Neveh Tzedek

Neveh Tzedek is a prime tourist destination because of its restaurants, cafés, cultural life, and historic buildings. Not surprisingly, it's where you'll find the fantastic dance and arts complex, the Suzanne Dellal Center, as well as a growing number of small trendy galleries and gift shops. Though bordered on three sides by major thoroughfares (Eilat Road to the south, Herzl Street to the west, and Kaufman Street along the sea), this little quarter is very tranquil. Made up of about a dozen tiny streets stuffed with one- and two-story dwellings in various stages of renovation, Neveh Tzedek is rich with tales of 100 years ago.

This is where the saga of Tel Aviv began, when a small group of Jewish families from Jaffa laid the cornerstone for their new neighborhood, naming it Neveh Tzedek (Dwellings of Justice). Then, when Tel Aviv was busy expanding to the north and the east in the early days of the state, Neveh Tzedek became an unfashionable address and was allowed to deteriorate. But the beautiful old buildings here were too remarkable to be long neglected by the real estate market, and the restored homes here are now among the most prestigious addresses in the city.