Tel Aviv/Central Tel Aviv
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Asia : Middle East : Israel : Tel Aviv : Central Tel Aviv
Central Tel Aviv is in Tel Aviv.
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- The Yarqon Park — the largest public park in Tel Aviv, and the most famous park in Israel. The Yarqon River runs through the park, and spills into the Mediterranean Sea. The park is an excellent place for physical activities of all kinds - walking, jogging, cycling, kissing, etc. The park is clean, and except for a few small parts, it is not dark during nighttime.Photo gallery of the Yarkon Park [1]
- Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, 27 Shaul Hamelech Boulevard, (bus:9, 18), [2]. Open M/W/Sa 10AM-4PM, Tu/Th 10AM-10PM, F 10AM-2PM. The main municipal art museum for Tel Aviv focuses on modern and contemporary art. Check for the changing exhibitions – they sometimes are very interesting. The children's wing is great fun, and not just for kids. The museum also hosts chamber music and Jazz performances on occasions. In the museum's courtyard you will find the municipal library, with books in Hebrew, English and other languages, and Hebrew newspapers and magazines collection. You can read there, but you’ll need a subscription to borrow. Follow the trail north of the library to get to Golda Meir Center of Performing Arts (or simply: Golda Center). This complex, newly-built, is the home of the Israeli Opera [3] and the Cameri Municipal Theater. Ballet performances and classical music concerts are also held here from time to time.
- Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv, 99 Dizengoff Street, +972-3-522-0249, [4], [5]- despite its compact size, the Bauhaus Centre manages to survey almost the entire gamut of the Bauhaus design genre. Detailed exhibitions, books, maps and posters, multimedia and a great little shop.... The Center also conducts tours of the Tel Aviv Bauhaus White City (Fr, 10am, duration 2 hours - book ahead) and other destinations.
- Haganah Museum, 23 Rothschild Boulevard, +972-3-560-8624. Su-Th 9am-3pm, Fri 9am-12noon. Recounting the fascinating story of the embryonic Israel Defence Force, from British Mandate days to Israeli independence in 1948 and beyond, lots of interesting artifacts, weapons and memorabilia. Admission NIS 10.
- Raw Art Gallery, 12 Hasharon Street, +972-3-537-3249, [6]. Open daily, 07pm-2am. The place to see contemporary emerging Israeli artists, with monthly exhibits.
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- A craft fair is held in the Nachalat Binyamin pedestrian zone every Tuesday and Friday (every day during the summer and other holidays). In addition to the truly original crafts (which can make good gifts), that are presented by their creators, you can enjoy good atmosphere and street shows.
- To see Tel Aviv from up above, head up to Azrieli Center in Central Tel Aviv (a main centerpoint in the city), and for a mere $5.5 US you get a great view. This relatively new complex (inaugurated 1999), with its three geometrical skyscrapers (one of them being the second tallest in the country), is quickly becoming the graphical icon of the city. It contains a full-size American-style shopping mall with several movie theaters that shows latest Hollywood hits. But we've come here in order to climb up to the 49th floor of the circular tower, from which, they say, you can see on a good day as far as to Haifa (but don't count on it). There’s also a posh restaurant up there, 2C Tel Aviv, which naturally charges extra for the location, it is circular kind of like the Space Needle in Seattle, WA, but it doesn't spin, (Kosher; Tel. 03-6081990; about 200NIS per person). See itineraries to places of interest in Central Tel aviv sorted by areas [7]
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- A list of recommended Tel Aviv restaurants [8]
Abu Adham - One of the best Humus places in Tel Aviv located on Karlibach street.
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- Silon, 89 King George, ☎ (03) 6200053. Sun-Thu 18:00-04:00 Fri-Sat 20:00-05:00. edit
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