aldershot1
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We paid 3,750 Shekels for two weeks, which was not what I would call cheap. In English pounds that works out to about £850 or £425 a week for a very basic small room without even a kettle or any shelves. It did have one essential - good Wi-Fi.||||It is near the beach, but the beach in Nahariya has "no swimming" signs along most of its length. There are no nearby eating places. They are a longish walk away along pavements with a lot of dog mess to be avoided, a big problem in this town.||||The room was clean, the owners helpful and there is a communal dining room. This was fine for us, as there were few other visitors during our visit and the two cooking rings were adequate when I cooked up the porridge (oatmeal) each morning and made the coffee.||||However, in the busy season it would not be possible for more than a handful of people to prepare anything cooked at the same time. Simply no room.||||We had to walk down two flights of stairs to get into this area, and there is no lift. So every morning we carried our food down, cooked breakfast and then cleaned everything up - not what you expect to have to do in a hotel, but fine for a hostel. ||||This shows that Israel has a long way to go to meet basic western standards in accommodation. It's the first place I have ever stayed in with no means of making a hot drink in the bedroom. We borrowed a kettle from our family who live locally, but most people couldn't do this of course.||||The bathroom was another problem as it was a wet room, so water flooded the whole small area with every shower. A bad idea, as the tiles were slippery and when I left the shower area and stepped across to the basin, I slipped and nearly knocked out my teeth!||||We solved this problem by putting towels down. They got soaked, but at least saved us from falling over. The owners provided us with fresh towels every day and we used these, but really you need a shower tray with a non-slip mat in each room.||||If you were passing through this town and stayed for a night or two, didn't want to cook anything and didn't mind the lack of anywhere to put your toothpaste, soap etc in the bathroom, it would do.||||But we think some of the basic problems could be solved fairly simply, like providing some non-slip bathmats, bathroom cabinets and kettles for each room.
