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

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Explore interesting sights in Tel Aviv, Israel. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 27 sights are available in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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1. 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)

2. 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 the 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. They discovered a fortress dated to the Iron Age and believed that it 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)

3. 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)

4. 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, the hands of Israeli artist Nahum Gutman, who describes the history of the city of Tel Aviv on three major boards that stand in the heart of a fountain, and surrounded by a circle with 15 more pictures. The mosaic was placed in January 1976 on the front of Tel Aviv-Jaffa in Bialik Square. In 2008, the scene was removed, and stored in the municipal warehouses until 2011, when his new place was placed at the front of the Rothschild Tower 1, in Rothschild Boulevard.

Wikipedia: פסיפס תולדות תל אביב (HE)

5. 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)

6. HaKovshim

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HaKovshim

The Garden of the Conquerors is a public memorial garden in south-central Tel Aviv-Jaffa. The park is bounded by the Carmelit Bus Terminal, Hassan Bek Mosque, Shabazi neighborhood and near urban landmarks such as Carmel Market, Charles Clore Park and the David Intercontinental Hotel. It is surrounded by low-rise construction with commercial facades and measures about 23 dunams. The garden has an extensive lawn, children's play facilities and a monument.

Wikipedia: גן הכובשים (HE)

7. 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)

8. 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

9. House of Simon the Tanner

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

The House of Simon the Tanner is a building in Old Jaffa where, according to Armenian tradition, Saint Peter, one of the apostles who spread the teachings of Jesus and the first Pope, was hosted. According to Catholic tradition, the house was located where the Catholic St. Peter's Church now stands, while the Russians hold a third version that places it in the Church of St. Peter in Abu Kabir.

Wikipedia: בית שמעון הבורסקאי (HE)

10. The Track Park

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The Railway Park is a public park in south Tel Aviv on the route of the Ottoman railway in the vicinity of Neve Tzedek, between Nahalat Binyamin Street in the east and up to the station compound and Kaufman Street in the west. The park 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)

11. 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-Yafo, 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)

12. 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)

13. White City Sculpture

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Edith Wolfson Park is a park in southeast Tel Aviv between Peace Road, Pilots Road and LaGuardia Street. In the center of the park is an environmental sculpture called "White Square" created by artist Danny Karavan. The park is also known by its Arabic name Plaster Hill, because the residents of Salma once grew watermelons there.

Wikipedia: פארק אדית וולפסון (HE)

14. 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)

15. Terror Victim's Park

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

Wikipedia: גן חללי הטרור (HE)

16. 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)

17. Gan HaGat

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Gan HaGat

The Garden of the Garden is an archaeological site from the Hellenistic period located in northern Tel Aviv. The site is located in a small public park, located at the end of Haim Basuk Street, which branches off New Society Street not far from Kikar HaMedina.

Wikipedia: גן הגת (HE)

18. 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)

19. Beyond the realm

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Beyond the realm

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

Wikipedia: מעבר לתחום (HE)

20. 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)

21. Tel Aviv Great Synagogue

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The Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv is located on 110 Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, just east of the Shalom Tower. The building was designed by Yehuda Magidovitch in 1922 and completed in 1926. It was renovated in 1970 with a new external facade of arches.

Wikipedia: Great Synagogue (Tel Aviv) (EN)

22. Jabalya Mosque

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Jabalya MosqueOri~ / Attribution

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

Wikipedia: מסגד ג'באליה (HE)

23. הישיבה הגדולה נחלת יצחק עטרת נחמיה

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The Etrat Nehemia meeting is a religious high Zionist meeting, located in the Nehlat Yitzhak neighborhood in Tel Aviv, headed by Rabbi Micah Halevi, a great deal of Petah Tikva. The president of the meeting is Rabbi Haim Steiner.

Wikipedia: ישיבת עטרת נחמיה (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. Shuk HaPishpeshim

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Shuk HaPishpeshim

The flea market in Jaffa is a flea market where various objects, clothing and furniture, new and used. The market is located in the Amiad Street complex, Ya'al Zion, Yehuda Margosa and Beit Eshel Street in Jaffa.

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

26. Italian bombing of Tel Aviv

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Italian bombing of Tel Aviv

The Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II was part of an effort by the Italian Royal Air Force to strike at the United Kingdom by attacking those parts of the British Empire in the Middle East.

Wikipedia: Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II (EN)

27. Gan Meir

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Gan Meir חן חייק / CC BY 2.5

Meir Park is a park dating back to the early 1940s in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel. It is named after the first mayor of Tel Aviv, Meir Dizengoff and is home to the Tel Aviv Municipal LGBT Community Center.

Wikipedia: Meir Park, Tel Aviv (EN)

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