Herod's Dead Sea Hotel

Fattal runs most of the strip’s mid market hotels under its Leonardo brands. Herods sits above them.

Herods Dead Sea is a 223 room property at the southern end of the Dead Sea hotel zone, and Fattal Hotels sells it under the Premium Collection label, the tier the chain positions above its Leonardo brands, according to the official Herods Hotels property page.

In practice: designer interiors, an advertised wine cellar, seventh floor VIP suites, and a business lounge. The Tamar Regional Council’s tourism site says Neudahm worked from the colors of the Dead Sea surface at sunset, and lists conference space for up to 200 guests, so midweek you may share the lobby with a corporate group.

The address question confuses people, and fairly so.

The Tamar Regional Council’s official Dead Sea tourism site lists Herods under Neve Zohar, the quiet southern settlement, even though the hotel’s own address reads Ein Bokek; in practice the property sits about a five minute drive from the central promenade, far enough to escape the crowds.

Day to day, the central hub with its mall and restaurants is a short drive north, and the current listing mentions a hotel shuttle. Around the hotel there is little commercial life. Neve Zohar is a small residential settlement, and our Neve Zohar hotels guide counts only a handful of places to stay here.

For day trips the position is decent. Masada National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001 per the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, is roughly a 20 minute drive north, with Ein Gedi Nature Reserve about 30 kilometers up the same road.

Here is the honest part. Standard rooms at Herods are small.

Official listings put Executive rooms at 18 to 20 square meters, compact by five star standards, with Junior Suites at 22 and the Presidential Suite at 50. All rooms have air conditioning, a minibar, a safe, free Wi-Fi, and Dead Sea or desert views.

The suites are where the property stretches out. Seventh floor VIP suites add private outdoor jacuzzis, view terraces, spa access, and business lounge privileges. Herods also lists Executive Garden rooms at 20 square meters with private access to a jacuzzi pool and gardens, plus garden units with adjoining doors for families with teenagers.

Accessibility is a genuine strength: five adapted rooms, 16 accessible parking spaces about 20 meters from the lobby, and a lift into the spa’s heated pool. Our Dead Sea accessibility guide covers the wider region.

The Vitalis Spa is the reason many guests pick Herods over cheaper Fattal properties. The treatment menu covers Dead Sea mud wraps, massages, facials, and hydrotherapy, and there is a Turkish hammam.

Vitalis Spa at Herods Dead Sea includes a Turkish hammam and an indoor pool heated and filled with Dead Sea water, though the hotel’s official page listed the sauna, jacuzzi, and sulfur pool as temporarily unavailable in mid 2026, with a shuttle to nearby Leonardo properties as the stopgap.

Check the spa status before you book if those facilities are the point of your trip. Seriously. A closed sulfur pool changes the math against other Dead Sea spa hotels.

Outside there is a heated main pool, year round per the Fattal international site, a seasonal children’s pool, and the hotel’s own stretch of shorefront, surfaced with a wooden deck and equipped with parasols and sun beds, per the Tamar Regional Council. The water is the same everywhere on the strip, 34.2 percent salinity at about 430 meters below sea level. Keep soaks to 15 to 20 minutes.

The Panorama Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with show cooking and views over the water. The regional council’s site also names the Rothschild Bar, a summer snack bar, and the H BAR. Dining is kosher supervised per the current listing, and the hotel takes pre orders for gluten free, vegan, and vegetarian meals.

There is no restaurant scene outside the front door, so half board makes more sense here than at a hotel on the promenade.

Book Herods if you are a couple after quiet, design, and a suite upgrade path, or a traveler who needs strong accessibility provisions. It earns its place among the five star hotels at the Dead Sea and in our couples’ hotel picks.

Skip it if you want to walk to shops and nightlife, or if you need children’s programming every day of the week; compare central options in our hotel comparison guide. And if the spa is your whole reason for coming, confirm which facilities are open first. That phone call is the best booking advice on this page.

• Herods Dead Sea Hotel, official property page, Herods Hotels (Fattal), https://www.herods-hotels.com/herods-hotels/herods-dead-sea/
• Herods Dead Sea Hotel, Leonardo Hotels (Fattal Hotel Group international site), https://www.leonardo-hotels.com/dead-sea/herods-dead-sea-hotel
• Herods, Dead Sea Official Tourism Site, Tamar Regional Council, https://www.deadsea.co.il/accommodations/herods/?lang=en
• The Hotel Beaches, Dead Sea Official Tourism Site, Tamar Regional Council, https://www.deadsea.co.il/attractions/the-hotel-beaches/?lang=en
• Masada National Park, Israel Nature and Parks Authority, https://en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/masada-national-park/