3 Perfect Days in Tel Aviv

Tal Benisty
2 min readOct 24, 2021

Tel Aviv in 1 day

  1. Start your day at Maison Kayser / Benedict / Origem / Ligori
  2. Walk south down Dizengoff Street
  3. Stop at Kikar Dizengoff for Pinoli ice cream or Nahat coffee
  4. Continue southwards towards Habima square
  5. Grab a bite at Lahmanina / Babka Bakery / Bucke Café
  6. Stroll down tree-lined Rotschild Blvd
  7. Have a quintessential Tel-Aviv lunch at Port Saïd
  8. Treat yourself to a perfect pastry at Maison Kayser
  9. Find your way to Neve Tzedek’s Shabazi St
  10. Walk east, stopping at Anita for ice cream
  11. Satisfy your hunger at excellent Dallal Restaurant / Dallal Bakery
  12. Wander the courtyards of the Suzanne Dellal Dance Centre
  13. Exit south onto Park HaMesila, and grab a beer at Roger’s Park
  14. Optionally shop at Tel Aviv’s old train station HaTachana
  15. Find your way to the beautiful Drisco Hotel
  16. Navigate the old German Colony past Immanel Church
  17. Stop by the Urban Bakery / Gemma / Casino San Remo / Par Derriere
  18. Head to Yafo’s Clock Tower
  19. Grab a burekas / rugelach / sambusak at classic Abouelafia Bakery
  20. Wander Yafo’s streets and antique shops.
  21. Sit down for a refreshment at PUAA / Cafe Saga / Sheffa bar
  22. Or get something fancier at Beit Kandinoff on your way to the Suspended Orange Tree
  23. Cross Abrasha Park to Kdumim Square
  24. Get lost in all the little alleys on your way down to the Yafo port
  25. Walk all the way back North along Tel Aviv’s many beaches
  26. Or head for dinner at The Old Man and the Sea / Kalamata / Gemma / La Tigre / Teder / Vitrina / Port Saïd

Tel Aviv in 3 days

Old North–Lev Hair–Sarona

  1. Maison Kayser [Breakfast]
  2. Dog Beach
  3. Ben Gurion
  4. Tamara (Juice)
  5. Frishman Sabich [Lunch option]
  6. Dizengoff Square
  7. Pinoli (Ice Cream)
  8. Hakosem [Lunch option]
  9. Habima
  10. Lahmanina Bakery [Lunch option]
  11. Sarona + Market
  12. Lehamim (Bakery)
  13. Buza (Ice Cream)
  14. Vitrina Burgers [Dinner option]
  15. Nam Thai [Dinner option]
  16. Kikar Rabin
  17. Bellboy Cocktails

Rotschild — Shuk HaCarmel — Neve Tzedek

  1. Bucke Cafe [Breakfast]
  2. Rotschild
  3. Sheinkin St
  4. Bialik Square
  5. Shuk HaCarmel
  6. Burika stand [Lunch option]
  7. Shlomo & Doron Hummus [Lunch option]
  8. Fifi’s Cocktail Shack (Frozen Margaritas)
  9. Charles Clore Park
  10. Neve Tzedek
  11. Suzanne Dallal Dance Center
  12. Park Mesila
  13. Teder Pizza [Dinner option]
  14. Vitrina Burgers [Dinner option]
  15. Port Saïd [Dinner option]

Day 3. Yafo — Noga — Florentin

  1. Hummus Abu Hassan [Breakfast option]
  2. Shuk HaPishpeshim (get lost)
  3. Shefa Bar [Lunch option]
  4. Cafe Puaa [Lunch option]
  5. Cafe Saga [Lunch option]
  6. Beit Kandinof [Lunch option]
  7. Suspended Orange Tree
  8. Abrasha Park
  9. Kdumim Square
  10. Get lost in the little alleys
  11. Yafo Port
  12. Clock Tower
  13. Abouelafia Bakery
  14. Noga
  15. American Colony
  16. Florentin
  17. La Tigre Neapolitan Pizza [Dinner option]
  18. Benz Brothers Burgers [Dinner option]

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Tal Benisty

Head of Design at Circles. Formerly at Nexar, Cruise, Collective Health, Cooper, Designit, and IDEO.