Getting Around Roads are excellent and well signposted. Coaches are spacious, modern, air-conditioned and comfortable, manned by experienced drivers and guides. More and more shopping malls are springing up throughout the country, with shopping hours that are even more flexible. Some public telephones are coin operated. Most, however, take Israeli telephone cards, available in a number of denominations, and international telephone cards.
Israeli cards are easily available from any post office and at various shops.
International calls can be made from phone card telephones, or from special telephone company offices in Israel's major cities. Major telephone companies have toll-free Israeli phone numbers. Telephone books are available in English as well as in Hebrew. Most shops, restaurants and hotels accept credit cards. Climatic Comfort Anyone packing for a trip to Israel, should take the country's climate into consideration.