Tel Aviv Getting There

Recently given a massive, billion-dollar upgrade, Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV), about 12 miles east of the city, is clad in sumptuous, pale Jerusalem stone. Look for actual Biblical artifacts in the passenger halls en route to take off.

El Al (from New York, Newark, Los Angeles, Miami), Delta (from Atlanta), Continental (from Newark) and Israir (from New York’s JFK) offer nonstop flights between the United States and Israel.

10 hours nonstop from the East Coast; 13 hours from the Midwest; 14 hours from the West Coast.