Tel Aviv Port

The Tel Aviv Port — Namal Tel Aviv — sits at the northern end of the city, where the Yarkon River empties into the sea. The old industrial warehouses have been converted into restaurants, design shops, gyms, and event spaces, and the curving wooden boardwalk runs the length of the harbour.

The port is busiest on Friday lunchtimes and Saturday afternoons, when families come for the seafood restaurants and the Shuk HaNamal indoor farmers' market. Live music and weekend markets fill the central square in the summer. Easy to reach by bus or scooter along the seafront.

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The port was built by the British in 1936 as a Jewish alternative to Arab Jaffa during the Arab General Strike. It worked for about three decades, never quite becoming the major port the British had planned, and closed in 1965. After thirty years derelict, the warehouses were redeveloped in 2003 into a long undulating boardwalk and shopping district.

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