Ice Cream in Tel Aviv

Ice creaming in Tel Aviv is a big deal and the options are almost endless, most likly during your stay in the city at least one new ice scream place will open up. Having said that, here are some of the "must lick" places.

Iceberg
The biggest and most well known in Tel Aviv, Iceberg today have three branches: in the new Tel Aviv port, on Even Gvirol St. and the original Iceberg on Ben Yehuda St. No 108 (03-5225025).

Open till 01:00 at night (02:00 at the weekends), They basically have it all: Cream based ice creams, sorbets, sherbets, alcoholic ice creams, sugarless ice creams and waffles. One rule applies to all kinds - eat as much as you can because it's great.











Iceberg on Ben Yhuda St.



Arlekino
To this writer's opinion currently the best chef ice cream place (and cafe). There are two branches in the city of Tel Aviv: Ben-Gurion Blvd No 39 (phone: 0-5224212) and Dizingof St. No 267 (phone: 077-9400083). They are open all week till 02:00 at night, on Thursdays and Fridays till 04:00 at night. I was living next to the Dizingof branch for a few years and every day was a new celebration of tastes and combinations - Don't miss out!











Arlekino on Dizingof St.

Tel Aviv Boulevards

Summer is almost over, and the time to start wondering through the city is almost here - lets be prepared. Since the city is flat and sea-sided it is very easy to walk and navigate through the streets, and like any other big city - this would be the best way to travel.

Half-day walk through the city

Ben-Gurion Blvd
We will start our journey from Atarim square near the sea and go all the way to Itzchak Rabin Square. There are of course bicycle lanes and it is a very pleasant walk. On the junction with Dizingof St. you can find some very nice restaurants and cafes to stop and eat, or you could just buy freshly squeezed juice from Tamara Juice Bar (the best juice in the city) and a sandwich from the place across the street (Bar Gurion) and keep going. If you feel like stopping for a short visit to the past, on Ben-Gurion boulevard 17 you can see the museum of Israel's first Prime Minister. To find out more call 972-(0)3-5221010 or see Beit Ben-Gurion












Ben-Gurion Blvd



Chen Blvd
In Rabin square you can stop and see the memorial for Itzchak Rabin that was murdered there at the end of a Peace demonstration. From there we head south into Chen boulevards, named after one of the greatest Hebrew poets of all time and Israel’s national poet - Hayyim Nahman Bialik, this will lead us directly to Habima theater (which is currently being renovated). Just go around the national theater and come directly into Rotshild boulevard.

















City Hall in Rabin Square



Rotschild Blvd
Rotschild is the widest and longest boulevard in the city, it goes from Habima theater all the way to the southern parts of the city. This is where the founding of the state of Israel has been declared, and walking through the boulevards you will understand why Tel Aviv has been declared "the white city". Also for those of you who like Bauhaus architecture - this will be a real treat. There are many places to stop at on the way, Alongside Rotschild beautiful boulevard there are 3 kiosks that serve coffee and nice sandwiches.








Rotschild kiosks













Rotschild Blvd



If you feel like having some lunch the boulevard is packed with restaurants, most of them are great, so just make a choice. Our recommendation is a place called Dita, it is located at Rotschild Blvd 45, 972-(0)3-5604222. Open 24H and everything they serve is great, every Friday and Saturday at noon they have a Jazz Festival.











Dita Restaurant

Echad Haam - One street & two cafes

Echad Haam is a street in the more southern parts of Tel Aviv, it starts in Habima (the biggest theater in the city) and ends at the Neve Tzedek neighborhood. On a sunny winter day there is nothing more enjoyable than to wounder through Echad Haam all the way to Neve Tzedek and enjoy the good cafes and interesting buildings along the way. So, here are two cafes worth visiting:

Cafe Noir

Echad Haam 43, 972-(0)3-5663018

This cafe is what Tel Aviv is all about, not big, not expensive, full of sun light and old furniture, great coffee and wonderful breakfasts. It is a good place to eat lunch on Friday or Breakfast on Saturday. They make a great Schnitzel & mashed potatoes (40-60 NIS) and great eggs (as part of their breakfasts - 40-50 NIS). So if you feel like tasting some of the best atmosphere the city has to offer - start here.

Cafe Ginsburg

Echad Haam 55, 972-(0)3-5608070

Ginsburg is what you call a neighbourhood cafe, it is run by a couple that gives it a taste of home, So for those of you missing home, this would definitely be a pleasurable stop. They have excellent coffee and anything they bake is highly recommended. Their prices are decent, and they are kosher which is very rare (therefore are not open on Saturdays). Small and quite - only to fall in love with.

Welcom to Tel-Avivian

This site is dedicated to those of you planning to visit Tel Aviv. Due to our love for the city we want to make your visit as pleasurable and exciting as possible and hope you become a fan like so many before you.

Anyone can buy a plane ticket to Israel, read a bit from lonely planet, and wonder around the city of Tel Aviv. But like any other big city, if you really want to taste what this city has to offer (and it is much more than you can imagine), and if you want to avoid the tasteless touristy places, you really need an insider's look. This is what we want to offer with this site and hope to achieve, if we fail - well at least it was for a worthy cause and as Becket once wrote "try again - fail better".

So, a short promo of what we plan to publish through this site and hope that others will join. The site will review and recommend:

• Restaurants to start with


• Cafes for more then just coffee


• Boulevards to walk through
• Ice Cream In Tel Aviv
• City events not to miss


• Places to kiss and places to enjoy the sunset (or do them both at the same time)


• Places to stay at/stay-away from


• Where you can work out or swim or just take a walk


• Exhibitions worth while


• Juicy markets and where to buy some freshly-squeezed juice


• And more and more
  

Meanwhile, a picture of Ben-Gurion boulevard from Yom-Kipur 2006: