28 of the best · Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, MUZA, the Rubin, Nahum Gutman and Ilana Goor museums, the White City’s Bauhaus buildings, Florentin’s street art, the Israeli Opera, the Cameri and Habima, the Israel Philharmonic, Batsheva and the Suzanne Dellal Centre.
Our 28 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated November 2026
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Three things we would send a friend to first in Tel Aviv: Old Jaffa at sunset, the White City on foot and a Friday morning at the Carmel Market.
Israel’s great art museum
The city’s art museum on Shaul HaMelech; during works, enter by the Amir Building.
27 Shaul HaMelech Blvd, Tel AvivExplore View on map
2 photosThe Modern Movement
White walls, ribbon windows and curved balconies: the buildings UNESCO listed in 2003.
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Contemporary dance
Neve Tzedek’s centre for contemporary dance, around its own piazza.
5 Yechieli St, Tel Aviv-YafoExplore View on map
Arts & Culture
The museums, the stages, the dance and the Bauhaus city.
2 photosThe back story
The art museum, Reuven Rubin’s house, Nahum Gutman, the opera, Batsheva and the White City.
Visual arts
Arts & Culture
The city’s art museum, the painters’ houses of Reuven Rubin, Nahum Gutman and Ilana Goor, MUZA and the design museum in Holon.
South of the city
The design museum of Holon, a short drive south of Jaffa, with its own materials library.
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Archaeology and the land
A campus of pavilions in Ramat Aviv on the history and culture of the land.
2 Haim Levanon St, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 6997501Explore View on map
Israel’s great art museum
The city’s art museum on Shaul HaMelech; during works, enter by the Amir Building.
27 Shaul HaMelech Blvd, Tel AvivExplore View on map
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On the hill of Old Jaffa
The artist Ilana Goor’s house on the hill of Old Jaffa, filled with her work and her collections.
In Neve Tzedek
The museum of the painter and illustrator Nahum Gutman, in the lanes of Neve Tzedek.
21 Shimon Rokach St, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv-YafoExplore View on map
Reuven Rubin’s house
Reuven Rubin’s 1930 house on Bialik Street, a museum of his work since 1983.
14 Bialik St, Tel AvivExplore View on map
Arts & Culture
Contemporary art in the galleries of south Tel Aviv and Jaffa, from Gordon Gallery, founded in 1966, to the CCA.
New work by living artists
A non-collecting art centre that commissions new projects by living artists, many of them Israeli.
2A Tsadok HaCohen St, Tel Aviv-YafoExplore View on map
Contemporary art
A contemporary art gallery with gallery talks and Saturday concerts in its salon.
15 HaTzorfim St, Tel Aviv-YafoExplore View on map
Since 1966
Israeli art since 1966 and the country’s first auction house: four galleries and a sculpture garden.
4 Hapelech St, Tel AvivExplore View on map
Contemporary art
A contemporary gallery on HaMif’al Street; closed Sundays, Monday visits by appointment.
1 HaMif’al St, Tel Aviv 6653511Explore View on map
Arts & Culture
The painted walls and shutters of Florentin.
2 photosMurals and doors
The murals, painted doors and shutters of Florentin’s workshops and lanes.
Arts & Culture
The UNESCO-listed White City, the old stone houses of Sarona and the restored railway station.
The old station
The old Jaffa railway station between Neve Tzedek and the sea, restored with shops and cafés.
2 photosOld houses among the towers
Restored old stone houses among the towers, now shops and restaurants around lawns.
2 photosUNESCO World Heritage 2003
The white Modern Movement city of the 1930s to the 1950s: a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2 photosThe Modern Movement
White walls, ribbon windows and curved balconies: the buildings UNESCO listed in 2003.
Performing arts
Arts & Culture
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at home on Huberman Street.
Its 90th season
The Israel Philharmonic, now in its 90th season, at its home on Huberman Street.
1 Huberman St, Tel AvivExplore View on map
Israeli culture
A stage for Israeli music, theatre and talks on Ibn Gabirol Street.
30 Ibn Gabirol St, Tel AvivExplore View on map
Arts & Culture
Habima, the National Theatre, and the Cameri.
Entrance on Frishman
One of the city’s repertory theatres, by Dizengoff Street; the entrance is on Frishman Street.
Entrance from 44 Frishman St, Tel AvivExplore View on map
On Jerusalem Boulevard
A Jaffa repertory theatre whose founding production, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, is back.
9 Jerusalem Blvd, Tel Aviv-YafoExplore View on map
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The National Theatre
The National Theatre on Habima Square, at the head of Rothschild Boulevard.
An Israel Prize winner
Tel Aviv’s municipal theatre, an Israel Prize winner, at the Performing Arts Center.
19 Shaul HaMelech Blvd, Tel AvivExplore View on map
Arts & Culture
The Israeli Opera, the Suzanne Dellal Centre and Batsheva Dance Company.
8 photosAt Suzanne Dellal
The dance company of the Suzanne Dellal Centre; shows move to other halls during works.
6 Yechieli St, Tel Aviv-YafoExplore View on map
4 photosContemporary dance
Neve Tzedek’s centre for contemporary dance, around its own piazza.
5 Yechieli St, Tel Aviv-YafoExplore View on map
Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
Israel’s opera company, at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center beside the art museum.
19 Shaul HaMelech Blvd, Tel AvivExplore View on map
Arts & Culture
Repertory and festivals at the Cinematheque.
Festivals and repertory
The city’s cinematheque, for repertory, festivals and films from around the world.
5 HaArba’a St, Tel AvivExplore View on map
Folk & cultural traditions
Arts & Culture
More than 220 artists at the Nahalat Binyamin fair.
220 artists
Beside the Carmel Market, more than 220 artists sell their own work on fair days.
Arts & Culture
Maskit, the fashion house of 1954, and Comme il Faut.
Flagship on Lilienblum
The Israeli women’s label founded by Sibyl Goldfiner, with its flagship on Lilienblum.
28 Lilienblum St, Tel AvivExplore View on map
Founded 1954
The Israeli fashion house founded in 1954, on Dizengoff Street, with a studio in Jaffa.
173 Dizengoff St, Tel Aviv-YafoExplore View on map
