Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Tel Aviv, Israel

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 3.9 km
Ascend 68 m
Descend 62 m

Explore Tel Aviv in Israel with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in Tel AvivIndividual Sights in Tel Aviv

Sight 1: 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)

372 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: 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)

483 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: 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)

725 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Emanuel church

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Emanuel church Tamarah / CC BY-SA 2.5

Immanuel Church is a Protestant church in the American–German Colony neighbourhood of Tel Aviv in Israel.

Wikipedia: Immanuel Church (Tel Aviv) (EN), Website

25 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: 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)

788 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 6: Jaffa Clock Tower

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The Jaffa Clock Tower stands in the middle of the north end of Yefet Street in Jaffa, Tel Aviv.

Wikipedia: Jaffa Clock Tower (EN)

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: 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

310 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: 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)

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: St. Peter's Church

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St. Peter's Church is a Franciscan church in the historical part of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Wikipedia: St. Peter's Church, Jaffa (EN)

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: 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)

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: St. Archangel Michael Monastery

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St. Archangel Michael Monastery Ori~ / CC BY-SA 3.0

Mar Michael Church is a Greek Orthodox church located at number 8 Zodiac Route Street in Old Jaffa.

Wikipedia: כנסיית מאר מיכאל (HE)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: 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)

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Sight 14: 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)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: 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)

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