The Shelter Hostel
אכסניית המקלט
Hotel · No kosher certificate
Is this your business?Claim it freeA family-run hostel on HaEshel Street, open since 1984, with single-sex dorms, a guest kitchen and a garden, ten minutes' walk from Eilat's central bus station.
The Shelter is a small, family-run hostel on HaEshel Street that John and Judy Pex, former backpackers from Holland and the United States, opened in 1984. Its site says more than 90,000 guests from over 85 countries have stayed, many of them hikers, divers and travellers. The dorms are single-sex, private rooms are kept for families and couples, and sheets, blankets, pillows and towels are provided; some rooms have air conditioners and others desert coolers, and every room has free Wi-Fi. Guests cook in a shared kitchen, and a team of young volunteers from several countries helps run the place. The hostel says it lives by the values of the Old and New Testaments and welcomes guests of every religion and background: there is an hour of singing and Bible study each morning, and a gospel meeting with a free meal on Friday evenings.
What happens here
- Every morning at 08:00
- Singing and Bible study
An hour of singing and Bible study in the hostel's succah, open to any guest who wants to join.
- Friday evening
- Gospel meeting and a free meal
An international gospel meeting, followed by a free meal for the hostel's guests, people from Eilat and others.
As published on the hostel's website, read 2026-10-13.
At a glance
- Check-in
- From 12:00
- Check-out
- By 10:00
- Meals
- No meals; guest kitchen
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
- Wi-Fi
- Takes credit cards
Your stay
| Check-in | 12:00 |
|---|---|
| Check-out | 10:00 |
Check-in runs from 12:00 to 22:00, and the hostel takes no arrivals after 22:00; a guest who comes early can leave luggage and return. After check-out guests can store their bags, go to the beach and come back for a shower in the shared area. Quiet time starts at 22:00 and the front gate is locked at midnight.
- Meals: No meals; guest kitchenThe hostel serves no breakfast or other meals. Its guest kitchen has a gas stove and a refrigerator, and the nearest supermarket is two minutes away on foot.
- Families: All the dorms are single-sex. Families and married couples can ask for a private room by phone, and guests under 18 stay only with a parent.
As published on shelterhostel.com, read 2026-10-13.
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the area around The Shelter Hostel, not the business itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Location
149 HaEshel Street, Eilat
- Bus: Nearest stop 95 mlines 2, 4
- Parking: Paid street parking in front of the hostel, through the Pango app.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-13.
Questions
About The Shelter Hostel
- 10 minutes' walk from The nearest beachThe snorkelling and diving beaches are a 10-minute drive away, and the local bus goes there.
- Its own website and social pagesThe rooms and the rules on this page come from the business's own site.
InstagramFacebookshelterhostel.com
The Shelter Hostel is a hotel at 149 HaEshel Street in Eilat, in the Southern District. Behind it: co-founder John Pex and co-founder Judy Pex. The nearest beach is 10 minutes' walk away.
Check-in is at 12:00 and check-out at 10:00. Check-in runs from 12:00 to 22:00, and the hostel takes no arrivals after 22:00; a guest who comes early can leave luggage and return. After check-out guests can store their bags, go to the beach and come back for a shower in the shared area. Quiet time starts at 22:00 and the front gate is locked at midnight. Meals: no meals; guest kitchen.
The nearest bus stops are אילות/השיטה (95 m), אילות/לוס אנג׳לס (130 m), דרך יותם/אילות (152 m). Paid street parking in front of the hostel, through the Pango app.
Not on the Eilat religious council's list of the 200 businesses it supervises, read on its website on 13 October 2026, and its own pages show no kosher certificate. It serves no regular meals. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Eilat does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
Having opened our doors in 1984 as a small, family-run hostel, we have loads of experience meeting our guests’ needs. In the Shelter, each guest feels like they’ve found a home away from home.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Not on the Eilat religious council's list of the 200 businesses it supervises, read on its website on 13 October 2026, and its own pages show no kosher certificate. It serves no regular meals. datiteilat.co.il2026-10-13
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings2026-10-13
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company. shelterhostel.com2026-10-13
- Municipal business licence
- Eilat's municipality publishes no register of licensed businesses on its current site: its old page listing businesses with a valid licence now opens the home page, the licensing division's page has processes and forms only, and data.gov.il has nothing for Eilat. eilat.muni.il2026-10-13
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | אכסניית המקלט / The Shelter Hostel | shelterhostel.com | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 149 HaEshel Street | shelterhostel.com | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 29.5564028, 34.9471733 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 08-633-2868 | shelterhostel.com | Fact, shown | |
| Website | shelterhostel.com | shelterhostel.com | Fact, shown | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from shelterhostel.com | shelterhostel.com | Quoted, attributed | |
| Check-in and check-out | Check-in 12:00, check-out 10:00. | shelterhostel.com | Fact, shown | |
| Meals | No meals; guest kitchen | shelterhostel.com | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Singing and Bible study; Gospel meeting and a free meal | shelterhostel.com | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | datiteilat.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Paid street parking in front of the hostel, through the Pango app. | shelterhostel.com | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | אילות/השיטה 95 m; אילות/לוס אנג׳לס 130 m; דרך יותם/אילות 152 m; דרך יותם/כיכר גרוף 199 m; מרכז המוסיקה/דרך יותם 215 m; דרך יותם/חטיבת הנגב 219 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages name no company. | shelterhostel.com | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Eilat's municipality publishes no register of licensed businesses on its current site: its old page listing businesses with a valid licence now opens the home page, the licensing division's page has processes and forms only, and data.gov.il has nothing for Eilat. | eilat.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the hostel's website | shelterhostel.com | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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