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for Tel-Aviv (Israel)

Rating Summary based on 7 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		4
  • 4 Stars
    		2
  • 3 Stars
    		1
  • 2 Stars
    		0
  • 1 Star
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Detailed rating

  • Ease of getting around
  • Family Friendly
  • Nightlife
  • Shopping
  • Sightseeing
  		• 4.3
  		• 4.3
  		• 4.3
  		• 3.8
  		• 3.3
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  • 11 of 11 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    amdonewithlondon

    5 Stars A model city 16/03/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Sunny, shopping, the beaches, jaffa, friendly, safe

    Disadvantages Disadvantages terrorism

    Forget about what you see on the news. Tel-aviv is not a war zone. It's not full of extremist jews (now that would be Jerusalem?) and it's not racist. This review is only about Tel-Aviv or rather my experience of it. This is not a political review nor a review of Israel as a country but only the city. I visited Tel Aviv twice, once in 2005 and the last time in 2007. What is striking for the first time visitor is how safe you feel in Tel Aviv. Like plenty of visitors my major concern before going on that trip was whether or nor i would return home alive. I felt safer in Tel aviv than in any ... more
  • 57 of 57 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 MALU

    Member since 04/07/2002

    Reviews written: 413

    5 Stars Tel Aviv Vive* 15/07/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages not on the tourist route

    Disadvantages Disadvantages pretty façade, partly ugly backyard

    The idea of visiting Israel had been with us for quite some time but somehow it had never become reality, the news we received from the media did nothing to actually lure us to the country. But then I read in a review of an online friend who should know after living in the country for nearly three decades that the chances of being killed in a car accident in the UK are higher than of becoming a casualty in a terrorist attack in Israel, this information combined with the long spell of cold and rainy weather at the beginning of May last year and my Whitsun hols did it at last. My country people ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Smiler_1980

    4 Stars Tel-Aviv, 08/02/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Friendly people, superb food, sun!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Risks of bombings

    I have visited Tel-Aviv on business on a number of occasions. Often I spend time at the Sheraton Moriah hotel due to preferential rates our company gets through the Israeli Export institute. I advise if you are travelling to Tel-Aviv on business that you make enquiries. The currency in Israel is the New Israeli Shekel (NIS). The exchange rate at the time of writing this review is 8.2 NIS to £1. Take time to check the online currency exchange page www.xe.com for up to date rates. The city of Tel-Aviv is located on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. The city has a great beach which is ... more
  • 13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    sheli

    3 Stars Tel-Aviv, between love and hatred 10/09/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages a modern and old, Eastern and Western city

    Disadvantages Disadvantages To all the politicians, it is necessary to rehabilitate!

    Tel-Aviv has been my city for almost 3 years now and I wanted to tell you about it... I've been living in Tel-Aviv for 32 months now, both for personal and professional reasons. Tel-Aviv is a strange city, dedicated to inspire attraction and repulsion at the same time. Attraction for the splendid fine sand beach, triumphing youth over the Tayelet (walk), Yafo (Jaffa), splendid city which signed the beginning of this metropolis, its quasi-permanent sun, its noisy and coloured souks, its kiosks with falafel and chawarmas, its eclectic population, the everlasting festival which reigns there, an ... more
  • 2 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    shazzykins

    4 Stars Working 24/09/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to find work

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The hostels are expensive

    I ran out of money while backpacking round Asia so off to Isreal. Found Kibbutz was hard work for no money and too little time off. I worked in the dining room and the kitchen and I had to start at 6am! Preparing vegetables and if I was really lucky or unlucky I had to gut the fish!!Having a quick break for breakfast then working through to the middle of the afternoon. The work was not very physical but when it is beautiful sunshine outside you don't want to be scrubbing the floor! Finding work in Tel Aviv was easy used to clean an office a few times a week and work in a bar in Tel Aviv 3 ... more
  • 4 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Gazza20

    5 Stars Tel Aviv Life 11/11/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Plenty to do and see

    Disadvantages Disadvantages a dirty sea

    I had the pleasure of staying in Tel Aviv for 6 months back in 93 whilst backpacking around Europe. It was fantastic. Whilst the accommodation was nothing special, sharing a dorm room in the Gordon Hostel near the Ramada Hotel, it more than made up for the cockroaches by the stunning views of the med in the mornings. It was right above a bar which didnt kick off until well into the evening so fridays were a lively event. good thing for me too as I worked as a night receptionist in the hostel. it kept me awake although "Rhythym is a Dancer" did get boring after a while. Dizengoff was fabulous ... more
  • 3 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Matoqah

    5 Stars Tel Aviv hot spots including Old Jaffa 31/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Very hip, very happening, very diverse. Amazing beach.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Concrete!

    Tel Aviv is a self-consciously trendy city with a very European flavour. It combines a long, clean, beautiful sandy beach with fabulous shopping and a buzzing nightlife. Hit the Jaffa end of the beach on a Friday evening for massive impromptu jam sessions and martial arts displays with the Tel Avivian in-crowd, then head off downtown to Jabotinski & Arlozorov street for the hottest clubs in the country (Saturday is the big night, after Shabbat). The Dizengoff area is the place for shopping and eating, with its massive mall, cinema, and eclectic collection of restaurants as well as kosher ... more
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