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Clunker Buses Become Hip B&B in Israel

Author or Source:Naturally SavvySaturday, 08 May 2010
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One of the buses-turned-hotel suite at the Zimmerbus Bed & Breakfast in Israel. Photo: Supplied.We may send old clunkers to the junk yard here in North America, but one family in Israel recycles old busses into bed-and-breakfast digs.
The Zimmerbus Bed & Breakfast, located in the tiny village of Ezuz, in the foothills of Mount Negev, sits on a hilltop overlooking the Negev desert. The retired buses have been covered with adobe and the roofs are thatched with palm leaves, making a stay at this B&B a delight for eco-conscious travelers.

The zimmerbus came about when Eyal and Avigail Hirshfeld overhauled an old city bus as a guest room.

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