International Travel

If an exotic massage is what you are looking for, consider visiting Israel. The place renowned for its Dead Sea salts and celebrated therapeutic resorts has a new delicacy on = list, and if you take currency exchange rates into consideration, now might just be good time to go. The Israeli shekel has dropped in value in relation to the U.S. dollar in the past 2 months. So by choosing Israel as your travel destination, you could also benefit from better exchange rates.  There are many things to see in Israel – be it the grandiose Bahai Gardens in Haifa, therapeutic spas in the Dead Sea area or gorgeous Eilat’s Red Sea beaches in the south. But if bizarre peculiarities are what give flavor to your travels, you shouldn’t miss the communal village of Talmey El’Azar in Northern Israel. It is here where you can receive a quite bizarre yet reportedly re-energizing snake massage. Although not unambiguously stress-relieving, clients of the therapist Ada Barak, who performs this unconventional treatment, claim the massage to be an effective way to soothe aching muscles and stiff joints. Barak makes use of California and Florida king snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes. For about 70 bucks (300 shekels), you can have six of the non-venomous reptiles slither your pain away. With six lively serpents hissing into their ears, not many people mange to enjoy the exotic massage fear-free. But with the success rate paralleled to that of Dead Sea salts and exotic oils, the treatment is becoming a popular exotic massage among locals and tourists. What might remind of a modern version of some ancient torture practice might soon be added to Israel’s most successful treatment methods and show up at a day spa near you one day.