The Liberty Bell Park in Jerusalem (In Hebrew: “Gan HaPaamon” – meaning “The Bell Garden”) is a large maple city garden located near the city center, between the Talbiyeh neighborhoods, the German Colony, and Yemin Moshe. To the east, the garden is bounded by King David Street, with Bloomfield Garden on the other side. The […]
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Florentin (Hebrew: פלורנטין) is a neighborhood in the southern part of Tel Aviv, Israel, named for Solomon Florentin, a Greek Jew who purchased the land in the late 1920s. The neighborhood is referred to as Tel Aviv’s Soho, due to the gentrification process it experience in recent decades. Florentin was initially populated primarily by poor
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No visit to Tel Aviv is complete without a seaside stroll, and after recent renovations to the city’s boardwalk (tayelet in Hebrew), it is an absolute must. The 14-kilometer-long Tel Aviv promenade is packed with bike paths and walkways, wooden amphitheater seating overlooking beach volleyball nets, playgrounds, exercise equipment, and comfortable cafes. With the fresh, salty
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The Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv is located on 110 Allenby Street, just east of the Shalom Tower and Rothschild Boulevard. The building was completed in 1926 and was renovated in 1970 with a new external facade of arches. In the past, the synagogue was at the center of Little Tel Aviv, but today the
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On the beach of Tel Aviv, on the strip of beach between the Carlton Hotel and the Hilton Hotel, there is the most scenic and romantic sunset spot in Tel Aviv, known as “Hilton Hill”. This little hill, right above the much larger “Independence Garden” park, overlooks the Mediterranean Sea and is the perfect place
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King Albert Square is one of the smallest squares in Tel Aviv. It is located in the heart of Tel Aviv, in the quiet backstreets behind Rothschild Boulevard, at the intersection of Nachmani, Montefiore, Melchett, and Bezalel Yaffe streets. In the center of the small square are two large ficus trees and a bench, which
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The Jaffa Clock Tower Square is a central square in Jaffa, northeast of the old city. The square is located at the northern end of Yefet Street and at the southwestern end of Raziel Street, and in the past served as a starting point for three main roads that started there and went all over
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HaTikva Market is not a fancy or fashionable market, but it is one of the most pleasant, tidy, and spacious markets in the country. The market, founded in the 1930s, is located in the HaTikva neighborhood in south Tel Aviv and is named after it. The small but spacious market is located in the north
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Rothschild Boulevard at night
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Habima Square is a popular public space located right in the center of Tel Aviv, at the intersection of two of the city’s busiest and most popular streets – Dizengoff Street and Rothschild Boulevard – and is home to a number of cultural institutions such as the Habima Theatre, the Culture Palace (“Hechal Hatarbut”), and
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