Urban Walking & Food Tour in Tel Aviv

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Explore Tel Aviv’s history, architecture, and cuisine on a walking tour. Discover Rothschild Boulevard, Neve Tzedek, and Carmel Market’s vibrant flavors.

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Habimah Square - Rothschild Boulevard, Hen Boulevard, Dizengoff Street, and Ben-Zion Boulevard converge at this square, home to Israel’s national theatre, one of the first Hebrew language theatres.
Rothschild Boulevard - Tel Aviv’s first boulevard and Israel’s most famous street, named after a member of one of the wealthiest families in history. Many historic buildings here are built in the Bauhaus or International style, forming part of Tel Aviv’s White City. We’ll take a few short detours from Rothschild but return to it until we reach Ahuzat Bayit, Tel Aviv’s first neighborhood.
Nachmani St 23 - At King Albert Square, you can admire the majestic Norman Hotel, one of the world’s best boutique hotels, and the eclectic-style Pagoda House.
Beit Levin - Also known as The Castle and the KGB House, you’ll discover why.
Yehuda ha-Levi Street - Here, we show you the location of one of the stations of the new Tel Aviv light rail.
Tel Aviv Great Synagogue - It’s impressive, but without a heads-up, you might pass it by unnoticed. Planned by Tel Aviv’s founders but built many years after the neighborhood was established.
Founders Monument and Fountain - This monument on Rothschild Boulevard commemorates the Jewish families who contributed funds to build a new modern neighborhood, which would become known as Tel Aviv.
Meir Dizengoff Statue - A statue of Meir Dizengoff, Tel Aviv’s first mayor, on his horse in front of his house. It was in this house that David Ben Gurion declared a new Jewish state in 1948 after a 2000-year absence.
Migdal Shalom Tower - The first skyscraper in the Middle East, built on the site of the first Hebrew high school, HaGymnasia.
Herzl St 2 - The house of Akiva Weiss, the initiator of Tel Aviv’s construction, and the statue of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish Captain in the French Army. “L’Affaire,” as it’s known in French, symbolizes modern injustice and is a notable example of a complex miscarriage of justice and antisemitism. It greatly impacted Theodore Herzl, who is largely responsible for the existence of Tel Aviv and the Jewish State.
Neve Tzedek - The first small Jewish neighborhood outside Jaffa’s walls in the 19th century, followed by many other small ones, each for a different social and ethnic Jewish group. Collectively, they are now called Neve Tzedek. We’ll pass some of the 100+ year-old houses and synagogues. Today, avant-garde design stores, fashion boutiques, handicraft shops, and a handful of good restaurants add to the charm of this low-rise, gentrified neighborhood.
Park HaMesila - A new urban park connecting the beach with downtown Tel Aviv along the route of the old Ottoman railway. The red line of the Tel Aviv light rail will run under this park.
Aharon Chelouche House - Aharon arrived in the Holy Land during a Mizrahi Aliya (immigration wave) about 50 years before other Jews started numbering their Ashkenazi Aliyot. He purchased the plot of land called Neve Tzedek and built the first house with a private synagogue.
Suzanne Dellal Centre - This center for modern dance, home to the Batsheva Dance Company and Inbal Dance Theater, is built on the ruins of the Alliance School for Boys and the Yechiely Girls School (1908). Now beautifully restored with a picturesque piazza.
Carmel Market (Shuk Ha’Carmel) - A vibrant marketplace where traders sell everything from clothing to spices and vegetables to electronics. Nowadays, it’s also a trendy spot for bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and chef-owned food stalls.
Kerem HaTeimanim - An early 19th-century poor neighborhood for Jewish immigrants from Yemen. These settlers started a market that would become Tel Aviv’s largest, the Carmel Market. The tin shacks and wooden houses are gone, but the narrow streets remain, with small restaurants and ground-level houses.

What's Included

All fees and/or taxes

What's Not Included

Lunch

Additional Information

Stroll the famous Rothschild Boulevard from Habima to Ahuzat Bayit, the neighborhood that was renamed Tel Aviv in 1910. While walking you learn about the problems of the founding families, their success in building a modern Hebrew city and enjoy the beautifully restored Bauhaus architecture.

Next we will visit gentrified Neve Tzedek. From a slum that was about to be erased, it became home to over a dozen billionaires. This charming, chic, neighborhood from the 19th century is now filled with boutiques, cafe’s, restaurants and elegant fashion and jewelry stores.

For the tasting part (not on Friday and Saturday) we continue to another old neighborhood, built in 1904 for poor immigrants from Yemen. Their market grew into the largest one of Tel Aviv. This Carmel Market also survived the city’s obliteration plans and is thriving now. In addition to the fruits and vegetables stalls and little Yemenite restaurants it now has many bars, eateries and chef-owned food spots.

Location

Habima Theatre

Tarsat Avenue

We will meet in Yaacov Garden, next to Cafe Landwer at Habima Square or the guide will pick you up from your hotel in the center

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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May 25, 2023

Excellent tour - Great tour! I did this tour with 3 friends and we got a lot of insights about the center of Tel Aviv and Israël. Our guide, Menno, showed us important places and provided the historical context in a clear way. The je passion he has for this city was clear eland enlarged our enthiusam for the rest of our trip through this beautiful and interesting country.