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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
Meeting and pickup
Go to the entrance of the Bakery "Abulafia" and look for a guide wearing a beige hat.
Itinerary
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1Jaffa Clock Tower Information Center
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.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Kikar Kedumim-Old Jaffa
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.
25 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Church, a Franciscan church built on the site of a Crusader fortress overlooking Jaffa's old port.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Jaffa Slope Park
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.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Jaffa Port
Near Jaffa Port, the House of Simon the Tanner, a historic house associated with a New Testament account of the apostle Peter.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6HaTachana
HaTachana, the restored Jaffa-Jerusalem railway station built in 1892. A break with restrooms, coffee and shade before continuing north.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Neve Tzedek
Shabazi Street, home to the restored houses of Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv's first neighbourhood, built in 1887 outside the walls of Jaffa.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Suzanne Dellal Centre
Suzanne Dellal Centre, the cultural heart of Neve Tzedek, home to Israel's leading dance companies in a restored 19th-century courtyard.
25 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9Rothschild Boulevard
Rothschild Boulevard, home to roughly 4,000 International Style buildings, the largest concentration in the world, inscribed by UNESCO as World Heritage in 2003.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Nahalat Benyamin Visitors Center
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.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Carmel Market (Shuk Ha'Carmel)
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.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Additional info
- 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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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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