Excursion around Tel Aviv. Daily walk in Tel Aviv Walking route in Tel Aviv

Just a short walk around Jaffa and the old part of Tel Aviv (Neve Tzedek and Florentin areas)

The route is basically simple - you can look it up on the map. From our courtyard on the street. Ben Zvi to the Jaffa Flea Market (Shuk HaPeshpishim) and from Jaffa through the old Jaffa train station to the Neve Tzedek area, from there along the Florentin area we return home to our Tel Kabir area. All this - South part Tel Aviv (Drom Tel Aviv).

In red is our route “there”, to the Hebrew lesson, and in blue is back home, there are no photos on the blue line, everything posted here is along the red route.

Former water source (Sabil) for pilgrims, built by the governor of Jaffa Abu Nabut in 1815. This is what Bukvoed writes - I recommend this LiveJournal to everyone interested in the past and present of Israel (http://bukvoed.livejournal.com/105410.html) in my LiveJournal - The coastal part of Palestine had already been occupied by the violent Mehmet Bey Abu Nabut several years before , one of the petty tyrants with whom Turkey abounded. He fortified Jaffa, which has an excellent military location, built an embankment with batteries along the water level and left in this city many terrible memories and two beautiful fountains. Suleiman Pasha, shortly before his death, with the permission of the Porte, sent an army against him and forced him to flee to Egypt (1819)

Abu-Nabut, by the way, is a nickname, it means “Father of the Club,” because our hero constantly walked with a club and did not hesitate to use it (but there was order...)

Ben-Zvi street, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was born in Poltava and after many adventures became the second president of Israel: he was elected president on December 8, 1952 and remained in this post until his death in 1963. Ben-Zvi believed that the president should be a public figure, and his home to be modest. For 26 years he lived with his family in a wooden house in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem. The state then bought the neighboring house to improve conditions at the presidential residence. Every city in Israel probably has a street named after him and his portrait is on the 100-shekel bill.

Abu Nabut Park on the street. Ben-Zvi, this street has been the main route from Jaffa to Jerusalem since ancient times, and ancient pilgrims and crusaders and modern pilgrims of the 19th and 20th centuries, of all faiths, upon arriving at the port of Jaffa, walked (or drove) along this road, going up to Jerusalem. Now there are some conceptual figures of the contemporary Israeli artist Igal Tumarkin. And the source fountain is used as a warehouse for park equipment.

But Bukvoed shows an old postcard where this fountain is called “The Source of St. Tabitha” no more and no less!

The intersection of Jerusalem Boulevard and st. Ben Zvi, border of Jaffa and Tel Aviv (since 1950 the cities have been merged into a single municipality). We immediately see the characteristic Jaffa architecture.

And the Jaffa Flea Market (Shuk Ha-Pishpishim) begins. I'll have to do a separate report about it sometime.

And this is Raziel Street, which in old Jaffa was Boutros Street (that is, the Apostle Peter), in those days - the first financial street of Jaffa, the local Wall Street, now in a very deplorable state, although there are signs of its cultivation. Although, what does Chalky have to do with it - it’s actually a furniture store?

this part is already more cultural - apartment building after renovation

we crossed the Jerusalem Boulevard again and headed towards the interesting neighborhood of Neve Tzedek - along the way the old Jaffa train station. Railway It’s not here anymore; the station is now a cultural and restaurant center (and, apparently, a museum). But due to the fact that there are several weddings and the filming of some kind of film, we bypassed the whole thing

and these are the houses of Neve Tzedek (roughly translated - Abode of Righteousness). Shops, cafes, galleries, a very picturesque area - and it is even older than Tel Aviv, of which it is now a part. Founded in 1887, when 48 families settled outside the walls of Jaffa on the sands on purchased land. There were still more than 20 years before the founding of Tel Aviv.

Well, it's just a city of contrasts...

Victorian-style shop, "Alice-in-Wonderland"

there used to be a 1936 Citroen right in the store, it seems to me that I have already shown it. Now there is no car - they probably bought it...

Previously they didn’t allow photography in this store, but now they don’t seem to pay any attention.

st. Shabazi is the central one in Neve Tzedek and the “House of Tamar” with figures on the facade (I already posted a photo of it) - so here we will focus on the play of light and shadow in the pre-sunset Mediterranean hours.

and I already had this cat - but it’s so good

in the gallery store

Moroccan shop with samovars!

winter flowers of Neve Tzedek (some kind of pink Cthulhas)

I really liked it! Interesting in the right way. Empe. It turned out that only my friend and I signed up. We got a private guide and a very pleasant walk, plus we learned a lot! Thank you!

I really liked the daily tour of Tel Aviv on Fri 27.9! The guide Elena, a highly professional person who loves her land of Israel, was able to convey the difficulties of creating the city of Tel Aviv, spoke about its creators and the features of that time, about the significant people of Tel Aviv today. The guide is not only knowledgeable, but also intelligent, just like in the good old days. :) I was pleasantly surprised, thank you!

We were a family, 2 adults, 2 children, the youngest was 3 years old, we felt very comfortable - they waited for the children, when they periodically trudged along the excursion a little more slowly. the group was small, besides us there were 3 more people. The guide is very interesting, she tells such amazing details that you cannot read in a guidebook. very sensitive, constantly asks if everyone is comfortable, offers to sit on a bench while she talks. it was so interesting that instead of the stated 2 hours we walked for 3 (again, the guide asked if everyone was comfortable and if not comfortable, she suggested shortening the route, but since no one was tired, even the children, and everyone had time, we, on the contrary, increased the route and learned a lot of new and interesting things), we are delighted, thank you!!

It so happened that the excursion was given to me personally - the group did not gather. The excursion was wonderful and very informative. The guide clearly loves his city and country and you are imbued with this love. They showed me historical places, referring to facts from the past and relying on the present. Due to the fact that we were both in no hurry, I was able to listen and become involved in the history of Tel Aviv for not 2 hours, but even a little more. The guide addresses you as “you”, does not ask any personal questions, is ready for dialogue and requests or wishes, and is very polite and friendly. I recommend visiting Tel Aviv and thank you for the excursion. In addition, Israel has a very developed tipping system and should always be left to such specialists.

The excursion is great! Elena is a wonderful guide! It is clear that the person loves and knows his business. We were worried that it would be difficult to walk in the heat, but everything was more than acceptable. We recommend the excursion - an interesting and educational pastime!
As for the organization, I would like it to be more clear when booking which route the excursion will take on a particular day, and the name of the meeting point in English would not hurt, since we had problems indicating it when calling a taxi.

I really enjoyed the walk. Intelligent guide who knows the topic well. He didn’t load him with dry details, but gave information vividly and emotionally. It's nice to listen to a person who truly loves his job.
Thank you!

We continued our acquaintance with Tel Aviv along the blue route in the company of Ekaterina. We fell in love with Tel Aviv completely and irrevocably. Thank you so much for your professionalism and emotions.

The guide was distracted all the time and corresponded on the phone. She told everything as if she was being tortured... and forced to speak. Everything is crumpled up quickly and without mood.

Hello!
I want to highlight two points in your review:
1) quality of presentation of the material... We have known the guide who worked with you on the route for a very long time... we know her as a great specialist and connoisseur. She has an excellent command of the material and knows how to present it well... It’s difficult for me to say what exactly was wrong on your particular excursion... but knowing our guide, I’m inclined to view this as an accident rather than the norm... regarding the fact that everything is crumpled and quickly - format the excursion offers a quick introduction to the city in 2 hours... Only 2 hours, which fly by catastrophically quickly... If you delve into the topics of the excursion in detail, then, unfortunately, the scope of the sightseeing tour is simply not enough. When we were preparing these routes, our task was to select from a huge pool the necessary minimum that would help tourists get an impression of the city. Perhaps the sightseeing tour format is not suitable for you and you should pay attention to more thematic excursions.
2) regarding correspondence by phone... I agree with you that this is unacceptable. However, I will try to explain what happened. There were supposed to be other tourists on your excursion, but they got lost. And instead of writing directly to the office, they harassed the guide. And a situation arose that the office did not know about, but the guide decided to help the tourists. Every tourist is important to us, and we do not abandon them at a difficult moment. However, I agree that this is not correct in relation to those who were on the excursion... and it could have been done differently in this situation.

We would like to offer you our apologies. It’s really a pity if our guests leave us with negative emotions. I sincerely hope that this was the only moment of your holiday in Israel and it did not spoil the impression of visiting Israel.

I walked around Jaffa (nowhere, including in the voucher, is it specified that we are talking specifically about Jaffa).
These walks - a day in Jaffa, a day in Tel Aviv, and a meeting at the border of the cities.
The next day I walked around Tel Aviv without an appointment and learned a lot interesting information.
I recommend to everyone!

Yesterday we made a forced march through Tel Aviv. We managed to see and feel so much that I don’t even know how to talk about it all. Each place we visited deserves its own article, if nothing more.

We started our journey from the market on Levinsky Street

The first stop was the famous burekas Penso. In my opinion, there is no point in writing about this place. A little bit general information- has existed for about 80 years, the fourth generation of Penso has been feeding the entire old Tel Aviv with baked goods since then, when there was no trace of Israel. The best burekas in the country without any options, although I come to them not because of them, but because of my favorite apple strudel, which they also have homemade, so to speak.

I think it’s also worth noting the important fact that a huge burekas and a large glass of freshly squeezed orange juice cost us 22 shekels - by today’s standards and prices, this is not just cheap, but generally unique.

More about several famous shops on the shuk - for example, Boutique Naknik) Pastrami sandwiches, in size and quality reminiscent of the Reuben on Yehuda HaLevi.

No less famous than Penso, Baklava Nazareth is one of the few places in Tel Aviv where you can buy authentic Arabic sweets such as baklava (baklava?) and knafeh. By the way, it is kosher and seems to even supply its products to the respected Israeli Defense Forces, known in friendly circles as the IDF.

Unfortunately (and we can talk about this endlessly - about what is happening in South Tel Aviv) the market looks abandoned. Most of the houses in it are, if not on the verge of destruction, then it is definitely impossible to look at them without pain.

Although some houses are still being restored.

As I said at the beginning, we could write a book about every place we visited (I think we have). The shuk is still full of everything - the Turkish restaurant Niso (Levinsky 47), Maadaniat Yom Tov (famous for its salted fish and anchovies), the Pereg shop, which has been selling seasonings since 1922 (the oldest place in the market) and so on. Go and explore for yourself - you won't regret it. And we will go further to the Nachum Gutman Museum.

Previously, by the way, this was a writers' house. It was home to Yosef Chaim Brener (before he was killed by the Arabs) Yosef Aharonovich and his wife - one of the most famous Israeli writers of the Baron Court.

Talking about the Guttman Museum also doesn’t make much sense. I’m ashamed to admit that this was my first time there. Still didn’t get around to it.

Self-portrait of the young Guttman from the Tel Aviv Museum.

Now to the museum itself - I like this picture - how a guy pulls the devil out of a well). And this is the artist’s father, the famous writer and man Simcha Ben-Zion.

Simkha was one of the first Hebrew teachers in Odessa. He taught at the same school with Bialik and Ravnitsky. Nachum, by the way, painted this trinity more than once.

After the pogroms in Chisinau in 1905, Ben-Zion left for Israel. He organized a kind of “writers’ forum” in his house, in which the already mentioned Brener, Yehuda Burla, Alexander Ziskind-Rabinovich (AZAR) and many others took part. He also published a magazine in which he published the story of Shmil Chachkes for the first time on Israeli soil. It was the famous short story "Agunot", from which Chachkes took his pseudonym - Shai Agnon. To date, he is the only Israeli winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Concurrently, he is one of the best writers of the 20th century, on the level of Joyce, Kafka and Faulkner.

(Photo is also mine, from the Agnon Museum in Jerusalem). There are rumors that Chachkes's pseudonym was given to him by one of the founders of Tel Aviv, Shimon Rokah, after he read Agunot. We went to the house of Shimon Rokach after the Gutman Museum.

The Rokach family is so famous that you don’t even know where to start) The street in Neve Tzedek, on which the house is located, was named after Shimon Rokach. A boulevard in Tel Aviv is named after his son Israel Rokach, a minister in Ben-Gurion's government. The house itself is also famous for the very original sculptures of Shimon Rokach's granddaughter, Leah Majaro-Mintz.

In the Rokach house there is also an original dining table, at which - as in - all the streets of Tel Aviv sat)

If you don’t pay attention to the prohibitory signs, you can go up to the third floor (where it seems that the artist and sculptor herself lives), and, if you ask politely, admire the view of the sea and the red roofs of Neve Tzedek from the balcony.

You can also admire the skyscrapers under construction, but in this case it is less interesting.

On Saturday morning we went to the center of the country. First we went to Ramat Gan to watch the equestrian competitions. And then we walked around old quarters Tel Aviv, touched the sea, looked at the old railway station and of course we had a great snack a couple of times. Overall we had a great day! :)

We parked very well on Rothschild Boulevard not far from Levin’s house (Rothschild Boulevard, 46). The building in the form of a Tuscan villa was built by the famous architect I. Magidovich in 1924 for the American merchant Jacob Levin, a native of Kaunas. Levin died in 1934, after which the building changed occupants many times - an English school, military and judicial institutions were located within its walls. From 1948 to 1953 it housed the residence of the Soviet diplomatic mission.

Having been to equestrian competitions

before this, having wandered in Leumi Park in Ramat Gan

we were very hungry and therefore the first thing we did on advice finferli went to Tony Vespa's pizzeria http://www.tonyvespa.co.il/

How delicious and varied the pizza is... it’s rare to get such pleasure from food :)

Pizza is sold by weight (98 NIS/kg). The entire tray is a little over 1kg. But you can take a little bit of different things, eat them with mushrooms, and with different cheeses, and with olives, and with tomatoes, and with sausage, and with bacon, and with... a lot more. I highly recommend stopping by and trying at least a small piece.

They have several branches. We were on the corner of 118 Allenby Street and 32 Rothschild Boulevard. The pizzeria is located in the former building of the Ben Nahum Hotel. Please note that the facades facing the main boulevard of Rothschild and st. Allenby, have different solutions, each of which corresponded to the context of the surrounding development. They are united by a staircase tower, completed with a dome on columns in an oriental style.

Having eaten our fill of pizza, we went for a walk through the old quarters of Tel Aviv

and reached the sea

take a look at Jaffa

envied the people swimming :)

Congratulations on Victory Day!

Taking a farewell glance at the sea, we set off on our way back

On the way we stopped at the train station

did very little sports

We returned to Rothschild Boulevard and walked around the fountain :)

At the beginning of the boulevard there is a monument to the first mayor of Tel Aviv, Meir Dizengoff.
Mikhail Yakovlevich Dizengoff was born on February 25, 1861 in Bessarabia. From 1905 he lived in Eretz Israel and was one of the founders of Tel Aviv. He supported the idea of ​​creating a Jewish state. Died September 23, 1936. Buried at Trumpeldor Cemetery in Tel Aviv.

And we moved again on the advice

Undoubtedly, it loses in comparison with other cities and settlements in the country, famous for their ancient monuments. Although walks around Tel Aviv and the adjacent old port of Jaffa can also reveal many interesting pages from a former life.

Features of staying in the Israeli capital - the opportunity to almost simultaneously get acquainted with cultural and historical attractions, spend nights in bars and nightclubs, relax on Mediterranean coast.

Walking around Tel Aviv museum

All tour operators note that since the city was founded not so long ago, in 1909, there are masterpieces ancient architecture you won’t find it here, but local museums store many artifacts with a history much longer than that of the capital itself. Therefore, one of the days of your stay can be devoted to visiting museums, the most famous of which are:

• Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, telling the history of Jews in different countries, difficulties and overcoming them;
• The Eretz Israel Museum, which introduces not only history, but also culture, ethnography, and archeology;
• Tel Aviv Museum of Art, a treasure trove of works by old masters and modern classics.

Adjacent to the same company is the Palace of Independence - another must-see excursion routes in the capital of Israel. The palace complex is the pride of every resident, because it was here that in 1948 what happened an important event: announcement of the creation of a state.

Travel to ancient Jaffa

A map of the capital shows that two settlements, Tel Aviv and Jaffa, steadily moving towards each other, have become almost a single city. Jaffa is considered one of the most ancient cities on the planet; it is mentioned in various world legends and myths.

Many tourists, walking around the city, try to imagine Noah, who built his famous ark here, or Perseus, who freed Andromeda. Jaffa is also associated with legends: from here, according to them, the prophet Jonah set off on his journey, and here the righteous Tabitha was resurrected.

Jaffa is currently huge tourist center, where everything is for guests, restaurants and bars, art salons and souvenir shops, luxurious museum collections and no less rich flea markets. It is only important that you have enough energy to explore all the interesting points and attractions.