{"id":4331,"date":"2019-06-24T16:55:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T14:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/?p=4331"},"modified":"2020-11-09T16:42:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T14:42:22","slug":"tel-aviv-by-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/tel-aviv-by-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"TEL AVIV BY THE SEA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"mtwpb_elements_wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Relax by the sunny beaches of Tel Aviv\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Pull out the sunscreen,<\/strong><strong>grab your \u2018matkot\u2019 and lets go play<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tel Aviv-Yafo boasts a long promenade, running alongside the seashore that makes up its western edge. People walk, jog, ride bikes,\u00a0or sit on benches and fill their lungs with fresh air, all while being surrounded by a glorious 8.7 mile stretch of open views, blue horizons, and white sails bobbing on the waves.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of restaurants, cafes, and ice cream parlors are busy all day long, while pubs, discos and jazz clubs blossom after dark. Regardless of the hour, human attractions abound \u2013 clowns, caricaturists, tattoo artists, hair-braiders, magicians and of course, the ever- changing parade of people strolling by the nearby beaches beckon.<br \/>\nRight off the promenade you\u2019ll find clean sand, lounge chairs, ice-cream vendors, and die-hard beach-lovers that swim daily, winter and summer, no matter what. Each of Tel Aviv\u2019s 13 beautiful beaches enjoys unique characteristics and offers a variety of services, including lifeguard stations, kiosks, restaurants, children\u2019s playgrounds, outdoors gyms, and more.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\"3693\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Dana Friedlander<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Few Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Friday afternoons at the Dolphinarium beach, you can join in on an improvised drumming festival and a Brazilian martial arts\/dance\/music combination called capoeira.<\/li>\n<li>Gordon beach is great for beach volleyball.<\/li>\n<li>The religiously observant will find gender-specific swimming at Hof Hadatiyim (Nordau Beach), just south of the Tel Aviv port. Women and girls bathe Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday while men and boys are allowed in on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Members of both genders are allowed on Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>The gay-lesbian community tends to gravitate to the stretch near the Hilton, which has earned the unofficial title as the city\u2019s most gay-friendly beach.<\/li>\n<li>The narrow strip of sand near the Marina is less crowded and more peaceful than the other beaches, at the yacht basin, you can rent windsurfers, surfboards, sailboats, motorboats and diving equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Surfing is popular at Hilton Beach, where a special light system was recently installed to allow for night surfing.<\/li>\n<li>Kite Surfing is popular at Aviv Beach.<\/li>\n<li>To windsurf, go to Dolfinarium Beach.<\/li>\n<li>Volleyball can be found at both Aviv and Gordon beaches.<\/li>\n<li>The city\u2019s beaches are well equipped with changing rooms, showers and toilets. Lifeguard services are available during seasonal timing (May-October) and tourist police officers are present to provide security, assistance and information services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fun Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8,500,000 bathers enjoy the beaches yearly.<\/li>\n<li>The official bathing season is May-October.<\/li>\n<li>There are 13 beaches along Tel Aviv-Yafo\u2019s coastline.<\/li>\n<li>Four beaches are accessible to people with disabilities: Tzuk, Northern Tzuk, Metzizim and Hilton (all in the northern part of the city).<\/li>\n<li>The Tel Aviv-Yafo beaches rank highly in tests run by the Israeli Ministry of the Environment and are considered to be very clean.<\/li>\n<li>An Israeli version of racquetball, called\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #623f99;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gomatkot.com\/the-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matkot<\/a>, is a favorite sport played along the shorelines (watch your head!).<\/li>\n<li>Watermelon with feta cheese is a very popular beach snack. Artikim, or popsicles, are also well liked, with the banana-chocolate flavor ranking at the top of most people\u2019s list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Beach Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bathers must comply with the lifeguard and rescue guards.<\/li>\n<li>Bathing is prohibited when there is no lifeguard on duty.<\/li>\n<li>Sea bathing is prohibited when the black flag is raised.<\/li>\n<li>NO motor sports (jet skis, boats) are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Motorized vehicles are forbidden on beaches and boardwalk.<\/li>\n<li>Building a fire is prohibited on beaches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bathing Season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the duration of the season, rescue services, supervision and first aid will be given to the following beaches: North Beach Cliff, South Beach Cliff, Tel Baruch Beach, Hilton Beach, Gordon Beach, Frishman Beach, Borgashov Beach (opening delayed due to renovations), Jerusalem Beach, Charles Clore Beach, Givat Aliyah Beach.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Hours of activity:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 9-31: 7am-5pm<br \/>\nJune: 7am-6pm<br \/>\nJuly-August: 7am-7pm<br \/>\nSeptember-October: 7am-5pm<\/p>\n<p>Inspection and clearing will be provided in all beaches mentioned above, from 7am until the evening hours.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Relax by the sunny beaches of Tel Aviv\u00a0Pull out the sunscreen,grab your \u2018matkot\u2019 and lets go play Tel Aviv-Yafo boasts a long promenade, running alongside the seashore that makes up its western edge. People walk, jog, ride bikes,\u00a0or sit on benches and fill their lungs with fresh air, all while being surrounded by a glorious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tel-aviv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4652,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331\/revisions\/4652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}