Southern District · Israel
Where to stay in Beersheba
Beersheba is a city in Southern District, Israel, home to about 209,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Beersheba, with about 259 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- February to April, November and December
- Nearest airport
- TLV85 km · Ben Gurion International Airport
- Currency
- ILSnew shekel
- Time zone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Language
- Hebrew
About
About Beersheba
Beersheba ( beer-SHEE-bə), officially Be'er-Sheva ( bair-SHEV-ə), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel.
Beer Sheva can appear underwhelming at first glance. As you enter the city, the oversized avenues and partially run down residential building blocks from the 1950s and 1960s make for an unimpressive welcome. However, Beer Sheva can be of interest for any traveller who wishes to experience Israel off-the-beaten-track and there might be no better place to do this, since not even most Israelis are aware that Beer Sheva can be much more than only a stopover on the way to Eilat.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Beersheba
See
- Old Turkish Town (Old City)
- Abraham's Well
- Municipal Market
- Negev Museum of Art
- Engine 70414
- Israeli Air Force Museum
- Negev Brigade Memorial
- Negev Zoo
- Bedouin Market
- Tel Beer Sheva Archeological Park
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- British World War I Military Cemetery
Do
- Beer Sheva Circumferential Trail
- Lunada Children's Museum
- Mishkan HaTechelet visitor center
- Beer Sheva River Park
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Beersheba
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Hotel Negev hotel | 259 | 93/100 1,558 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Beersheba to stay in
Despite its size and university location, Beer Sheva does not offer budget options for light travellers and families. Therefore, your best bet would be to head to Arad and stay there. Arad is less than an hour away, has dorm accommodation and is only ₪8.70 by bus one way. However, you may try BeWeclome, HospitalityClub or Couchsurfing if you are comfortable with it.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Beersheba
4 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| מלון נאות מדבר | 1962 | 1.5 km |
| Aladdin Hotel Beer Sheva | 1.5 km | |
| Amazing Bedouin Hospitality | 23.3 km | |
| Hotel Anilevich Mansion | 1.7 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Beersheba
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Beersheba are February to April, November and December. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 34 °C; January is the wettest, with about 61 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Beersheba: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV), about 85 km from the city centre in a straight line; El Arish International Airport (AAC, 94 km) and Queen Alia International Airport (AMM, 126 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Israel Railways runs comfortable trains from Tel Aviv, Haifa, Netanya and Nahariyya, with hourly departures. Trains also runs from Dimona, the railway network's southern terminus. Beer Sheva has two train stations. Most trains stop at both stations, except for those to/from Dimona which only stop at the north station.
Getting around
Beer Sheva is served by buses (₪4). Most of these depart from behind the central bus station (on your right when getting off from an inter-city bus). If coming in by train, these will be on your left when coming out of the train station. For details, see the bus map for Be'er Sheva. Pay attention that you can't pay the driver with cash on the buses. Most taxi cabs in the city will take you anywhere else in the city for around ₪20. Ride-hailing services such as Gett and Yango are available.
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TLV · Ben Gurion International Airport
AAC · El Arish International Airport
AMM · Queen Alia International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Beersheba
Eat
24-hour dining at Nafis located at the BIG mega shopping compound. There are also Chinese, Italian, French, Ethiopian, Argentinean, Brazilian, Indian, Bulgarian, Moroccan, Yemenite, Russian, Japanese, Spanish and many Middle Eastern restaurants in town which are moderately pricy. Beer Sheva's culinary offer is spectacular and reflects the cultural backgrounds of the inhabitants of this multi-ethnic city. Locations do change frequently and the restaurants are sometimes located in residential neighborhoods, so advice from locals (and especially students) can be essential.
Drink
Lots of water, it's in the desert. And then, go into the student pubs around the university during the semester in order to sense the country-wide famous student life of the city. The pubs around the university are: Publo, Rosa, Manga, Munchilla, Coca, Barbasaba and Grace.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Beersheba
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Questions
Beersheba: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Beersheba?
By published guest score: Leonardo Hotel Negev (93 / 100 · 1,558 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Beersheba?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Beersheba are February to April, November and December. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 34 °C; January is the wettest, with about 61 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Beersheba?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV), about 85 km from the city centre in a straight line; El Arish International Airport (AAC, 94 km) and Queen Alia International Airport (AMM, 126 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Beersheba?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Beersheba?
new shekel (ILS).
Nearby
Destinations near Beersheba
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.