Tel
Aviv - Jaffa a Vibrant City that Never Sleeps
Vibrant,
brash, cosmopolitan Tel Aviv - Jaffa - Israel’s major
metropolis and the country’s business center. Tel Aviv -
“The Hill of Spring” did not even exist until 1909, when
a group of Jaffa residents moved north to build a new city
on the sand dunes
With its
sidewalk cafes, fine museums, lovely parks and beaches,
concert halls and theaters, elegant restaurants, chic
shopping malls and boutiques, Tel Aviv was made for
strolling and browsing. You can walk for miles along the
beachfront promenade from the north of the city down to
Jaffa, passing Tel Aviv’s luxury hotels and the striking
new Opera Tower shopping and entertainment center. |
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Carmel Market in the Yemenite Quarter is one of the biggest
open-air markets in the Middle East. The multi-media Bet
Hatfusot Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, located on the campus
of the Tel Aviv University, houses a large store of
information about Jewish life. The Ha’aretz-Land of
Israel-Museum focuses on different aspects of Israel’s past.
Tel Aviv is
called the country’s culture and art Mecca, pride and joy
comes from the new Golda Meir Center for the Performing Arts,
home to the Israel famous Opera, dance companies, theater
companies and concerts. The Mann Auditorium, home to the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, considered among the worlds
best.
The Habima
Theater and the Helena Rubinstein Hall are also well known.
Art galleries and craft centers abound, offering the finest in
local and international creative talents. Dizengoff Street is
lined with boutiques, exclusive stores and sidewalk cafes.
Old Jaffa is
a seaport, thousands of years old. Today it is a fascinating
place, housing a restored Artists’ Quarter - a maze of
picturesque alleys with galleries and stores selling a range
of ornamental objects. |
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Visit the
Greek Orthodox Church and then the Flea Market with wares old
and new. Lunch at Jaffa’s fishermen’s port on the quay,
where you can watch the marina and fishermen while enjoying a
meal of wine, fish and fresh fruits of the sea. This marina
together with the Tel Aviv Marina hosts yachting tourists from
around the world. Tel Aviv’s cosmopolitan life-style is
mirrored in the enormous number and variety of restaurants,
from fast-food eateries to European-style cafes, from sidewalk
cafes to elegant restaurants. The city that never sleeps
offers you a range of pubs and nightspots, bringing you to the
small hours of the morning, only to begin again the next day |
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