The Dead Sea, also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east, and Israel and the West Bank to the west. Its surface and shores are 422 metres below sea level, the lowest elevation on the Earth's surface on dry land. The Dead Sea is 378 m deep.

The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez.

Israel is by far one of the best beach cultures in the world.It's not tropical beaches, but it's its definitely Mediterrenean in nature. For those people watchers, Tel Aviv is the best bet. All the beaches in Tel Aviv offer all the amenities one would ever want while on vacation.