Most travelers know Israel as the 'Holy Land,' but that is only the first layer of the story. Imagine a place where you can float in the lowest point on Earth in the morning and stand amidst the world’s most advanced tech hubs by afternoon. Israel is a land of fascinating contradictions: it’s an ancient crossroads of three world religions, a geological anomaly home to craters found nowhere else on the planet, and a 'Startup Nation' fueled by a unique brand of audacity known as Chutzpah. Whether you are drawn by the soil that blooms in the Negev desert or the spirit of a revived ancient language, here are 10 reasons why Israel is truly unlike anywhere else on Earth.
