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Carmey Avdat

כרמי עבדת

Winery · Guest house · Café · ₪₪ · No kosher certificate

A dirt road off Road 40, one kilometre south of the Tziporim junction, Sde Boker

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A family farm winery in a wadi off Road 40 south of Sde Boker, with a visitors' cellar, the Mona café and 14 adults-only cabins beside the vines.

Hana and Eyal Yizrael founded Carmey Avdat in 1998 as part of the Negev's Wine Route, in a wadi with the terraces of an ancient farm; the vineyard was planted on those terraces in the summer of 1999 and the family winery was built in 2005. Six grape varieties grow there, the winery makes about 5,000 bottles a year, sold only at the farm, and its story page says it went on to become the first winery run on solar power. A wine cellar and visitors' centre showing ancient clay jars from Avdat opened in June 2021 together with the artists' village and Café Mona, which serves breakfasts, salads, quiches, pizzas, hot sandwiches, cheese platters and the farm's wines beside the farm square. The 14 guest units take adults from the age of 16, with breakfast and a carafe of house wine included. The farm treats its own waste water in a system developed with Ben-Gurion University's water institute and makes about half its electricity from the sun.

26 facts checked 2026-10-05

What happens here

Every day at 14:00
Winery tour

A tour of about 20 minutes that opens the wine experience for couples: five wines with desert-made cheeses, spreads and fresh rolls, an illustrated map for a walk round the farm, hot drinks, two desserts and a bottle to take home, 590 shekels a couple.

Every morning until 12:00
Breakfast at Café Mona

Two eggs, a fresh salad, cheeses, spreads, a bagel, yoghurt, granola, fruit, orange juice and a hot drink, 85 shekels a person or 150 a couple, while stocks last.

Without a room

During visiting hours, until 16:30
Wine tasting

Five of the farm's wines: Chardonnay, rosé, a light red, Cabernet Sauvignon and the port-style Desert Dessert, 75 shekels a person; at weekends a place should be reserved.

During visiting hours
The wine cellar and visitors' centre

A self-guided visit: ancient jars found in the wine cellars of Avdat, a film on how the farm's wine is made, the winery and its shop, and an illustrated map for a walk between rock drawings, ancient tombs, orchards and lookouts.

As published on carmey-avdat.co.il, read 2026-10-05.

At a glance

Check-in
From 15:00
Check-out
By 11:00
Meals
An Israeli breakfast and a carafe of the house wine are included
Shabbat
Open Saturday 09:00-16:00
Kosher
No certificate
Diet
Gluten-free options
Prices
₪₪ of ₪₪₪
Pets
Not allowed
Seating
Outdoor seating
Wheelchair
The statement covers the website. The rooms page adds that the farm's public space, the café and the winery are accessible, and that the cabins are not: they are reached on foot along a lit path.
  • Own website
  • Active on Instagram
  • Facebook page
  • Breakfast
  • Coffee
  • Pastries and cakes
  • Wi-Fi
  • Laptop friendly
  • Plant milks
  • Sauna

Rooms

  • Secluded cabins

    Sleeps up to 2

    Cabins scattered on the slopes of the farm, far from one another, each with a double bed, a sitting area, an equipped kitchen and a pellet stove, and outside a deck, a hammock, a fire pit and barbecue, a hot tub, a sauna and a small pool for a dip in season. No car reaches them.

  • Orchard cabins

    2 rooms · Sleeps up to 2

    Two cabins side by side among the fruit trees beside the vineyard, each one space with a double bed, an equipped kitchen and a shower room, a private deck with a hot tub for two, a small pool beside it, a fire pit and parking next to the cabin.

  • The artists' village

    8 rooms · Sleeps up to 2

    Units for couples shaped after the winery's barrels, beside the farm square, the winery and the café: a double bed, a bar table, a fridge and a coffee corner without a kitchenette, a pellet stove, air conditioning and a private balcony. They share an equipped outdoor kitchen all year and dipping pools in summer.

Photos of the rooms, on its own site

There are 14 units in all and none has a television. The farm adds 25 shekels a night to each room as the guests' share of free nights it gives, with the Israeli Epilepsy Association, to families living with the illness. An air force base is nearby and aircraft may be heard during the day.

Read from carmey-avdat.co.il on 2026-10-05. Prices and free rooms on its booking page

Your stay

Check-in and check-out
Check-in15:00
Check-out11:00

Check-in is from 15:00 and no later than 20:00, every day of the week.

  • Meals: An Israeli breakfast and a carafe of the house wine are includedGuests of the artists' village have breakfast at Café Mona.
  • Families: Adults only: guests are taken from the age of 16.
  • Pets: Not allowed
  • Cancellation: One cabin can be cancelled free of charge up to 7 days before arrival, two cabins up to 14 days and three or more up to 21 days; after that the whole stay is charged.

As published on carmey-avdat.co.il, read 2026-10-05.

Photos

On its Facebook

For illustration: the town and the trade, not Carmey Avdat itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram

Ruined limestone walls at Avdat with an arched doorway and a smaller arched niche, standing open to a blue desert sky

ישראל פרקר / CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Ruined limestone walls and an arched doorway at Avdat, the ancient town about five kilometres south-east of the farm
Red wine being poured into a row of glasses at a bar

Maria Eklind / CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Red wine being poured into a row of glasses

Opening hours

Checking the clock in Israel

Opening hours by day
SundayHours not confirmed
Monday to Saturday09:00-16:00

Candle lighting 5:57 PMShabbat ends 6:52 PM

As published on carmey-avdat.co.il, read 2026-10-05. All Shabbat times

Sources disagree on these hours

Its contact page gives the visiting hours of the farm, Café Mona and the winery as 09:00 to 16:00 from Monday to Saturday, weekends and holidays included, while its café and winery pages say every day. At weekends and on holidays a seat in the café or the winery has to be reserved ahead.

Location

Map showing Carmey Avdat at A dirt road off Road 40, one kilometre south of the Tziporim junction, Sde Boker

A dirt road off Road 40, one kilometre south of the Tziporim junction, Sde Boker

WazeGoogle Maps
  • Parking: The car park is on the right at the end of the 700 metre drive along the vineyard, and the farm has two slow charging points for electric cars.

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.

Questions

About Carmey Avdat

  • Winery and guest house in oneIt trades as both, under one name at one address.
  • Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 09:00 to 16:00.
  • Its own website and social pagesThe rooms and the rules on this page come from the business's own site.
  • Price band ₪₪Café dishes run from 29 to 145 shekels, and a tasting of five wines costs 75 shekels a person.

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