Tour Locations | The Trail of Independence: Tracing the origins of modern Tel Aviv
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LOCATION 1
Gutman's mosaic fountain
Hello! We start our tour at no. 3 Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv - in a public square right next to a fountain decorated with colorful mosaics. We’ll spend a few minutes here. If you’re standing in...
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LOCATION 2
Weiss House
Stop in front of the statue on your right. We’ll spend a few moments here and then walk towards the brown colored house behind the statue.
This statue is a tribute to Captain Alfred Dreyfus. In ...
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LOCATION 3
Right on Herzl St
On the corner turn right, keeping the brown house on your right. We are diverging away from the brass route embedded in the pavement.
Keep walking while I tell you more.
The first school of T...
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LOCATION 4
Cross Herzl St
Turn left to see Rothschild Boulevard - the first boulevard of Tel Aviv. When you get a green light, carefully cross the road using the pedestrian crossing. Stop right next to the small kiosk in th...
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LOCATION 5
The First Kiosk
Stop in front of the kiosk.
How did it come to be? Tel Aviv was planned to be a city, in and of itself, but still connected to the businesses that occupied the port city of Jaffa. In that sense,...
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LOCATION 6
Dizengoff House
Stop here, next to the equestrian statue at 16 Rothschild Boulevard.
Look to your right to view the statue and the house behind it.
Here we meet the Sheriff of Tel Aviv. Sort of…
Meir Diz...
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LOCATION 7
Founders Monument
Stop in front of the monument. You’re looking at the names of the families who founded Tel Aviv.
The founding families of Tel Aviv purchased a vast lot of land together on the outskirts of Jaffa...
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LOCATION 8
Hagana Museum
Stop here in front of 23 Rothschild Boulevard. This is the Hagana Museum on your left.
We already saw that this is the birthplace of the first Jewish city in the world, as well as the first, and...
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LOCATION 9
Ben Nahum Hotel
Stop at the intersection of Rothschild Boulevard and Allenby Street. Look right to see a stylish building with a facade made up of arches. This used to be Ben Nahum Hotel, one of the first luxury h...
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LOCATION 10
Allenby Street
Continue walking on Allenby street along the brass stretch embedded in the pavement. Cross the road ahead of you to get to the Great Synagogue
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LOCATION 11
To the Great Synagogue
Keep walking. The building to your right is the Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv. I will stop you when you get to its main entrance.
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LOCATION 12
The Great Synagogue
Look left to see a wide staircase. Go up the stairs to see the entrance to the Great Synagogue.
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The first houses of Tel Aviv were built, the school started to operate, the k...