TEL AVIV - THE CITY THAT NEVER RESTS

From the American-German Colony to the "White City"

We start our tour at the Old Train Station of Jaffa , the first train station in the country, which was built during the Ottoman period towards the end of the 19th century. Today it is a well-known entertainment district with restaurants and shops.

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From here we stroll to the former American-German Colony of Jaffa, which was founded by American Christian settlers from Maine and  taken over by the German Temple Society only two years later in 1869. We learn more about the American Christian movement and the German Templer movement in the second half of the 19th century.

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Then we will walk to Neve Tzedek, the first Jewish quarter to be established outside of Jaffa's city walls in 1887. Samuel Josef Agnon, Israel's famous writer, who was the first Hebrew author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966, also lived here. This neighborhood, which was a dilapidated neighborhood after the the State of Israel was founded in 1948, has undergone massive renovations over the past two decades. Many restaurants, galleries and artists have settled in this village-like neighborhood. The world-famous Suzanne Dellal Center for Theater and Dance is also located here today.

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We are now strolling along the famous Rothschild Boulevard with its well-known  mosaic fountain and its architecturally interesting side streets. Here we get to know the “White City” of Tel Aviv.  In this area of Tel Aviv there are many houses that were built in the so-called "Bauhaus style" (also known as the International Style) beginning in the 1930s. The "White City" of Tel Aviv is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The more than 4,000 “Bauhaus” buildings mingle with all sorts of attractive eclectic buildings from the 1920s and modern skyscrapers. 

Here we learn more about the history of the White City and the special “Bauhaus Style” of Tel Aviv with its asymmetrical, white facades, ribbon-shaped balconies and  its tall, narrow windows, which are also known as “thermometer windows”. The design language of the Bauhaus style is characterized by functionality and clarity: “Less is more” was the motto.

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Finally we reach the famous Ha'Bima Theater , Israel's national theater and then walk on through the trendy Sheinkin Street , where there are many small cafes, restaurants and cool shops.

Finally we arrive at the Carmel Market, Tel Aviv's colorful oriental market. This formerly simple Yemeni fruit and vegetable market, which opened right next to the Yemeni quarter in the 1920s, is now the liveliest market in Tel Aviv, where you can taste numerous local specialties such as humus, halva, knafeh and many more. We walk through the market together. Our tour ends at the end of Carmel Market.

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Duration of the tour: approx. 5-6  hours