Neve Tzedek and its surrondings
Neve Tzedek is the first neighborhood of Tel Aviv known as Neve Tzedek or “Oasis of Justice” was founded in 1887 by a successful Jaffa businessman, Aharon Shlush who wanted to move out of crowded Jaffa. This neighborhood combined with the Achuzat Beit section became the nucleus of modern Tel Aviv. The neighborhood is presently gentrifying but retains its turn of the century charm. Notable past residents of Neve Tzedek include Shmuel Agnon, know as “Shai” Agnon, Nobel-prize winning poet and novelist, his neighbor Haim Brenner and Chaim Nahman Bialik-Israel’s national poet.
The Shlush House today contains art exhibits and nearby stands the synagogue he built to encourage the Jews of Jaffa to move out to the fledgling neighborhood.
Just moments away on Rokach Street is the building called “Beit Hasofrim” or “House of Writers”, now the Nahum Gutman Museum. Not far away is the Rokach House built for the prominent Tel Aviv family in a unique European style with a copper plated roof. Additional area attractions include the homes of Shlush’s grandsons, Tel Aviv’s first movie theater (not open for visits), and the home of Bialik a Bauhaus structure that has recently been restored and renovated and houses a museum about his life and literary work.
Depart: Tuesday September 8th 3pm in French
Wednesday September 23rd 3pm in English
History & architecture in the area of Rothschild blvd
The beginnings of Tel-aviv and its development, through stories and architecture's styles. The White City Beauty, the Bauhaus style. Many countries and famous architects left their prints on local design.
A good place to start a tour of the city is on the fashionable Rothschild Boulevard, located in the heart of one Tel Aviv’s original districts. The Boulevard was built in 1910 and named HaAm Street (Street of the People) but residents requested a name change to Rothschild in honor of Baron Edmond James de Rothschild. It runs from the southern neighborhood of Neve Tzedek toward the north ending at the Habimah Theater. Located at Number 16 Rothschild Boulevard is Independence Hall where David Ben Gurion declared the independence of the State of Israel in 1948. Many buildings on Rothschild Boulevard and its surrounding area are designed in the Bauhaus style popular in the 1920s and 1930s and constitute the heart of the “White City” of Tel Aviv.
Depart: Sunday September 6th 9:30am in German
Thursday September 17th 5:30pm in English
From the Yarkon river to the renewed old port of Tel-aviv
The story of the 1st Jewish Olympics, the Levant Fair, classic culture in Tel Aviv city and much more…
The Yarkon River is Israel’s longest coast waterway. The source of the water is the rainfall in the Judean hills that flows underground until reaching the Yarkon National Park. The875 acre Park is the jumping off point for a walk on the Yarkon Promenade where tourists and locals alike enjoy nature as they stroll the well kept pathways through the lush lawns and along the river banks. Signs on the promenade keep the visitor informed about the flora and fauna along the way.
The Promenade ends at the Old Port of Tel Aviv which has become Tel Aviv’s number 1 entertainment center with restaurants, clubs, shops and an undulating wooden boardwalk where the gorgeous Mediterranean sunsets attract crowds of onlookers.
Depart: Sunday September 6th 6pm in English
Modernism in the White City
Tel Aviv’s elevated status as the world’s largest concentration of “Bauhaus” or International Style buildings forms the basis of this tour’s exploration of Tel Aviv’s unique heritage recently recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage City. Learn about the architects who came to Tel Aviv from Europe and brought with them their new concepts of modernistic design. They adapted their ideas to the hot Mediterranean climate and built a city around the needs of its rapidly growing population. When the buildings were new in the 1920s and 1930s their bright white and light colors literally made the city appear clean and bright. Today the campaign is on to restore and preserve this part of Tel Aviv’s history and improve the quality of life for the residents
Tel Aviv is known as “The White City” because of the bright colors of its Bauhaus style architecture, sometimes also known as the International Style. The whites, off-whites and yellows distinguish Tel Aviv and are especially appropriate for a Mediterranean coastal city. Upwards of 5000 buildings were built in the Bauhaus style during the 1920s and 1930s and Tel Aviv has the largest concentration of this type of structure in the world. Many have been beautifully restored and returned to their former glory. Stroll the older streets of Tel Aviv including Rothschild Boulevard, Ehad HaAm and Lilienblum and enjoy viewing the impressive, high-style buildings of a past era.
Depart: No Available Departure Dates in September.
The American-German Colony
About Christian Zionism and Messianism from overseas. Let's discover the first neighborhood in the outskirt of Jaffa from the 1860s and its modern development.
A special surprise awaits the discerning visitor to Jaffa. Near Eilat Street and around a little known corner are the buildings of the American German Colony. The fairy-tale like structures built of wood and stone are what remains of the first large foreign Christian colony to be established in the Holy Land in 1866. The Colony was short-lived and after a year of internal strife and suffering, dissolved. Two years later the German Templars bought the properties which then became an important locale for Christian endeavors and a flourishing tourist center. The best hotels were located here including the Do Park Hotel known for beautiful gardens and exotic birds and animals.
Depart: No Available Departure Dates in September
Architecture and Art within Tel-aviv university
The campus as a mirror to the development of modern ISRAELI architecture and contemporary art.
Tel Aviv University welcomes visitors to its beautiful campus in Ramat Aviv for walking tours in a scholarly atmosphere. The tours cover a number of topics including the special Israeli architecture on campus, international styles, outdoor sculpture and environmentally friendly landscape design. The Nahum Goldman Museum of the Diaspora tells the story of the Jewish people in exile across the world, bringing alive the communities that were home to Jews for 2500 years. The museum is a state of the art multi-media experience with permanent and changing exhibitions. The unique Cymbalista synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center is a masterpiece of design by the Swiss architect Mario Botta and tells the ongoing story of secular and religious sectors of Israeli society. After the tour enjoy a cup of coffee in any of the campus cafes and be part of this vibrant University.
Depart: No Available Departure Dates in September
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