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Amazing And Beautiful Tel Aviv Slide Show
Israel Tourism - Tel Aviv-Jaffa Photos And Tour
Thousands of years of history comer together in Jaffa, one of world’s oldest cities and the birthplace of Tel Aviv. A center of tourism, food and fun, with an exotic Levantine ambience.
Driving to Jaffa is like going through a time tunnel – skyscrapers soar on the left, while ahead lays a city with thousands of years behind it.
The main port of the ancient land of Israel, and one of the first ports in the world. Jaffa was a center of commerce and culture, agriculture and tourism, the destination of shipping lines from Alexandria and Beirut. From the Clock Tower Square, convoys of wagons and camels fanned out to all parts of the land and pilgrims made their way on foot to the holy city of Jerusalem. The clock tower built by the Turkish Sultan Abd al-Hamid the II in 1906, when the land was under Ottoman rule, has recently undergone a facelift, as has the square surrounding it. In the alley next to the Mahmuddiyah mosque, men are absorbed in endless games of backgammon, or shesh-besh, to use the local parlance. Coffeehouses offering narghiles to smoke along with tiny cups of strong black Turkish coffee create an authentic Levantine atmosphere.
The Tel Aviv – Jaffa Tourism Association offers free guided walking tours of Jaffa every Wednesday in English.
Meeting point: the Clock Tower on Yefet Street, at 9:30 a.m. No need for advance booking – just come and enjoy!
Tel Aviv Pictures - The Most Beautiful Neighborhood In Tel-Aviv!
The Neve Tzedek neighborhood of Tel Aviv was the first Jewish neighborhood to be built outside of Jaffa at the beginning of 1887, 22 years before the establishment of the City of Tel Aviv. With the passing of the years, Neve Tzedek has become a center of taste, culture and lifestyle and a desirable area to live in. Many intellectuals and artists chose to dwell and to create here.
Neve Tzedek is a neighborhood in south-west Tel Aviv. It was the first Jewish neighborhood to be built outside the walls of the ancient port of Jaffa. For years, the neighborhood prospered as Tel Aviv, the first modern Hebrew city, grew up around it. Years of neglect and disrepair followed, but today Neve Tzedek has become one of Tel Aviv’s latest fashionable districts.
Neve Tzedek was established in 1887, 22 years before the 1909 founding of the City of Tel Aviv, by a group of Jewish families seeking a more peaceful life outside of the Jaffa’s teeming streets. Other neighborhoods sprung up around Neve Tzedek, which were incorporated into the contemporary boundaries of the neighborhood.
The residents constructed mostly colorful, short buildings along narrow streets. Residents’ homes featured many contemporary luxuries like private bathrooms and kitchens.
At the beginning of the 1900s, many artists and writers made Neve Tzedek their residence. Most notably, Nobel prize laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon, as well as Hebrew artist Nahum Gutman, used Neve Tzedek as both a home and a sanctuary for art.
As time went on, its buildings abandoned or neglected, fell into disrepair. By the 1960s, city officials deemed Neve Tzedek incompatible with bustling Tel Aviv. However, their plan to demolish the historic neighborhood to make way for high rise structures was ultimately cancelled as many Neve Tzedek buildings were placed on preservation lists. The old, worn-out neighborhood became a patch of the pastoral amidst the greater urban center.
But by the end of the 1980s, efforts began to renovate and preserve Neve Tzedek’s century-old structures. New establishments were housed in old buildings, most notably to the Suzanne Dalal Dance and Theater Center and the Nahum Gutman Museum, located in the artist’s home.
The well-needed gentrification led to Neve Tzedek’s rebirth as a fashionable and popular residence for Tel Avivians. Its main streets became lined once again with artists’ studios, alongside trendy cafés and bars. The Tel Aviv Subway, which is expected to pass near Neve Tzedek, will make the neighborhood even more accessible for visitors and residents alike.
A tour of the narrow lanes and winding streets of the neighborhood is a fabulous experience. The area has been renovated and each corner is a gem. Amongst others, you can find here the house of the Hebrew Nobel Literature prizewinning author, Shai Agnon, who lived here from 1909 to 1912. At the corner of Pines and Lilienblum Streets is a building colored pink and yellow, which served as the first cinema in Tel Aviv. This is the “
One of the most interesting spots in Neve Tzedek is the Suzanne Dellal center, which was built in 1908 as a girls’ school and became one of the most important of Tel Aviv’s theatrical and cultural centers. Also in the neighborhood - the
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Hayarkon Park - Tel Aviv Central Park!
The planted area along the banks of Hayarkon River offers plentiful recreational and amusement facilities for the whole family. Here are huge lawns, an artificial lake, a miniature train, playgrounds, cycle tracks, an acoustic shell and amphitheater for shows and concerts. Also in the Park are a number of unique gardens, including a tropical garden, rock garden, cactus garden and a rose garden. The Zapari Bird Park and the Meimadion Water Park.
Hayarkon Park is a place you MUST vidit while you are visiting Tel Aviv and we hope those pics will describe the picture better. Enjoy your staying here!
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