One of Israel’s “most wondrous” natural sites finally has a hotel to match, said David Kaufman in Travel + ​Leisure. The 111-room Beresheet is located at the northern edge of the Makhtesh Ramon, a 23-mile-long, 1,000-foot-deep crater that’s “rich both in rare wildlife and the archaeological remnants of its first human inhabitants.” Guests can book jeep tours to see such marvels up close, but the hotel’s “crater-front” private infinity pools could prove distracting—because “what better way to drink in the desert than from a water-filled oasis?” isrotelexclusivecollection; doubles from $300
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