Tel Aviv Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Tel Aviv
The smallish Gulf of Jaffa was the site of a fortified port town for at least 4,000 years. During the 19th century the town’s population grew from about 2,500 (1806) to 17,000 (1886). The old city walls could no longer contain the population, and they were destroyed in the 1870s. New, more spacious neighborhoods started to appear. Tel Aviv (meaning literally "Hill of Spring") was founded in 1909 by a group of distinguished Jewish residents of Jaffa. They envisaged a European-style garden suburb, with wide streets and boulevards. Leaving Jaffa wasn’t, however, only a question of an upgrade in lifestyle. Moving out of the Arab-dominated town also represented their belief in the Jewish national movement, Zionism. Before being a city, Tel Aviv was one of the many titles of Theodor Herzl's utop
Top Attractions in Tel Aviv
Explore the best things to see and do in Tel Aviv:
- ★Afeka
- ★Docaviv
- ★Night Flea
- ★Ta'am Ha'ir
- ★Tel Aviv Fashion Market
- ★Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic College
- ★Tel Aviv University
- ★The Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival
Tel Aviv Travel Guide Sections
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