Carmel Market (Shuk Ha'Carmel) Tel Aviv

Unfortunately, I think we have seen the last of our sunny days. We arrived Tel Aviv and it was cold and rainy. Tel Aviv is the only other city that we go to on this Israel trip that is not necessarily religious. It almost freaks me out. You think of Israel to be rough and really strict by looking at the news, but Tel Aviv is just like a European …

Helen and Hilary started our adventure to Israel on Monday. We left Belfast City on time and arrived in Manchester airport 3 hours before our departure to Tel Aviv. All went well until we boarded the plane for TA. The pilot said there was a air traffic problem and we would be 1 hour late leaving. When he started the engines and started to taxi …

Turns out, Israel is not a cheap country. Just to walk out into the street market and pick up a (DELICIOUS) shawarma will take $5.20 out of your pocket. Go to a real restaurant and the absolute cheapest thing starts at $13. Sit down with someone and have a meal with wine will easily go over $100 – and that's at your average nice but not fancy …

Left the taglit group but gave a good boker tov to faris Morning trip to tel aviv by train Huge travel day …

... up with Yona Wiseman again (www.yonawise.net), this time for a private Walking tour of the Yemenite Quarter, which adjoins the Carmel Market.  We had not realized yesterday that we had passed so close to these streets! I am fascinated with different ...

... After the tour, we make our way over to the Carmel Market.  Our map does not have the area marked, so finding the Carmel Market becomes a sort of navigational game.  With smiles on our faces, we walk up to people and ask if they speak English ...

... a local beer and a plate of hummus, YUM!   The next morning, after a lazy Israeli breakfast, we wandered around the Carmel market and the Nahalat Binyamin crafts market where we even managed to buy ourselves some local crafts before heading off to ...

... in my room. Even though the bars/restaurants were not closed for the Shabbat, most of the shops were closed. I still headed to the Carmel Market for a late morning walk. As expected most of the shops were closed but the cafe and restaurants were open. I ...

... once again stayed with Darryl Jackson, in his amazing apartment in the center of town, and I rediscovered my old friend, the Carmel Market.  The larger part of the enormous open-air market specializes in food.  Butchers hoist enormous slabs of ...

... all over my feet and ankles.  It reminded me why I don't typically ride buses.   Today I toured Tel Aviv.  If you ever come to Israel, I'd suggest giving it a miss.  Not much to see/do.  I took in the Carmel Market (basically a ...

... 10 years. But boy does it hurt; I'm a big baby! I wander around the craft market on Nachalat Binyamin and the nearby Carmel market. Gotta have some major willpower to resist all the Dead Sea soaps and creative goodies. Instead, I spend my shekels on ...

... most of the day covering one side of Tel Aviv to the other.  Highlights for us were  Sheinkin street, the Carmel market where Jen bought a cool pair of cheap sunglasses, then Rothschild street which was known for the large number of Bauhaus ...

Today I visited the city of Tel-Aviv. I went to the Carmel Market and then wafor some time.lked by the coast until old Yafo. I visited this old part of the city. Then I went ot the beach next to it, went to the sea and layed down on the sun until sunset. ...

... (Ronnie's sister- I think...) for a couple of days, until something new shows up. So now that I have a plan, I feel a lot better :D Off to Carmel market as I only have a couple of hours to waste until I go back to the center. Fingers crossed everyone ...