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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Tel Aviv Yafo

11 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Updated May 6, 2025

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Unusual Attractions in Tel Aviv-Yafo

The grotto next to the wine press.

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Gan HaGat (Wine Press Garden)

A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.
Ilana Goor Museum .

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Ilana Goor Museum

A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.
The bus platforms that are still in use.

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Tel Aviv Central Bus Station

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.
Suspended Orange Tree

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Suspended Orange Tree

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History.

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Steinhardt Museum of Natural History

Israel's first dedicated natural history museum is home to 5 million specimens and still growing.
The fountain.

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Hundertwasser Drinking Fountain

One of only three fountains created by the iconic architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

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Sarona

Tel Aviv's popular neighborhood went though endless waves of transformation.
Sarona Templer Colony Clock

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Sarona Templer Colony Clock

This clock is an architectural flourish that stands out as a landmark among a unique Israeli German community.
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Stories About Tel Aviv-Yafo

Tel Aviv’s painted tiles had their heyday in the 1920s.

Secrets From Tel Aviv’s ‘Eclectic’ Era Are Hiding All Over the City

Briefly popular in the 1920s, these beautifully patterned tiles have made a comeback.
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January 19, 2021
Some of the Violins of Hope on the stage of The Soraya.

The Holocaust-Surviving Violins That Were Quarantined Beneath a California Stage

The pandemic layover and their eventual return home is a new chapter in a long history.
by Matthew Taub
October 1, 2020
Hilton Beach, a hub for the LGBTQ community.

Tel Aviv’s Gay Beach, Dog Beach, and Orthodox Beach

A tale of unlikely neighbors.
by Gitit Ginat
March 9, 2020
Mendy Cahan, the founder of Yung Yidish, a nonprofit organization preserving Yiddish culture at Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station.

A Unifying Yiddish Library in Tel Aviv's Dilapidated Bus Station

Amid sputtering engines and towering stacks of books, people gather to revive a suppressed language.
by Gitit Ginat
September 10, 2019

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