Tel Aviv has a long promenade, running alongside the seashore that makes up the western edge of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Here, you can walk or jog, ride bikes, or sit on benches. A glorious 8.7 miles of open views, blue horizons, white sails bobbing on the waves, kite surfers and windsurfers all around. There's a daytime promenade, and there's the night-time version. Dozens of restaurants, cafes, and ice cream parlours are busy all day long, while pubs, discos and jazz clubs blossom after dark. Regardless of the hour, human attractions abound –caricaturists, tattoo artists, hair-braiders, the ever- changing parade of people strolling by. Each beach has its own unique character.

A few tips: On the Dolphinarium beach on Friday afternoons you can join an improvised percussion festival, and the Brazilian martial arts/dance/music combination called Capoeira. Go to Gordon beach for beach volleyball.

Tel Aviv beach cuisine: My favourite dish - juicy watermelon accompanied by salty white Bulgarian cheese. The narrow strip of sand near the Marina is less crowded and more peaceful.

Tel Aviv's beaches are well-equipped with showers and toilets, beach chairs and some have lifeguards year- round.

The port of Tel Aviv is a flourishing area with new restaurants opening all the time, a multitude of events and beautiful views.

70 years after its establishment, Tel Aviv’s Port became the city's premier entertainment center, with dance clubs, cafes and restaurants at the water's edge and great shops featuring the work of Israeli designers. The port attracts to its wide wooden promenade thousands of people seeking to combine food, shopping and entertainment with romantic red sunsets, salty sea breezes and white sails on the horizon. A bridge across the Yarkon River connects the port to the historic old Reading power station, whose cavernous interior now serves as an exciting venue for post-Modern design and art exhibitions. Near the bridge is a foot and bicycle path called the Yarkon Promenade that heads east along the banks of the river into the Yarkon National Park – 875 acres of greenery, water, playing fields and leisure activities for the whole family.

The Carmel Market is Tel Aviv's largest food and vegetable market. A charming place, which is the heart of Tel Aviv's culinary culture.

For those who are mad about markets, this place is heaven. Freshness, there could be no better destination – perfect fruits, vegetables and spices. Not to mention the meat, the fish, the cheeses, the flowers – a true cornucopia of flavours and aromas. Stalls line both sides of the covered market's main walkway, but don't miss the shops in the tiny alleys behind. That's where you'll find the genuine gems: the cheese and smoked meat delicatessen, the barrels full of herring and other salted fish, all varieties of pickles, halvah and other sweets, even clothing and fabric shops. Your nose will guide you to the bakeries, spice shops and coffee-roasters. The Carmel Market is a feast for the senses, an anthropological and gastronomic adventure. For visitors who are marketplace aficionados, a captivating two-hour exploration of this truly authentic bazaar will add a memorable dash of spice to their stay in Tel Aviv.

Open every day except Saturday, from 8 a.m. until evening (shops close earlier on Friday afternoons, before Shabbat). Located between Allenby Street and the seashore.

Tel Aviv’s Nachalat Benjamin Street comes alive with an Art & Craft Fair that features the works of roughly 220 artists, twice a week. Called Nachalat Benyamin in Hebrew, it is adjacent to Shuk Ha’Carmel. In Tel Aviv’s early days this was the longest street in the city. It is named after Benyamin Ze’ev Herzl, who is considered the father of Political Zionism.

Since 1987 the street (which has many textile shops) has been home to the Art & Craft Fair. The artists, who exhibit and sell their creations, each have a regular stall, which corresponds to one of the street’s numbers.

The Market has earned a reputation for striking original designs in jewellery, ceramics, home décor and more. Along with the fine crafts on offer, the welcoming cafes and fresh-juice stands, you'll also find street theatre, musicians and palm readers.

Enjoy the market, Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Located on Nahalat Binyamin Street, starting from Allenby. (near the Carmel Market).

Twenty-two years before the founding of Tel Aviv, Jews left the walls of Jaffa and built in nearby Neve Tzedek. These beautifully restored houses and streets preserve the romance of the early days of Jewish urban settlement. A walking tour of Neve Tzedek is a must for romantics, history lovers and fans of small, winding alleys. This is where the city's first cinema was built in 1914. The Nahum Gutman Museum is located here in the home of the artist who immortalized the early days of Tel Aviv and Jaffa landscapes in his colorful paintings. The neighbourhood was nicknamed "Little Paris" because of its eye-opening architectural innovations. Today, the most outstanding site is the Suzanne Dellal Centre, a bustling dance- and theatre complex. How romantic to sit in the cafes and browse in the boutiques and designers' shops, to see how a charming historic neighbourhood survives surrounded by the skyscrapers of progress, enveloping a preserve of Jewish pioneering.

Thousands of years of history come together in Jaffa, one of the world's oldest cities build before Tel Aviv - A center of tourism, food and fun, with an exotic Levantine ambience. The main port of the ancient land of Israel, and one of the first ports in the world, Jaffa was a center of commerce and culture, agriculture and tourism, the destination of shipping lines from Alexandria and Beirut. The Clock Tower Square, which was built in 1906, has recently undergone a facelift, as has the square surrounding it. In the alley next to the Mahmuddiyah mosque, men are absorbed in endless games of backgammon or Shesh-Besh, to use the local parlance. Coffeehouses offering Narghiles (Shishas) to smoke along with tiny cups of strong black Turkish coffee create an authentic Levantine atmosphere.

On the main street, Yefet Street, is the legendary Abulafia Bakery, which is known for the freshly baked pittot and pittot topped with eggs, cheese, za'atar (a local herb) and olive oil.

The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Tourism Association offers free guided walking tours of Jaffa every Wednesday in English. Meeting point: the Clock Tower on Yefet Street, at 9:30 a.m. No need for advance booking – just come and enjoy!

Antique furniture, hand made carpets, wooden statues, china dolls, colourful pillows, curtains, swords, Narghilas (Shisha), silver and copper items from the East (both Near and Far) – you can find here everything! The bustling, partially covered market is packed with bargains to suit every taste and pocketbook, especially for those who have time and patience. The young – and the young at heart – will find clothing and accessories, much of it Indian-style: Sharwal pants, bright tunics and ponchos, scarves in every hue, as well as jewellery made from silver, wood and plastic. Most of the merchandise makes their long way here from the Far East.

You can find here tiny cafes, simple workers' eateries and fresh juice. We love to go to “Pua Café” on Rabi Yohanan street. A unique café that is located right in the middle of the flea market. This is a great place, to sit and relax in old chairs or sofas, have a bite to eat, a cold drink, a nice breakfast or some nice Mediterranean dish and a coffee.

The Flea Market is open Sunday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Fridays until 2 p.m. Located near the Clock Tower at the beginning of Yefet Street.