1 · POSITION
Isrotel's history begins with David Lewis seeing the tourism possibilities of Eilat: the Red Sea, desert and proximity to other regional destinations. The company's own history dates the opening of King Solomon to 1984. Its later portfolio extends that interest in place to the Negev, where Beresheet makes a vast desert view central to the stay.[1, 2]
2 · LIVING ALONG THE RIM
Beresheet stands at Mitzpe Ramon overlooking the Ramon Crater. The hotel lists 111 rooms and villas, with private pools attached to thirty-nine ground-level rooms and balconies above. The accommodation is distributed across the site rather than concentrated in a single tower. Terraces and pools become places from which guests can spend time looking out across the landscape.[2]
3 · MOVEMENT INSIDE THE RESORT
Guest cars remain in the parking area, with golf carts providing the connection to the main entrance. Dining, a Carmel Forest spa and shared leisure facilities support a stay that need not be organised around constant departures. These operational details matter as much as the celebrated panorama: they explain how the dispersed property works for someone living there temporarily.[2]
4 · A COLLECTION WITHIN THE GROUP
Beresheet belongs to Isrotel Exclusive, alongside properties such as Carmel Forest, Cramim and Orient. The collection places distinct landscapes and urban settings within a recognisable higher-end offer. Isrotel can therefore connect its resort experience to several kinds of destination without requiring a desert hotel and a Jerusalem hotel to resemble one another.[3]
5 · ⚑ CANDOUR
⚑ The hotel opening recorded here is not a claim about the company's incorporation date. Nor does Beresheet establish that Isrotel invented desert tourism or that an entire regional market followed it. The documented contribution is narrower and more useful: a substantial domestic hotel group made the crater-side stay part of its own developed hospitality portfolio.[1–3]
Sources & Further Reading
Sources checked 24 September 2026.