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Tel Aviv - Tour & Feel

Fascinating free guided walking tours of Tel Aviv – Jaffa are available in English, all a year around (except from Yom Kippur). No need to book in advance – just come and enjoy!

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY – ART AND ARCHITECTURE

Every Monday at 11 a.m.

Meeting point:

Dynon bookstore, university campus entrance (intersection of Haim Levanon and Einstein streets). An introduction to the Israeli architecture on campus, this tour delves into styles, international influences, stories of buildings and architects, environmental sculpture and landscape design. The tour offered in cooperation with the Friends of Tel Aviv University.

OLD JAFFA

Every Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

Meeting point:

Clock Tower (beginning of Yefet street), Jaffa.

The tour embraces the picturesque flea Market, archaeological sites, the view of the Tel Aviv from the Crest Garden (Gan Hapisga), and the renovated alleys and buildings of historic Old Jaffa.

BAUHAUS – THE "WHITE CITY"

Every Saturday at 11 a.m.

Meeting point:

46 Rothschild Boulevard (corner of Shadal Street).

In July, 2003, UNESCO proclaimed the "White City", the unique urban and historical fabric of Tel Aviv, as a World Cultural Heritage site.

The tour focuses on the architectural styles of the 1930s – most notably the international, or Bauhaus, style – in one of the White City's main concentrations, along Rothschild Boulevard. Telling the story of Tel Aviv from its early years till today, this tour presents a wonderful opportunity to savor the experience of life, past and present, in the first Hebrew City.

Reviewed on: October 25, 2007