Tel Aviv, the Most Hotly Anticipated STAY by Anthonygrant Least-Expected Places
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ON THE GROUND THE ON Tel Aviv Now Beachside buzz, hip hotels and gastronomic wonders – all the typical Mediterranean attractions in one of the least-expected places. by Anthony Grant TLV IS A JOLT OF non-stop energy – and as much a state while at the start of bustling on the Beach is a Tel Aviv of mind as a city. Fourteen kilometres of beaches soften Nahalat Binyamin Street, institution. the urban edge, while bold new hotels and an exuberant classic Bauhaus design gets a fresh and bright makeover EAT culinary scene make it the Middle East’s new must. from designer Karim Rashid Tel Aviv’s raucous restaurant Here’s how to experience the best of it. at The Poli House Tel scene is powered by its Aviv (brownhotels.com), denizens’ adventurous STAY vibrant Jaffa, the property and farther down the street appetites and the triumph of The most hotly anticipated includes a new building, by the Carmel Market the New Israeli cooking: inventive, hotel opening in Tel Aviv, outdoor pool and Italian new Fabric Hotel (atlas. market-based and a hybrid of The Jaffa, a Luxury restaurant. Where Jaffa co.il) exudes a hip vibe in a Middle Eastern flavours. Make Collection Hotel meets south Tel Aviv in the former fabric factory. For an sure to check out chef Yossi (thejaffahotel.com) revitalised American-German eyeful of Tel Aviv’s famous Shitrit’s aromatic recipes like debuted in July within the Colony district, The Drisco waterfront promenade, The Moroccan grouper cakes with sumptuously refurbished (thedrisco.com) is a haven Carlton (carlton.co.il) is Swiss chard, chickpeas and premises of the 19th-century of contemporary elegance a perennial favourite, and pickled lemon at chic Mashya French Hospital. Set in in a restored 1866 building, breakfast at its Carlton (mashya.co.il). The city’s movers and shakers swear allegiance to Shila (en.shila- rest.co.il), where chef Sharon Chef Raz Rahav in Cohen’s eminently shareable the kitchen of his seafood and other dishes are restaurant, OCD served a la plancha. Young chef Raz Rahav rules the roost at buzzy OCD (ocdtlv.com) where diners seated near the open kitchen eagerly tuck into whatever the seasonal tasting menu turns up. At cosy Dalida DEPARTURES (dalidatlv.co.il), meanwhile, located in the Levinsky spice market area, chef Dan Zuaretz oversees a market-fresh medley (think Arab cabbage and potato in champagne with seared calamari, bacon and champagne foam). In FROM TOP: ASSAF PINCHUK, HAIM YOSEF HAIM PINCHUK, ASSAF TOP: FROM PORAT UZI PERETZ, DAN GERON, AMIT LEFT: TOP FROM CLOCKWISE 56 the northern stretches of From left: The Poli House’s panoramic rooftop pool; a garden-view from at The Jaffa; assorted Greek small plates at Greco restaurant Tel Aviv’s raucous restaurant scene is powered by its denizens’ adventurous appetites and the triumph of New Israeli cooking Tel Aviv and near the beach, of the “White City” – intrigues, airy Greco (greco.co.il) is consider joining a walking like a trip to Mykonos, and at tour offered by the Bauhaus the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Center (bauhaus-center. daring design and attentive com) to learn more. The The eclectic offerings at the Elemento concept boutique Israeli twists on French and façade of the striking Herta Mediterranean staples tempt and Paul Amir Building at the at Pastel Brasserie & Bar Tel Aviv Museum of Art Sassoon (david-sassoon. 14,000 square metres of DEPARTURES (pastel-tlv.com). (tamuseum.org) is made up com), favoured by local TV seaside shops and restaurants of 465 interlocking precast star Lior Raz. Young new in the city’s “old north”. SEE concrete panels; inside there’s Israeli designers hold sway at Hatachana (hatachana.co.il), The city’s free Independence a 26.5m atrium and impressive Razili (razili.co.il), while home once terminus station for the Trail, beginning at the busy collection of Israeli art. furnishings get a magical old Jaffa-Jerusalem railway, intersection of Rothschild Mediterranean treatment at is now the entrance to an Boulevard and Herzl Street, SHOP Elemento (elemento-design. outdoor mall with designer is a new pathway of gold- If there’s one word that com); founded by designer boutiques and upmarket coloured bricks joining could define Tel Aviv style, Yossy Goldberg, the store’s eateries. It’s located between ten heritage sites linked to it’s irreverent, with fashion irresistible mix of furniture, the beach and the start of Israel’s independence. If the designers preferring to make accessories and art is housed slender Shabazi Street, signature curvilinear style of their own rules. Browse in a rambling, ancient building the principal commercial Namal Tel Aviv many buildings on and around the snappy, colourful looks in Old Jaffa. thoroughfare of the trendy 57 FROM TOP: ASSAF PINCHUK, HAIM YOSEF HAIM PINCHUK, ASSAF TOP: FROM PORAT UZI PERETZ, DAN GERON, AMIT LEFT: TOP FROM CLOCKWISE Rothschild Boulevard – heart of the menswear of David is Hebrew for Tel Aviv Port, Neve Tzedek neighbourhood..