, and part of Isrotel’s Exclusive Collection, the hotel has 111 rooms, many overlooking the spectacular Mitzpe Ramon crater.

Celebrity guests have included Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, who booked out the whole hotel over Pesach 2014 for a cool $450,000. Guests can go on guided walks in the crater, or take rides on bikes, open-top jeeps… and camels! Or you can just switch off in the hotel’s spa, kosher restaurants, and hotel pool – which overlooks the crater!


Isrotel Ramon Inn Hotel

Swimming Pool | Boutique | Mid-Range| Isrotel | Mitzpe Ramon | $$

Whether you’re looking for a quiet desert retreat, or a place to freshen up and re-energize en route to Eilat, look no further than the Isrotel Ramon Inn. This warm, quaint and intimate haven is set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Ramon Crater, providing a blissful escape from the bustle of your daily routine.

The natural magic of this desert locale makes the Isrotel Ramon Inn the perfect lodging for nature enthusiasts, desert lovers, and cyclists of all ages.


Desert Iris Hotel

Swimming Pool | Tower | Mid-Range | North Negev | $$

In the heart of the desert, there is a peaceful place with a welcoming homely atmosphere. The Desert Iris Hotel.

The Hotel has a restaurant, bar, a shared lounge and garden in Yeroẖam. Featuring family rooms, this property also provides guests with a terrace. The hotel features an indoor pool and a 24-hour front desk and free WiFi throughout the property.


Boker Valley Farm and Vineyards

 Desert Lodge | Mid-Range | North Negev | $$

Boker Valley Farm is set in the wine area in the Negev Desert, South Israel. It offers unique accommodations and a large communal hot tub.

This property is part of Negev Farms and produces its own wine and includes the largest wine shop in the area with 47 different sorts of wine to offer. Guests can enjoy tastings of wine for free.


Alpaca Farm

 Desert Lodge | Mid-Range | Mitzpe Ramon | $$

Farming a herd of the exotic alpacas and llamas, the unique Alpaca Farm organizes a range of activities from feeding the animals to wool production workshops in the local factory. Each accommodations unit has its own kitchenette and a terrace with hammock in front.

The farm is peacefully located in the Negev Desert, 2.5 mi from Mitzpe Ramon. Horses, donkeys, angora sheep, camels and many other animals are also farmed there. The area includes various hiking trails.


Carmey Avdat Farm and Vineyard

 Swimming Pool | Desert Lodge | Mid-Range | North Negev | $$

Carmey Avdat Farm is a family-run property in the Negev Desert, 5 minutes’ drive from Sde Boker. It offers rustic chalets with natural pools and hammocks. Homemade wine is available to taste and buy.

Built on the site of a 1,500-year old agricultural settlement on the ancient spice route. Its chalets are scattered around the grounds and feature a private patio with dining area. The kitchenettes come with an espresso machine and free wine, milk and fruit.


Desert Olive Farm

 Swimming Pool | Tents | Mid-Range | Sde Boker | $

Desert Olive Farm gives you the chance to really experience the Negev Desert. It offers a choice of cabins, tents or suites, each one with a small pool and outdoor area with BBQ.

You can choose between an Indian tent, an African ecological cabin or a luxurious suite. In any case, your stay at Desert Olive Farm is sure to be unforgettable. Suites and cabins have their own private bathrooms. The tents have showers and toilets outdoors underneath the stars.


InnSense

 Desert Lodge | Mid-Range | Mitzpe Ramon | $

Each of the rooms is tastefully decorated using high quality furnishings and special attention is paid to contemporary design, combining luxury and comfort with an atmosphere of sophistication.

Two of the rooms are ideal for couples seeking a quiet retreat while the others can comfortably accommodate three adults or small families.​


Mashabim Country Lodging

 Desert Lodge | Mid-Range | North Negev | $

Mashabim Country Lodging, located on the stunning Mashabei Sadeh kibbutz in southern Israel, offers guests a unique kibbutz hospitality experience. This is the perfect tranquil refuge, where you can escape the bustle of daily life, against an awe-inspiring backdrop of breathtaking desert landscapes.

Mashabim presents 82 guest rooms overlooking the gorgeous desert vista, spread out among rustic buildings on landscaped green lawns.


Tsavta Tube Hostel and Naot Farm

 Desert Lodge | Hostel | North Negev | $

Tsavta Tube Hostel is a meeting and relaxing place, for travelers from all places, young souls from 18 to 80, that enjoy a multi- generation company.

Sleeping  a double bed or 2 single beds- is in a huge air-conditioned pipe on a pleasant bed, an invalid water conductors pipe that we gave it new life!


Negev Camel Ranch

 Desert Lodge | Hostel | North Negev | $

The Negev Camel Ranch was established in 1986 in the Eastern Negev, along the northern Incense Route, near the ancient Nabatean city of Kurnub-Mamshit.

The ranch raises riding camels with the utmost care and offers camel tours, desert hospitality and lodging.


ibex (iBike) Desert Inn

 Desert Lodge | Hostel | Mitzpe Ramon | $

Just 5 minutes’ drive from the Ramon Crater, iBike Hotel is modern boutique hostel in Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev Desert. It features a café and social areas with a TV and DVD player.

Hotel iBike has a bright and colorful design throughout. Guests can relax out in the garden or in the comfortable lounge with plenty of sofas. Cyclists and hikers are welcome and bikes are available to rent from reception.


Silent Arrow

 Tents | Hostel | Mitzpe Ramon | $

Offering authentic tent accommodation or Camping, many activities, Work Shops hospitality and a lot of inspiration…


Chai Negev Revivim

 Tents | Hostel | North Negev | $

Chai Negev is an Ecological site built entirely out of mud.

In addition, a desert zoological garden with a variety of animals, petting and feeding zoos, The desert hospitality includes: making pita on the saj – made by visitors, labane (cheese), vegetables, olive and za’atar oil, spicy olives and desert tea.


Chan Hashayarot

Bedouin Tents | Hostel | North Negev | $

“Chan Hashayarot” is a site for lodging and desert activities located between Sede-boqer and Mizpe-Ramon, right on the ancient Nabatean “perfume route”.

The Chan offers magnificent Bedouin tents for lodging and activities, guest cabins for families and for couples as well as a camping site, a variety of pampering desert meals and authentic Bedouin feast meals, which are served at the hospitality Bedouin tent or under the open sky.


Me’Ever Hostel

Hostel | Mitzpe Ramon | $

Me’ever is a space for meeting and creation In the beautiful desert town of Mitzpe Ramon, Just by the Ramon crater, offering simple & cool  accommodation options.

During your stay, you will other great travelers, the people of Mitzpe Ramon, and the amazing staff of Me’ever…Come to be a part of an inspiring daily life!


HI – Mitzpe Ramon Hostel

Hostel | Mitzpe Ramon | $

Set on the northern ridge of the Ramon Crater, HI – Mitzpe Ramon Hostel is immersed in the Negev Desert. It offers air-conditioned rooms and dormitories with satellite TV.

Rooms at the HI – Mitzpe Ramon have bright, modern furnishings and tiled floors. Rooms feature a private bathroom with shower, while dormitories have a shared bathroom. Disabled access rooms are available.


Spice Quarter Inn

Hostel | Mitzpe Ramon | $

The Spice Quarter Inn is a unique place where you relax and enjoy your stay at Mitzpe Ramon in a welcoming homey atmosphere.

Offering a variety of rooms including private rooms, each with their own bathroom, whether you are a solo traveler, a couple, a family or a big group, we can offer you private rooms by your choice, or unique dormitory accommodation with shared bathrooms and kitchen .


This guide is part of our series of Best Hotel Guides in Israel. Also check out our guides for Best Hotels in Israel, Best Hotels in Jerusalem, Best Hotels in the Dead Sea, Best Hotels in Eilat; for those looking for boutique hotels we have guides for the Best Boutique Hotels in Israel and Best Boutique Hotels in Tel Aviv; and for those traveling in a budget, we have guides for the Best Hostels in Israel and Best Hostels in Tel Aviv


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