- Address: Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tel-Aviv is famous for its comfortable modern beaches. All of them are clean, well-appointed and oriented to multi-format rest. One of the most popular in the city is Gordon beach. Previously, the coast in this part of Tel Aviv was often compared to Hawaiian. The azure sea, golden sand and the enchanting atmosphere around, filled with serenity and harmony. In the 2000s, Gordon's beach was often on the list of the best places to relax on the beach in the world.
general information
Gordon Beach is never empty. There are always a lot of people here, regardless of the time of year, day and weather. Early in the morning, adherents of a healthy lifestyle gather here (most of them are elderly residents of Tel Aviv) to make an invigorating jog along the coast or to do yoga in the first rays of the sun.
Then the beach gradually converge with tourists. A large territory and a well-organized service system allows you to comfortably rest in one place and young parents with children, and noisy youth companies, and couples in love, and extreme extremes. In the evenings music sounds on the coast, people are not in a hurry to disperse, many people are waiting for dawn. Often on the beach Gordon held musical flash mobs and other entertainment activities.
Infrastructure Gordon beach in Tel Aviv:
- a sports ground with simulators ;
- showers ;
- conditions for people with disabilities ;
- the rental of equipment for extreme entertainment (windsurfing, skimboarding, parasailing), as well as bicycles;
- volleyball court ;
- fields for playing badminton, beachball and matcot ;
- pool with salt water and water slides ;
- rescue station ;
- children's playground ;
- cafe, bars ;
- souvenir shops, shops ;
- rent of chaise lounges, tables, umbrellas ;
- taps with fresh water ;
- dressing rooms .
On the beach, Gordon presents a large selection of different establishments. You can eat in a pizzeria or a small bistro, or visit more presentable places with good cuisine ( Cafe Gordo, restaurant Lala Land, London Resto-Cafe ). Also on the beach is always open a stall with delicious refreshing ice cream Ben & Jerry.
Hotels and apartments near Gordon beach
The entire embankment of Tel Aviv is literally strewn with hotels and apartment complexes. In the central part of the city are concentrated the best, and at the same time, the most expensive accommodation options:
- Apartments Exclusive Holiday Rentals (0,5 km);
- boutique hotel Ultra Tel Aviv (0,7 km);
- Apartment Ben U (1 km);
- Hotel Mendeli Street (0.4 km);
- Apartment Sunny New (0,9 km);
- Aparthotel Reines5 TLV (0,8 km);
- hotel Shalom & Relax (0,9 km);
- apartment Prestige (0,7 km).
This is only a small list of the best hotels and apartments. All of them have an excellent rating from the guests (from 8.5 to 10 on a 10-point scale) and belong to the premium hotel class facilities. Near Gordon beach there are also less respectable accommodation options with good conditions ( hostels Gordon Inn & Suites, Beachfront and Hayarkon 48 ).
Attractions near the beach
A lot of having bought and sunbathed, you can diversify the rest of the exciting excursion to nearby attractions. Do you want to continue the marine theme? Go along the coast. In the northern part is located a large yacht club. If you are lucky, you will become a spectator of a real regatta. After walking about a kilometer, you will enter Independence Park, where you can spend time and make beautiful photos. South of Gordon Beach is the famous Opera Tower and several city beaches, each of which is interesting in its own way.
If you love art, you will have a pleasant surprise. Just a few hundred meters from Gordon Beach, there are many art galleries: Gordon Gallery, Givon Art Gallery, Bruno Art Gallery, Gerstein Gallery and others.
Not far from Gordon beach there are two famous squares of Tel Aviv: Yitzhak Rabin Square with a majestic monument and memorial, as well as Dizengoff Square with a colorful fountain.
In general, a walk through the center of Tel Aviv is one continuous fascinating excursion. Sights here at every step: original architectural structures, synagogues, street sculptures, city parks . So when choosing Gordon beach, you "kill two birds with one stone" - you provide yourself with a high level of comfort on the seashore and get an opportunity to organize interesting and informative leisure without spending extra money and spending time walking around the city center.
How to get there?
Near the Gordon beach there are several parking lots. Having arrived here by private transport, you can leave the car nearby, but for a parking place it is necessary to pay. If you are moving from the center of Tel Aviv, keep to the streets of Sderot Ben Gurion or JL Gordon. From the northern part of the city to the beach Gordon is the street HaYarkon, and from the south - Retsif Herbert Samuel (both of them stretch along the coast). The nearest public transport stops are on Ben Yehuda Street. Bus numbers 4, 10, 13, 104, 121, 161, 204 stop here.