Tel Aviv Walking Tour: Neve Tzedek, HaTachana & the Mediterranean | Zahi Shaked

Tel Aviv Walking Tour: Neve Tzedek, HaTachana & the Mediterranean | Zahi Shaked

Well, it’s supposed to be a rainy 
day. You can see the gray sky,   but it’s hot. It’s not raining. 
And I decided to leave the house uh and to travel around to a vivid a little 
bit. First of all, it’s healthy. Secondly,   why not to to make another video. You can see the 
street of a and new buildings, new coffee places. And I’m on the way to Leet just 
to show you how beautiful it is. Let me cross the street for you. 
I want you to see that building preservation. This is the word in in uh 
English and that’s what we are doing. Uh we’ll show you why. But if you want to see 
the stock market building is right in front of you. Although the war actually 
stopped the economic of of Israel, uh the stock market is too strong. The shekele 
is amazingly stock uh strong. Now look at that. If they wanted to build that building which 
you can say beautiful or not, they have to preserve that building. Lovely, isn’t it? And 
not only that building, that building as well. Those are the buildings that were built in 
Tel Aviv just before let’s say yeah the 30s. Do you want to see the first two buildings 
of Tel Aviv? You are going to see it soon. The name of uh uh the the city of Tel Aviv 
before they call it Tel Aviv was Auzat by it’s like the house mansion or something 
like that. It was the first Zionist uh city in Israel. The idea was to have our 
own economic not to be dependent on the on the charities from abroad. Look at that building. 
I want you to uh think about only the first floor that was the original building with a run 
corner for carriages. And the second story was built later on. That was the second house. 
And they didn’t talk with each other. They were kind of an enemies because vice Mr. Vice wanted 
that corner to be run to but he did whatever he wanted to do then because of it they didn’t 
talk with each other. This is street one of the first streets of Tel Aiv but we are leaving 
now the city of Tel Aiv uh just to show you street and look at that skyscraper. It was the highest building in the Middle 
East until the 80s. Unbelievable. It was uh built at the year that I was 
born, 1962. Let me cross there. And as my mother said, I used 
to look at that building and I was quite surprised as a child. 
I don’t remember it, of course. Then I’m leaving now the city of 
Tel Aviv and entering to one of the neighborhoods of Jaffa. But before 
that let me tell you that Jaffa uh Tel Aviv until 1921 was part of Jaffa. 
Today Jaffa is part of Tel Aviv. It was around the 1860 when all the people 
started to leave the wall of their cities. Jerusalem for example and traffic as well. 
All right, let me see if it will stop. Okay, going to stop. It’s against the law. Let me show you the skyscraper mayor tower and let us enter to a totally different. So, ah 
oh, forgot forgot to mention it. Before that tower was built, you could see here the uh main school 
of uh Tel Aiv and it been destroyed to build that place and then the people of Tel Aviv started to 
shout how dare you destroying the heritage of the city. Now the neighbor that we are entering 
was almost the same. The idea was to destroy it in the 80s to build something new instead. 
The people of Tel a Viv were very powerful and we stopped the city hall from doing it. And I 
think now you will be able to see one of the most beautiful neighborhoods of Chel. But let me 
cuz it’s a little bit noisy. Let me make a detour. Then you can see immediately 
the difference. skyscrapers [Music] and you can say the 
old city of Tel Vietnam [Music] in Nevetc, which is a biblical word, one of the 
names of God. You can find endless restaurants and all of them are good. Really 
good. I mean, look at that. Look at that. That amazing five-star restaurant 
is a vegan restaurant. Meek uh I think Tel Aviv and Israel 
it’s the capital of the vegan in   uh in that word. Let me let me walk through 
Shabbazi street. Shalom. Shabazi street to show you a little bit what’s happened. 
Now remember it’s a rainy day then I’m not sure that you will find uh a lot of Israelis 
here. Tourists were not talking about it yet. Narrow streets one or two uh stories building. Each building different kind of 
Oh yeah. Let me walk on the Ah, it’s so beautiful, isn’t it? Endless 
endless restaurants, endless boutique shops. So many small streets to the right 
and to the left. a truck behind me. Funny, funny, funny, funny to say that the 
mayor actually tried to bring back the oneway street in Tel Aviv. Uh, for example, in my 
street and narrow it from two lanes to one lane where it’ll be with a very wide sidewalks 
and uh uh I’m happy with it. No more buses, no more public buses in my street. 
And they started to give a permit to build higher building but not so high 
to keep the environment as it used to be. It all started with one rabbi who said, his doctor 
said, “You must leave the walls of Jaffa.” Uh, oh, look at the great gallery. You must 
leave the wall of Jaffa. And you must live in a country. This was the country. It 
was outside the walls of the city of Jaffa. and he built himself a small neighborhood, 
but people didn’t want to be there because it was the kind of a wild area. And it took 
him a while until he saw new neighborhoods, new neighbors around it. The land was 
owned by the Schlush Jewish family and they actually gave the land for free. just buy 
the blocks from them and that’s what they did. Anita is one of the best ice 
cream. This is the yogurt   uh part but you will see the real ice cream. Hello doggy. All right. This is Penis Street. Yeah, yeah, 
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, it’s not mine. It’s first of all, Shabbazi. He wants to know how 
to pronounce Shabbazi street. Shalom. Shabbazi and Penny Street. Yes. Yes. Yes. This is the Anita that I love. 
I love ice cream. Very good one. Wow. This is a piece of art. 
Everything that you see here,   I want to have in my house. I 
love the colors. I love the idea. The only thing that I need is a big house for 
that. Oh, you know what? I can get that, too. Let me show you what I will buy in 
my dreams. Oh, look at that. This is amazing. And this is me. I don’t know 
if you can see me because it’s blinking. It’s a wonderful rainy day, isn’t it? I’m 
wearing a jacket which is was herbal. Sorry, this is the end of my asthma attack. Um, I’m 
wearing a jacket, which is a huge mistake, but uh I have no other choice but to leave 
it on me. All right, books for free. Oh, wow. And this is actually a a great idea 
mainly because now you can find in every uh site of tele every garden of Tel a 
Viv kind of a library like that. You can actually take a book for free and you 
can bring there your books that you are not   using anymore. It’s very close to Christmas 
time in Kanuka. You can see the candle broom uh the minoras and the scientist uh people 
um leaders of us. Beautiful place I must say. I’m so hot now. Gosh. I want to show you something special. Now the 
first people who lived in that neighborhood were w were in Zionist that actually they 
lived according to the old tradition. They were studied the Torah. Maybe they walked a 
little bit but the idea was to be in Israel and to be buried in Israel. Uh the Zionist 
said no no no more charity. If you want to give us money uh as a charity it’s okay 
but we are going to have our own economy. that neighborhood which is in noises 
in English uh is part of Tel Aiv now construction construction 
everywhere in Tel Aviv. See here. [Music] Oh, look at the manula. It’s to keep the window 
open. Let me see. Yeah. Yeah. Can you see the women? I know that it’s difficult. That’s the 
women figure. And that’s the man figure. And the story tells us that when the man left 
the house, the woman used to do that. And now her lover knew that he can actually 
enter the house without any problems. [Music] Run corners remember for carriages. 
We didn’t talk about cars at that time. Another beautiful gallery. And one of my favorite cat and wife. Renit 
is the name of my wife. It’s not her shop, but it’s her name. And the cat used to 
be a very uh it used to be a a tree, a eucalyptus tree, and it blocked the street. 
Then they turn it into something beautiful. A new building is emerging 
here. They kept the facade   of the ancient building and they uh 
will add a little bit more of it. and graffiti that I love. And it’s actually 
not only not anymore graffiti mainly because it’s a more like a pop out now because it’s with a 
permit of the uh of the city hall by dead and it’s one of my favorite uh coffee place before 
the war. Susana, they have excellent food there. It’s not so expensive, but you know, 
I can buy myself only a coffee and something small next to it. And I want you to I want you 
to I want us to visit that place. Education in Judaism was very important. Even though 
we are talking about the old settlements, the old settlement they uh spoke Yiddish, 
Latino, Arabic, and a little bit of Hebrew, but only a little bit of Hebrew. Here there were 
two main schools. one in French which is the um international language at that time 
and one in Hebrew. Now there were two uh schools cuz the people were uh religious 
and for men and for women. Look at that baby. It remind me my daughter. She was in that 
pantan most of the summertime. Today those two places it’s called Suzan deal center 
is um the modern modern ballet center. I’m going there from time to time when I’m 
getting uh a discount tickets from the city hall. If you like modern ballet, don’t miss it. Most 
of the modern ballet is now from Israel. I think uh intellectual companies are fed to arrive to 
Israel because of the propaganda of the bad people around us. But you actually can see everything 
here. Then one school was taughing French, another one in Hebrew. The man, what do you 
think? Did they study Hebrew, the new language or French? Then the men study French because we 
are talking business. The women was taught in Hebrew because they could and they would and 
they did uh teach or taught their children Hebrew. You can see here a little bit of orange 
trees mainly because most of Jaffa was covered with it and today it’s a real estate area. Then 
they kept those trees for a memorial. Not kept, it’s it’s new trees. But the idea is to keep the 
environment of ancient uh Jaffa or ancient civic. Let’s look at that beautiful yard. Look at that beautiful palm trees and the local water system. [Music] can hear a little bit. I 
don’t know if you can hear,   but I can hear a little bit of the music 
of the uh Bacheva uh company dance. Beautiful houses there. Beautiful 
houses. a lot of history, but   um um I’m not really talking about the history 
of uh that neighbor because it’s um maybe very uh important for uh Israel is but not so important 
for us. I want to show you something else. We are living now in the vets. There was 
a wall here and what you could see at the other side was the train to Jerusalem. From 
Jaffa to Jerusalem. For so many years it was here neglected. No one used it. Boring, 
boring, boring. And then they decided to build the light rail which is beneath 
the street. And uh above they build a park and it’s in view park with small coffee 
places. See the rail. Um not bad, isn’t it? The other side of it you can see graffiti 
because that is the border between two neighborhoods. Neetek which is the 
neighborhood that we travel now very rich very expensive places no graffiti and 
Florentine which is here for the other side uh full of graffiti which is another 
tour that we can actually do. I can make Oh, my favorite coffee place is right 
there. They have excellent, excellent small cakes. What can I say? I need you to come back 
to Israel. I need you to hire me as your tour guide. I want to buy more coffee 
here. And I already drank my coffee today. Promise myself one coffee a day. 
And that’s because of money problems. Graffiti. Is it is it pollution? Is 
it art? I think it’s a combination between those two. Elelllet, it’s the train 
station, light train station of Tel Aviv. And I’m taking you to the train station, 
the old one. This is the new one. Oh, now it’s a little bit breezy because we are 
very close to the sea, to the Mediterranean. A lot of the graffiti is from the 
war. Can you can see here the faces of some of the 250 Israelis that were 
kidnapped by the terrorist of Gaza. and more graffiti about it. For example, a 
lot of football teams, soccer teams, I used to uh prepare graffitis like that uh to memorize 
people who been killed at that horrible October 7. Most of the um people who Israel who have 
been kidnapped are back in Israel alive and dead. Three dead ones are still not with 
us. One of them is from Thailand. You can see their light rail. And you know that I 
love trains. You know that I love trains. I’m taking that train from time to time just to 
enjoy the fight. It doesn’t reach to my house. Six people have been murdered by 
the Gazan Palestinian terrorists and Israel is actually freeing Palestine from 
those terrorists now. And we entering now into the ancient the ancient it’s not so ancient 
19th century um train station to Jerusalem from the Ottoman Stein you can see the sandstone 
and this is one of my best coffee places another one you know that I’m Catholic nat they 
have a they have so many kinds of coffee and it’s a good one I must say the other 
One is very trendy. This is very classic. Those were the the those are the 
store rooms stores for their train. That area was built by uh the German uh 
templars who’ve been here. Look at the roof against the snow that we don’t have. We 
don’t have rain down snow. This is beautiful. Sadly they prepared here kind of another 
shopping mall and people said we do have shopping mall next to our house this 
it’s not unique and they are wearing   here replicas of the tiles that the German 
used to uh prepare here in this factory. It’s nice to be here for 10 minutes, 
unless you are eating in that Italian   restaurant or sitting in one of 
those coffee places. But beside it, there’s nothing to do here. Look 
at the Washingtonia palm trees. Villa Villinand. That’s the 
name of the German family   who built that factory and the train station here. Ticket to Jerusalem. It’s took us will 
take us only 4 hours. You can actually walk next to the train uh train and uh 
no no restrooms in the train. Today it’s around 40 minutes from my house 
to Jerusalem but it started here. You can see that there used to 
be used to have a gate here. Aaron, another nice restaurant and Malabi. I can hear the IDF airplanes. And let us finish that video while we are 
watching the Mediterranean Sea that it will take us in another two three minutes. Meanwhile, 
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I need your help for that. A wonderful rainy day. You can see the Mediterranean from here,   but I will I will be closer. I will be at the 
other side. And don’t go away. Stay with me. See the like button next to it? There’s 
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300 videos of Jerusalem this year. prominard of Tel Aviv that actually 
can reach to the city of Bakyan which   is behind you and the city of Verilia 
then if you like to walk next to the sea this is a very good idea it’s a little 
bit rough uh uh seat today but it’s warm then actually you can enter in not today 
it’s Black flag. It’s dangerous to enter. You can see with the new skyscrapers of them. And 
soon you will see the city of Jaffa from far. But you will recognize it cuz it’s actually 4,000 
years old city. City on top of a city on top of a city on top of a city. Now, everything here 
is flat except of Jaffa because it’s like layers of cities. 4,000 years of cities, one on top of 
each other. And soon soon you will be able to see 36,000 points. It’s a blue blue flag uh seashore. 
It means that it’s clean. It’s international. It’s in the international standards. And most of the 
uh seashores of Tel Aviv are like that. There are 10 miles of it. and uh and it’s divided into so 
many different kind of culture uh and different I different uh um different used place for example 
straight ahead you can see you will see soon um I forgot the name of it when you enter 
with something uh like a sap oh yeah gosh I didn’t guide uh like for people for two years 
almost for two years I forgot words in English. All right. Please help me. What’s 
the name of it? You would say it’s a let me show you something a little 
bit Jewish here. The Jews cannot walk a lot on Shabbat. There kind of a 
border Shabbat. If you are Christians, I think in chapter two of Acts uh uh they 
say that Mount of Olives is in the Shabbat uh border of Israel. See that? That tells 
the religious people that they can reach their point but they cannot cross it and 
in front of you Jaffa surf the surfing. I didn’t plan to be here, 
but I’m here. As you can see, no one is entering the sea 
except of that woman. And uh soon you will hear the lifeguard shouting at 
her cuz she is not allowed to do that. Surfing. It’s like higher waves. I 
mean, it’s a rougher sea. that we will go there to see them a little bit 
and then we will say goodbye. But you can see   Jaffa. Jaffy is on top of a hill because it’s 
a city on top of a city on top of a city and the monastery above it. It’s uh the church and 
the monastery of St. Peter and the vision of St. Peter book of acts happened there. According 
to the catalog, if you can see a IDF helicopter, I don’t know if you can see it. Let 
me see. Let me try to do something   with the lens. I’m looking for 
it. Ah, yes. Now I can see it. Oops. Surf USA. one of the buildings that left 
here. Today it’s a museum of one of the underground I’m afraid to say 
terrorist Jewish community uh before 1948. My mother was part of that that uh underground 
et so many Israelis that are not uh for me if you are killing people just because you want 
to uh kick out uh them from your land in a brutal way it might be not so legal for 
me that’s what the Palestinian is trying to do to Israel and we won’t let them do that 
because see the port of Jaffa rider and surfing. All right, let’s see if we 
can see something special, guys. You got it. Thank you 
for being with me in that. Oh,   wow. 35 minutes. See you in my next 
video. Don’t forget to subscribe. Bye-bye.

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Welcome to one of the most charming and culturally rich areas of Tel Aviv. In this video tour, we explore Neve Tzedek, the HaTachana Complex, and the beautiful coastline of the city. Each location reflects a different chapter of Tel Aviv’s story, blending history, modern life, and the atmosphere that makes this city unique.

Our tour begins in Neve Tzedek, the first Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of Jaffa. Established in 1887, it quickly became a center for writers, artists, and early urban pioneers. Today, the neighborhood is filled with renovated houses, boutique shops, cafés, and quiet alleys that preserve its original charm. Walking through these streets feels like stepping into a living museum, where every building carries memories of the people who shaped it.

We then continue to the HaTachana Complex, the old Jaffa railway station that once connected the Mediterranean coast to Jerusalem. After extensive restoration, the station has become a vibrant cultural and commercial area. Historic train cars and original stone structures stand next to modern stores, galleries, and restaurants, creating a space where past and present meet naturally.

Our final stop is the famous Tel Aviv beachfront. The coastline offers wide promenades, soft sand, and an endless horizon over the Mediterranean Sea. Locals and visitors come here to walk, cycle, surf, relax, or watch the sunset that colors the sky at the end of each day. It is a place that captures the spirit of Tel Aviv: open, energetic, and full of life.

Thank you for joining this filmed tour. Whether you know these areas well or are discovering them for the first time, I hope the journey helps you feel the beauty and character of Tel Aviv, a city that continues to grow while honoring its roots.
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