Guidebook for Tel Aviv-Yafo

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Guidebook for Tel Aviv-Yafo

Essentials

Here's a short selection of grocery stores and supermarkets in the area.
Great low-priced mini-supermarket. Get 5-shekel sandwiches and 6-shekel coffees. Fruit, veggies, dairy etc. Open until 10pm during the week. Closed from Friday afternoon until Saturday evening.
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Super Cofix
174 Ben Yehuda St
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Great low-priced mini-supermarket. Get 5-shekel sandwiches and 6-shekel coffees. Fruit, veggies, dairy etc. Open until 10pm during the week. Closed from Friday afternoon until Saturday evening.
Large-ish supermarket with bakery, cheese counter, deli. Everything inside is kosher. Open til 11pm during the week, so perfect for getting late-night purchases. Closed from Friday afternoon until Saturday early evening. Opens Saturday night.
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Shufersal Sheli
79 Ben Yehuda St
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Large-ish supermarket with bakery, cheese counter, deli. Everything inside is kosher. Open til 11pm during the week, so perfect for getting late-night purchases. Closed from Friday afternoon until Saturday early evening. Opens Saturday night.
24-hour convenience store. More pricey than Super Cofix and Shufersal but always open.
Super Yehuda (groceries)
164 Ben Yehuda St
24-hour convenience store. More pricey than Super Cofix and Shufersal but always open.
Teva Kastel is a health food store with everything you might want from a health food point of view. It also has organic fruits and vegetables.
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Teva Kastel is a health food store with everything you might want from a health food point of view. It also has organic fruits and vegetables.

Food Scene

Cute coffee kiosk in Ben Gurion Boulevard. Very popular with the locals.
Coffee Butke
30 Sderot Ben Gurion
Cute coffee kiosk in Ben Gurion Boulevard. Very popular with the locals.
This is a very popular eating place and bakery 3 minutes' walk from my place. It's got great food and great service though there can be a bit of a wait to get a table because it's so popular. Main dishes are breakfast type of food, sandwiches, etc. All my guests who've gone there have loved it. I suggest you get breakfast there one morning. Try the Israeli breakfast.
Bread And Co
128 Ben Yehuda Street
This is a very popular eating place and bakery 3 minutes' walk from my place. It's got great food and great service though there can be a bit of a wait to get a table because it's so popular. Main dishes are breakfast type of food, sandwiches, etc. All my guests who've gone there have loved it. I suggest you get breakfast there one morning. Try the Israeli breakfast.
Balkan style bakery open all the time. Sells traditional Israeli pastries called burekas.
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Tabun Ben Yehuda
145 Ben Yehuda St
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Balkan style bakery open all the time. Sells traditional Israeli pastries called burekas.
Famous restaurant serving breakfast 24 hours a day. Consistently voted highly for best breakfast place.
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Benedict
171 Ben Yehuda St
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Famous restaurant serving breakfast 24 hours a day. Consistently voted highly for best breakfast place.
Famous 24-hour kiosk making freshly squeezed juices, smoothies, etc. Very popular. Closed Friday nights and Saturday days.
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Tamara
171 Dizengoff St
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Famous 24-hour kiosk making freshly squeezed juices, smoothies, etc. Very popular. Closed Friday nights and Saturday days.
Atza Sushi is a reasonably priced Japanese eating place. Kosher. Calling it a restaurant is a bit of a stretch but there are a few tables to eat at. Food comes quickly and for Tel Aviv standards, is a decent price.
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אצה סושי בר
128 Ben Yehuda St
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Atza Sushi is a reasonably priced Japanese eating place. Kosher. Calling it a restaurant is a bit of a stretch but there are a few tables to eat at. Food comes quickly and for Tel Aviv standards, is a decent price.
Great vegan eating place on popular Dizengoff Street. Food is very reasonably priced. Choose from Indian, Persian, etc foods.
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Market Vegan Restaurant
140 Dizengoff Street
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Great vegan eating place on popular Dizengoff Street. Food is very reasonably priced. Choose from Indian, Persian, etc foods.
Popular cafe serving low-priced alcohol.
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Java
196 Ben Yehuda St
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Popular cafe serving low-priced alcohol.
Very popular place serving hummus, falafel and other typical Israeli food. Reasonably priced. Kosher. Closed on Shabbat (Friday night and Saturday day).
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Kaspi
13 Arlozorov
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Very popular place serving hummus, falafel and other typical Israeli food. Reasonably priced. Kosher. Closed on Shabbat (Friday night and Saturday day).
Sarona Market is a Famous indoor food market. In summer, there is live music once a week.
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Рынок Сарона
3 Aluf Kalman Magen St
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Sarona Market is a Famous indoor food market. In summer, there is live music once a week.
When you visit Jaffa (Yafo), this is the place to go to get a taste of typical Arab/Middle Eastern food. As you sit down, the waiters will bring you at least 10 little dishes with all kinds of salads, hummus, pita bread, etc. And if you choose the salads as your main meal, they will keep coming and replacing your empty dishes. So it's like a bottomless salad bar :) Of course, you can also order fish and meat here.
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The Old Man and the Sea
101 Retzif HaAliya HaShniya Street
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When you visit Jaffa (Yafo), this is the place to go to get a taste of typical Arab/Middle Eastern food. As you sit down, the waiters will bring you at least 10 little dishes with all kinds of salads, hummus, pita bread, etc. And if you choose the salads as your main meal, they will keep coming and replacing your empty dishes. So it's like a bottomless salad bar :) Of course, you can also order fish and meat here.
Vegan gluten-free restaurant. Street-style Indian food. Also, it's kosher.
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Dosa Bar
188 Ben Yehuda St
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Vegan gluten-free restaurant. Street-style Indian food. Also, it's kosher.
Great restaurant in a great location on Dizengoff Square. Very popular with the locals so there can be a queue to get a table at dinner time.
Ла Шук
Great restaurant in a great location on Dizengoff Square. Very popular with the locals so there can be a queue to get a table at dinner time.
Both indoors and outdoors place. They have a great Happy Hour that ends at 8:30pm. Also a great location on Dizengoff Square.
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Beer Garden
2 Harav Reines St
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Both indoors and outdoors place. They have a great Happy Hour that ends at 8:30pm. Also a great location on Dizengoff Square.
Very popular street food and reasonably priced. Similar to felafel, it's eggplant and hardboiled egg with salad in a pita. Very delicious.
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Sabih Frishman
42 Frishman St
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Very popular street food and reasonably priced. Similar to felafel, it's eggplant and hardboiled egg with salad in a pita. Very delicious.
Great fresh food.
אוזן פיל
Great fresh food.

Shopping

Large health store selling a wide range of health goods. Fresh organic fruit and vegetables, as well as a range of dairy products, including those made from goats and sheep milk.
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Large health store selling a wide range of health goods. Fresh organic fruit and vegetables, as well as a range of dairy products, including those made from goats and sheep milk.
Nearest shopping centre.
Dizengoff Center
Nearest shopping centre.

Arts & Culture

Tel Aviv was declared a heritage site for the large number of buildings built in the International or Bauhaus style during the 1930s. Learn more about the architecture at this centre which offers walking tours. Plus the shop is full of interesting and unique things to buy.
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Центр Баухауз в Тель-Авиве
77 Dizengoff St
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Tel Aviv was declared a heritage site for the large number of buildings built in the International or Bauhaus style during the 1930s. Learn more about the architecture at this centre which offers walking tours. Plus the shop is full of interesting and unique things to buy.
Wonderful Art museum. Has sections for both international art as well as local Israeli art. Open until 9pm on some days.
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Тель-Авивский музей искусств
27 Sderot Sha'ul HaMelech
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Wonderful Art museum. Has sections for both international art as well as local Israeli art. Open until 9pm on some days.
Great Israeli design store
Asufa Dizi אסופה דיזי
Great Israeli design store

Parks & Nature

One of the lesser-known attractions of Tel Aviv, the Yarkon park is large with interweaving pedestrian paths and bicycle lanes. The Yarkon river runs through it. During good weather, there are people picnicking, cycling, exercising, doing yoga or TRX. There is even a large outdoor gym. The park is also busy at night. And is completely safe! I cycle through it sometimes at midnight!
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Парк Хаяркон
Rokach Boulevard
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One of the lesser-known attractions of Tel Aviv, the Yarkon park is large with interweaving pedestrian paths and bicycle lanes. The Yarkon river runs through it. During good weather, there are people picnicking, cycling, exercising, doing yoga or TRX. There is even a large outdoor gym. The park is also busy at night. And is completely safe! I cycle through it sometimes at midnight!

Getting Around

Tel Aviv is actually quite a small city. It's mainly very flat so it's easy to walk around the whole city. Public transport via bus is good within the city and goes quite late into the night, depending on the season. For example, in summer there are lots of night buses going until 1am. The other way to get around that's like the bus but much smaller and quicker is the Sherut ("share-route"). Basically this is a shared taxi that travels along certain bus routes, like the 4 or 5. There are also lots of normal and electric bicycles as well as electric scooters in Tel Aviv. This is a very convenient way to get around the city. Many places have them to rent by the hour or by day. Plus many are unlocked with an app and you can pick them up and drop them off in loads of places. The main electric scooter companies operating in Tel Aviv are: Wind, Bird, Lime. Lastly, there are plenty of taxis but these are the most expensive option. The best app to use is Gett. There is also a Russian one called Yango. While you're in Tel Aviv, there is no need to rent a car. In fact, renting a car in Tel Aviv is a liability because it's very difficult to find street parking here and parking lots are very expensive. However, for doing day trips out of Tel Aviv, a rental car is very helpful. All the main rental car companies are within a 10-minute walk from my place.
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Shlomo SIXT
122 HaYarkon St
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Bus and train hub. To get to my place, take bus #161, #55 or #10. From here get buses to Jerusalem, Netanya etc. Get train to and from the airport.
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Arlozorov Central Bus Station, Tel Aviv
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Bus and train hub. To get to my place, take bus #161, #55 or #10. From here get buses to Jerusalem, Netanya etc. Get train to and from the airport.

Sightseeing

The old city of Jaffa is extremely picturesque. Mixture of Arab and Jewish. Artists' colony. Worth taking a walking tour of the area.
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Jaffa
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The old city of Jaffa is extremely picturesque. Mixture of Arab and Jewish. Artists' colony. Worth taking a walking tour of the area.
Gorgeous boulevard going through the centre of Tel Aviv, from Habima theatre complex at the one end to heart of where Tel Aviv began. Lined with apartment blocks, restaurants, clubs. There are separate pedestrian and bicycle lanes. You can find lounger chairs, kids play parks/gyms, coffee shops on the boulevard itself. Great for strolls and taking in the nightlife.
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Бульвар Ротшильда
Rothschild Boulevard
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Gorgeous boulevard going through the centre of Tel Aviv, from Habima theatre complex at the one end to heart of where Tel Aviv began. Lined with apartment blocks, restaurants, clubs. There are separate pedestrian and bicycle lanes. You can find lounger chairs, kids play parks/gyms, coffee shops on the boulevard itself. Great for strolls and taking in the nightlife.