25 Sights in Tel Aviv, Israel (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Tel Aviv, Israel! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Tel Aviv. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

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1. American–German Colony

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American–German Colony Sylvia Steinberg / Attribution

The American–German Colony is a residential neighborhood in the southern part of Tel Aviv, Israel. It is located between Eilat Street and HaRabbi MiBacherach Street and adjoins Neve Tzedek. It was originally established as an American colony, but when that failed, it was resettled and became a German Templer colony, which in time evolved into a mixed German Protestant colony.

Wikipedia: American–German Colony (EN)

2. The Track Park

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The Railway Park is a public park in south Tel Aviv along the route of the Ottoman Railroad in the vicinity of Neve Tzedek, between Nahalat Binyamin Street in the east and the Station Complex and Kaufman Street in the west. The park was partially opened to the public in October 2020. One of the main inspirations for the park is the Jerusalem Railway Park, which was inaugurated in 2013.

Wikipedia: פארק המסילה (תל אביב) (HE)

3. Edith Wolfson park

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Edith Wolfson Park is a park in southeast Tel Aviv between Derech HaShalom, Derech HaTayasim and LaGuardia Street. In the center of the park is an environmental sculpture called "White Square" created by the artist Danny Karavan. The park is also known by its Arabic name Givat Betih, because the residents of Salameh used to grow watermelons there.

Wikipedia: פארק אדית וולפסון (HE)

4. Shuk HaPishpeshim

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Shuk HaPishpeshim

The Jaffa Flea Market is a flea market where various objects, clothes and furniture items are sold, new and used. The market is located in the area of Amiad, Olei Zion, Yehuda Margoza and Beit Eshel Streets in Jaffa.

Wikipedia: שוק הפשפשים (יפו) (HE), Website, Fixme

5. Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv

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Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv is an organization concerned with Bauhaus architecture and design in the city of Tel Aviv, Israel. Buildings designed in the International Style, commonly known as Bauhaus, comprise most of the center of Tel Aviv known as The White City. The vision behind the Center is to raise awareness of the Bauhaus heritage and be part of the cultural and artistic development in Tel Aviv.

Wikipedia: Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv (EN), Website

6. Tel Aviv Great Synagogue

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Tel Aviv Great Synagogue ברוך ניב / CC BY 2.5

The Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 110 Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, Israel. The synagogue is sited just east of the Shalom Meir Tower. It was designed by Yehuda Magidovitch and completed in 1926 in the Art Deco style. The synagogue underwent significant renovations in 1969, including the addition of Modernist façade with arches.

Wikipedia: Great Synagogue (Tel Aviv) (EN)

7. LGBT Holocaust Victims Memorial

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The Memorial to Gays and Lesbians Persecuted in the Holocaust is a monument erected in Meir Park, near the Civic Center for the Gay Community, commemorating gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders who were persecuted and murdered during World War II due to sexual orientation or gender identity. The monument was erected by the Tel Aviv municipality, and at the initiative of the Association for LGBT Rights, Meretz Tel Aviv-Yafo council member Eran Lev, and other LGBT activists.

Wikipedia: אנדרטה לזכר ההומואים והלסביות שנרדפו בשואה (תל אביב) (HE)

8. Tel Kudadi

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Tell Qudadi, also known as Tell esh-Shuna is an ancient site located near the mouth of the Yarkon River and Reading Power Station in the city of Tel Aviv, Israel. It was discovered in 1934 by Jacob Ory and was excavated first by P. L. O. Guy in 1937 and then by Eleazar Sukenik, Shmuel Yeivin and Nahman Avigad in 1937-1938. These revealed a fortress dated to the Iron Age, which the excavators believed was an Israelite fortress built in the 10th or 9th centuries BCE and destroyed by the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the 8th century BCE.

Wikipedia: Tell Qudadi (EN)

9. Yarkon River Mouth Lighthouse

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Reading Light, also known as Tell Qudadi Light, HaYarkon Light, Auja Light and Tel Aviv Light, is an inactive lighthouse in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is located near the beach on the north side of the Yarkon River estuary, on the foot of the Tel Aviv south breakwater, next to the Tel Aviv Port and the Levant Fair buildings area. It takes its name from the Reading Power Station.

Wikipedia: Reading Light (EN)

10. St. Nicolas Church

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Saint Nicholas Monastery is an Armenian monastery built in the first millennium AD. Located in Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, near the harbour and facing the Mediterranean, the monastery consists of a large multi-story complex that includes an Armenian church and living quarters. The monastery is under the jurisdiction of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which rents out parts of the complex for residential and commercial purposes.

Wikipedia: Saint Nicholas Monastery, Jaffa (EN)

11. Jaffa Light

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Jaffa Light No machine-readable author provided. CaptainHaddock assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

Jaffa Light is a lighthouse in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel. It is located on a hilltop above the old Jaffa Port, in the historical part of the city. It operated between 1865 and 1966, although now deactivated it is still used as a daylight navigation aid.

Wikipedia: Jaffa Light (EN)

12. The Sea Mosque

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The Sea Mosque Ori~ / CC BY-SA 3.0

The al-Bahr Mosque or Masjid al-Bahr (Arabic: مسجد البحر, Misgad HaYam, meaning in all languages The Sea Mosque, is the oldest extant mosque in the historical part of Jaffa, Israel. Built in 1675, It is situated on the HaAliya HaShniya Street near the harbour. Due to its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, fishermen and sailors used the mosque, as well as nearby inhabitants of the surrounding area. Built by the 'Azza /Alazzeh family as inscribed in stone above the entrance next to the Basmala.

Wikipedia: Al-Bahr Mosque (EN)

13. Fire and Water Fountain

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The "Fire and Water Fountain", also commonly referred to as the "Dizengoff Square Fountain", is a Tel Aviv landmark in the center of the Dizengoff Square. Dedicated in 1986, the fountain is a kinetic sculpture, the work of the Israeli artist Yaacov Agam.

Wikipedia: Fire and Water Fountain (EN)

14. Hapalmach Museum

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Hapalmach MuseumOri~ / Attribution

The Palmach Museum is a museum located in Ramat Aviv, Israel dedicated to the Palmach, the strike-force of the pre-state underground Haganah defense organization, which was later integrated into the Israel Defense Forces.

Wikipedia: Palmach Museum (EN)

15. St. Peter's Church of England

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St. Peter's Church of England Ori~ / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Anglican Church is an abandoned Presbyterian church that stands at 48 Yefet Street in Jaffa, opposite the Roman Catholic Church of St. Anthony. The building is surrounded by a neglected garden and on its eastern side is a square tower typical of Scottish church architecture.

Wikipedia: הכנסייה האנגליקנית (יפו) (HE)

16. Gan HaGat

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Gan HaGat

Gan HaGat is an archaeological site from the Hellenistic period located in the north of Tel Aviv. The site is located in a small public park, located at the end of Haim Street in the Souk, which branches off from "New Company" Street, not far from "Kikar HaMedina".

Wikipedia: גן הגת (HE)

17. Beyond the realm

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Beyond the realm

"Beyond the Boundaries" or "Beyond the Borders" (1989) is a sculpture by the Israeli sculptor Zadok Ben David. The sculpture was placed on the Tel Aviv-Yafo promenade in 1990, as one of 12 outdoor sculptures installed in a sculpture project curated by Micha Levin.

Wikipedia: מעבר לתחום (HE)

18. House of Simon the Tanner

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House of Simon the Tanner Ori~ / CC BY-SA 3.0

The House of Shimon the Tanner is a building in Old Jaffa where, according to Armenian tradition, St. Peter, one of the apostles who spread the teachings of Jesus and the first Pope, was a guest. According to Catholic tradition, the house was located on the site of the Catholic Church of St. Peter today, while the Russians have a third version that places it in St. Peter's Church in Abu Kabir.

Wikipedia: בית שמעון הבורסקאי (HE)

19. The Arab-Hebrew Theater

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The Arab-Hebrew Theater or Al Saraya Theater is a multilingual theater located in the Old Saraya House in the Old City of Jaffa. It serves as a stage for two theater companies working independently and together in two languages: Hebrew and Arabic. The Hebrew company is "Teatron Mekomi ", which was established in 1990 by Yigal Ezrati and Gabi Eldor, and the Arab company is "Al-Saraya", which was established in 1998. The theater is partially funded by the Ministry of Culture and the Tel Aviv Municipality. The theater has three arts directors: Mohammad Bakri, Yigal Ezrati, and Gabi Eldor.

Wikipedia: The Arab-Hebrew Theater (EN)

20. Jabalya Mosque

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Jabalya MosqueOri~ / Attribution

The Jabalia Mosque is a mosque located in Kidron Park in the Givat Aliya neighborhood of Jaffa, near the Window Bridge to Jaffa. The mosque was founded in 1877 by Hajj Muhammad al-Sakhafi, and was renovated in 1943 and 2002. There is also a madrasa.

Wikipedia: מסגד ג'באליה (HE)

21. Libian immigrants Synagogue

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The Libyan synagogue of Jaffa is an Mizrahi Jewish synagogue built inside a former hotel in 1948 by Jewish immigrants from Libya. Located on Rehov Mazal Daggim, the Pisces (Fish) Street, in the historical part of Jaffa, it is the oldest synagogue in Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Wikipedia: Libyan Synagogue, Jaffa (EN)

22. Etzel Museum

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Etzel Museum Ori~ / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Etzel House, commonly known as Beit Gidi, is a museum located in Tel Aviv, Israel dedicated to the Zionist paramilitary organization Irgun, also known by its acronym Etzel. Beit Gidi is one of the two buildings belonging to the Etzel Museum of Tel Aviv and it is placed next to the sea shore.

Wikipedia: Etzel House (EN)

23. Terror Victim's Park

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The Garden of the Martyrs of Terror is a memorial site in Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park. The monument in the garden commemorates the names of the city's residents who were killed in hostilities as well as the names of those killed in hostilities within the boundaries of Tel Aviv. It commemorates the names of about 750 fallen soldiers.

Wikipedia: גן חללי הטרור (HE)

24. Heichal HaTarbut

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Heichal HaTarbut, officially known as the Charles Bronfman Auditorium and until 2013 as the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, is the largest concert hall in Tel Aviv, Israel, and home to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Wikipedia: Culture Palace (Tel Aviv) (EN), Website

25. Tel Aviv historic mosaic

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Tel Aviv historic mosaic ד"ר אבישי טייכר / CC BY 2.5

Little Tel Aviv is a glass mosaic created by Israeli artist Nahum Gutman, which depicts the history of the city of Tel Aviv on three central panels that stand in the heart of a fountain, surrounded by a circle with 15 additional images on it. The mosaic was placed in January 1976 in front of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa City Hall in Bialik Square. In 2008 it was removed from the site and stored in the municipality's warehouses until 2011, when it was placed in its new location in front of the 1 Rothschild Tower on Rothschild Boulevard.

Wikipedia: פסיפס תולדות תל אביב (HE)

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