Tel Aviv: Jaffa, Neve Tzedek & Carmel Market with Tasting

Tel Aviv, Israel
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Duration5h 30m
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LanguagesRussian, English
Group sizeUp to 10 travelers

Overview

Most visitors see Jaffa and Tel Aviv as two separate stops. They are one story, and this five-and-a-half-hour walk is how it makes sense. We start above the excavations at Kedumim Square, a Mediterranean port city thousands of years before Tel Aviv existed, then the Clock Tower, St. Peter's Church and Abrasha Park's hilltop view. We walk north to HaTachana, the 1892 railway station, then Neve Tzedek, built in 1887, five years earlier. Along Shabazi Street and Suzanne Dellal Centre to Rothschild Boulevard, home to roughly 4,000 International Style buildings, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2003. We finish down Nahalat Binyamin into Carmel Market, founded in the 1920s by the neighbouring Yemenite Quarter, for tastings of malawach, sabich, burekas, cheeses and halva. Come hungry, it adds up to a light meal. I am a licensed guide and work in English and Russian.

What's included

  • Food tastings at Carmel Market
  • Non-alcoholic drinks
  • 5.5-hour guided walking tour
  • Licensed local guide (English, Russian)
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Personal purchases at the market
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

What to expect

  1. Jaffa Clock Tower Information Center
    15m
    The Jaffa Clock Tower, built in 1903 to mark 25 years of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II's reign, stands at the gateway to Old Jaffa.
  2. Kikar Kedumim-Old Jaffa
    25m
    Kedumim Square sits above excavations spanning thousands of years of Jaffa's history as a Mediterranean port city, traded by Egyptians, Romans, Crusaders and Ottomans.
  3. St. Peter's Church
    10m
    St. Peter's Church, a Franciscan church built on the site of a Crusader fortress overlooking Jaffa's old port.
  4. Jaffa Slope Park
    15m
    Abrasha Park, a hilltop garden within Jaffa Slope Park with sweeping views along the coast, where you can see the rest of the day's route laid out ahead.
  5. Jaffa Port
    10m
    Near Jaffa Port, the House of Simon the Tanner, a historic house associated with a New Testament account of the apostle Peter.
  6. HaTachana
    20m
    HaTachana, the restored Jaffa-Jerusalem railway station built in 1892. A break with restrooms, coffee and shade before continuing north.
  7. Neve Tzedek
    30m
    Shabazi Street, home to the restored houses of Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv's first neighbourhood, built in 1887 outside the walls of Jaffa.
  8. Suzanne Dellal Centre
    25m
    Suzanne Dellal Centre, the cultural heart of Neve Tzedek, home to Israel's leading dance companies in a restored 19th-century courtyard.
  9. Rothschild Boulevard
    20m
    Rothschild Boulevard, home to roughly 4,000 International Style buildings, the largest concentration in the world, inscribed by UNESCO as World Heritage in 2003.
  10. Nahalat Benyamin Visitors Center
    15m
    Nahalat Binyamin Street, laid out in 1909, the same year Tel Aviv itself was founded. We follow it down to number 1, the entrance to Carmel Market.
  11. Carmel Market (Shuk Ha'Carmel)
    1h 30m · Admission ticket included
    Carmel Market, founded in the 1920s by residents of the neighbouring Yemenite Quarter. Stop for tastings of freshly made malawach, a traditional sabich, Turkish burekas, cheeses, olives and halva cut from the block.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Go to the entrance of the Bakery "Abulafia" and look for a guide wearing a beige hat.

End point

Additional information

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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