Samuel Green
Samuel has been a licensed tour guide in Israel since 2014 and has won multiple industry awards. In addition to his tour guide license, he has a BA and MA from the University of Cambridge in Hebrew and Israeli Studies. You can follow Samuel's adventures around Israel on his Instagram @myisraeliguide.
114 articles
114 articles
Tour Company of the Year Award
The annual Travel & Hospitality Awards just named My Israeli Guide 'Tour Company of the Year for Israel'. Very proud of this one, and grateful to everyone who nominated me.
Luxury Travel Guide Tour Guide of the Year Award
Honoured to be named Tour Guide of the Year for Tel Aviv, Israel in 2019 by the Luxury Travel Guide awards, on the basis of feedback from people I've guided.
Tour Guide of the Year Award
Honoured to be named Tour Guide of the Year for Israel by the annual Travel & Hospitality Awards, alongside a third consecutive TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence.
Mount Ebal – the altar of Joshua?
A visit to Mount Ebal in the Samaria area of the West Bank: Adam Zertal's archaeological survey, an altar matching the biblical description, and the question of whether Joshua himself built it.
Thrilled to receive new awards
A round-up of the awards I've been delighted to receive in 2017, including new recognition from the Luxury Travel Guide and the Travel & Hospitality Awards, alongside my TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence.
Luxury Travel Guide award
I've been awarded 'Best Bespoke Tour Operator in Tel Aviv' by the Luxury Travel Guide. Delighted to receive this recognition alongside the recent Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor.
The Priestly Blessing (Birkat HaCohanim) at the Western Wall
The unified Priestly Blessing (Birkat HaCohanim) at the Western Wall: a personal reflection on the service that takes place twice a year, when hundreds of cohanim recite a blessing dating back to the First Temple.
2015: A first full year of guiding in review
Reflecting on 2015, my first full year as a licensed tour guide in Israel; 163 days of guiding, 1866 people from 53 countries, every type of weather, and a real love of the work.
A Return to the Northern Judean Desert
A return trip to the northern Judean Desert with my friend and fellow guide Ori, taking in the Inn of the Good Samaritan, Herodian ruins, Qumran, Kalia beach, the cliffside monastery of St George in Wadi Kelt and the Dead Sea Balcony at Mitzpe Yericho.
The Hebrew University on Mt Scopus
A walking tour of the Hebrew University on Mt Scopus with a local guide: the botanical gardens, the Cave of Nicanor, the tombs of Ussishkin and Pinsker, and the amphitheatre.
If you are going to Israel, you would be mad not to give him a call.
Amol Rajan, BBC presenter and broadcaster
Having been on trips in Israel with seven different tour guides, Samuel stood above all the rest.
Seasoned Israel traveller
Samuel is one part walking encyclopedia, one part storyteller, one part stand-up comedian.
Berkeley Haas Business School student