Over the last 2 or 3 years, travelling while being a vegan or vegetarian has become dramatically easier! Plant-based restaurants been popping up at record rates all over the globe, offering more vegan friendly choices than ever before. Also, there are now apps and sites to help you find meat-free dishes… no matter what country you might be traveling in.
Even with the rise of vegan/vegetarian friendly destinations, there are still some countries out there where meat is king and animal products are a staple in every dish. Here is a list of the top 5 countries that are vegan and vegetarian friendly, some of which might surprise you!
1. Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel’s beautiful coastal capital city, has started calling itself the ‘vegan capital of the world’ and no one seems to be arguing with them.
Seemingly overnight, the cities hottest restaurants have been flipping their menus upside down and resurfacing with 100% totally vegan options. They want to fit in with the exploding trend of cruelty free dining throughout Israel that’s even spreading to smaller cities outside the capital.
Even big brands like Dominos and Ben and Jerry’s have jumped on the vegan bandwagon, using Israel as testing grounds for their newest dairy-free products.
Israel as a whole has been a leader in vegetarian cuisine, as many of their most popular traditional dishes are already meat free. You are probably already familiar with hummus, baba ganoush, falafel and Israeli salads which are naturally vegan.
On Happy Cow there are 700 vegetarian and vegan friendly listings in Israel.
5% of Israelis classify as vegan, while up to 13% classify as vegetarian
Israeli Cities To Travel To:
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Eilat, Haifa, and Herzliya.