Tel Aviv & Jaffa

The newly renovated museum telling the 4,000-year story of the Jewish people, from Abraham to the present, through interactive exhibits and personal stories.

The restored Mandate-era city hall on Bialik Street, now a museum of Tel Aviv’s history.

The modest Tel Aviv home of Israel’s founding prime minister, preserved exactly as he left it, with his 20,000-volume library.

Tel Aviv’s original main street, from Bauhaus cafes to the iconic round square and the city’s cultural DNA.

The graffiti-covered neighborhood south of the Carmel Market, where street art, cafes, and a gritty urban edge define the most creative corner of Tel Aviv.

A 4,000-year-old port city that has been conquered, destroyed, and rebuilt more times than anyone can count. Today it is Tel Aviv’s most atmospheric neighborhood.

A twice-weekly pedestrian arts fair adjacent to the Carmel Market, showcasing Israeli artists and artisans.

The first Jewish neighborhood built outside Jaffa in 1887, now Tel Aviv’s most charming quarter with galleries, cafes, and restored Ottoman houses.

The square where Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995, and where Israel gathers for its most important moments.

The tree-lined boulevard where Israel was born. Bauhaus architecture, the Independence Hall museum, and the heart of Tel Aviv.

A restored German Templar colony in the heart of Tel Aviv, now a culinary market and commercial complex.

One of the most vibrant markets in Israel, where antiques, street food, and nightlife converge in the streets of old Jaffa.

The restored port area that has become one of Tel Aviv’s most popular entertainment and dining destinations.

Israel’s modern metropolis, UNESCO Bauhaus architecture, beaches, and a food scene that rivals any city in the world.

The story of the American Christian colonists who came to Jaffa in 1866 to prepare for the Second Coming, and the disaster that followed.

A secret underground ammunition factory hidden beneath a kibbutz that produced millions of bullets for the 1948 war without the British ever finding it.

The center for understanding Tel Aviv’s UNESCO-listed Bauhaus architecture, with exhibitions, guided tours, and a shop.

Tel Aviv’s largest and most vibrant markets, where fresh produce, street food, and spices create a sensory overload.

The diaspora in a single street: Iranian saffron, Yemenite hawayij, Turkish halva, Bukharan flatbreads, and the flavors of every Jewish community that built Tel Aviv.

A museum on the Jaffa waterfront documenting the Irgun underground and the battle for Jaffa in 1948.

An immersive museum telling the story of the Palmach, the elite fighting force that won Israel’s War of Independence.

A museum and innovation center on the Jaffa waterfront celebrating Israeli technology, entrepreneurship, and the vision of Shimon Peres.

Fourteen kilometers of Mediterranean sand, each stretch with its own personality, from family-friendly to party-central.

One of Israel’s leading art museums, with an acclaimed collection of modern and contemporary art and a striking architectural addition.

The largest springs in Israel, the source of the Yarkon River, set in a nature reserve with walking paths, ancient mills, and abundant birdlife at the edge of Tel Aviv.

The restored Ottoman-era railway station where the first train from Jerusalem arrived in 1892, now a compound of restaurants, shops, and galleries with the original tracks still running between the tables.

A theater of deaf-blind performers, a restaurant in total darkness, and a cafe where you order in sign language. One of the most extraordinary cultural experiences in the world, in a Jaffa Port warehouse.

The hilltop church where Napoleon made his headquarters in 1799, built on the site where Peter received his vision and the Franciscans have kept watch for seven centuries.

The largest mosque in Jaffa, built in 1812 by the Ottoman governor Abu Nabbut, with ornate drinking fountains and a minaret that marks the Jaffa skyline.

A marked walking route through central Tel Aviv connecting the sites of the city’s founding and Israel’s declaration of independence, from the seashell lottery to Independence Hall.