Tel Aviv City Guide

Tel Aviv, which is situated on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, is a sea-facing, busy skyscraper littered metropolis. The city’s coastal location has bestowed Tel-Aviv with nearly ten miles of golden sand beaches which are extremely popular with both domestic and international tourists who periodically choose to book a vacation to Tel Aviv.

Aside from its beach side attractions, Tel Aviv is an important commercial center in Israel and is also known for its vibrant dining and nightlife scene and many animated markets. These myriad attractions ensure that the city is visited by both leisure and business tourists regularly.

If the beaches of Tel Aviv are the main focus of your vacation, then one of the luxury hotels located along the beach side Ha-Yarkon Street, which stretches north along the shore from Mograbi Street, should meet your accommodation needs.

Most of the beach side hotels located here are luxury hotel properties though the area also hosts some mid-range and discount hotels along the adjacent Ben-Yehuda Street.

The Dizengoff Square area is yet another popular hotel area in Tel Aviv. The area, which is known for its many fashionable boutiques and luxe stores, offers a wide array of hotels that range from luxury hotels to more moderately priced hotel properties.

The area of South Tel Aviv is located at a distance from the beach and hosts two big hotels which provide easy access to the city of Old Jaffa. Other attractions within close proximity of the South Tel Aviv area include the busy Carmel Market and the trendy dining areas of Nahlat Binyamin and Rothschild Street.

Tel Aviv has many fascinating attractions including, the UNESCO designated World Heritage site of White City. Tel Aviv’s White City refers to a collection of Bauhaus style buildings that were built in the city by German Jewish architects who arrived here in the 1930’s to escape the Nazis back home. This collection of white buildings built in this style is believed to be the largest in the world and the district was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2003. If you are a fan of architecture then Tel Aviv’s White City should definitely figure as a must do on your sight-seeing list for your Tel Aviv vacation.

Tel Aviv is known for its simmering sand beaches, which offer many opportunities to kick back and relax as well as to party and dine. The city’s most famous beaches include areas like Old Sheraton Beach, the Hilton Beach, Gordon and Frishman Beaches, Tel Baruch and Hatzok beaches and the Religious Beach, which is equipped with separate sections for men and women.

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is another prime attraction in the city. This museum pre-dates the creation of the Israeli state founded as it was in 1932. The museum is known for its displays of Israeli Art but also has a selection of European art that includes the works of the old masters like Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Matisse, and Picasso. Additionally the Museum has a section dedicated for design and architecture and another one dedicated to photography.

The Eretz Israel Museum or the Land of Israel Museum is located in a park like setting around the ancient mound of Tel Kasile, which is a site for on-going archeological excavations.

The stark, modern Beit Hatfutzot/Museum of the Jewish Diaspora catalogues 2500 years of Jewish history from around the world with displays that feature photographs, documents, historical art and artifacts, films, music, maps, and scale models.

The charming old city of Old Jaffa, which is now a part of Tel Aviv is also worth visiting for it has within its folds a bustling flea market (Fridays are the busiest days in this flea market). The vendors at this flea market sell an assortment of junk, bargains and locally made crafts and you never know what you mind find in the narrow alleyways of the Jaffa market. Jaffa is also home to several art galleries and the Ilana Gur Museum, which is located on the third floor of this famous artists’ residence. The museum hosts exhibits of the artist’s works as well as those of other local artists, which featured in her personal collection. Yet another museum worth visiting in Jaffa is the Museum of Antiquities of Jaffa which is housed in an ancient Turkish administrative and detention center dating back to the 19th century. Jaffa also has its own virgin beach called the Givat Aliya Beach which is located in the old port area of Jaffa and is well worth a visit during your vacation in Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv is a year round destination whose climate can be described as sub tropical. Tel Aviv’s weather is characterized by hot summers, which feature average daytime temperatures of around 77F (25C) and mild winters, which often register temperature readings of around 57F(14C).

The summer months of July and August are typically the most heavily tourist-trafficked months in Tel Aviv. This peak tourist season coincides with the Israel domestic vacation season and hotel accommodations are usually impossible to get as prices go sky-high.

If you are seriously thinking of booking a vacation to Tel Aviv during the summer months, then you should plan to contact Fare Buzz as soon as possible. Fare Buzz enjoys an exclusive relationship with over 100,000 hotels around the world and due to this special relationship it can procure the best hotel deals for any type and grade of hotel even during the peak tourist season in Tel Aviv.

A whole host of airlines provide nonstop and multi-stop air connections between Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport (TLV) and various cities around the world. Fare Buzz often has tempting flight deals for Tel Aviv so if you are currently on the lookout for cheap air tickets for Tel Aviv, you may want to give us a call at 1.888.808.4123 and see what we have on offer.

Tel Aviv’s international airport is located nine miles (14km) southeast of Tel Aviv and is well connected to the city center by buses, taxis and a train service that comes into Tel Aviv’s central station. Buses also connect Tel Aviv’s airport to other popular tourist destinations like the holy city of Jerusalem and historical, coastal city of Haifa.

Public transport within Tel Aviv is provided by metered taxis, buses and mini buses call sheruts. Most tourists however tend to explore the city on foot or then use the various modes of public transportation available in Tel Aviv.

Most visitors to Tel Aviv don’t usually rent a car as local drivers are quite aggressive and traffic is often grid locked in the city. However, if you feel confident enough to tackle Tel Aviv’s traffic and wish to rent a car to traverse the city during your stay in Tel Aviv, then Fare Buzz can be of assistance for it offers a wide array of affordable car rentals for Tel Aviv. These Tel Aviv car rentals can also be booked at the same time as when you make your other travel bookings with us for your vacation to Tel Aviv.

If you enjoy shopping whilst on vacation, then Tel Aviv offers ample opportunities for indulging in some retail therapy. The city is home to many modern malls like the Opera Tower on Allenby Street and the Dizengoff Center Shopping Mall on King George Street. Both these shopping locales offer a wide array of stores, which retail all sorts of products including designer wear and local fashions. However, if you would like to acquaint yourself with or even purchase Israeli art then you should also make a point to take in the many galleries of Gordon Street, which constitute the city’s main arts district.

Tel Aviv is regarded as one of the leading gastronomic capitals of the world, which is home to some of the best restaurants in the country. The city has several world famous dining districts including those along Ha-Yarkon and Ben-Yehuda Streeets and along Allenby Street. These restaurants offer a smorgasbord of ethnic and global eats.

Some of the best restaurants in Tel Aviv according to recent surveys include eateries like Abu Hassan( houmous), Onami( Asian), MantaRay and Goocha ( seafood), 2C(Kosher food), Orna and Ella( Italian) and Pizza Fino(Pizza).

Tel Aviv is known for its thumping nightlife scene which features bars, clubs, lounges, cafes and more. Most of the city’s nightlife joints are largely concentrated around areas like Dizengoff Street, the Herbert Samuel Esplanade-Ha-Tayelet which runs along the sandy beach, Allenby Street and the Tel Aviv port area.

Like in other nightlife centers around the world, Tel Aviv bars and clubs open and shut shop quite regularly. However according to recent surveys some of the best bars in Tel Aviv currently include establishments like Nanuchka, Ha'Maoz, 12 Rothschild, Dizi Frishdom and Ha’Minzar.