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Don’t miss: a visit to the old Reading lighthouse now transformed into a trendy café, where you can sit on plush pillows and beach mats and enjoy the breathtaking view. 04 Florentin neighborhood Street art and trendy cafés There’s graffiti and street art everywhere in this part of town. So much so that it’s been dubbed “Israel’s Shoreditch” and “the Soho of Tel Aviv”. Once selected by Time Out magazine as the 7 th trendiest neighborhood in the world, Florentin is an eclectic urban gem that effortlessly blends history, heritage, and urban renewal. It’s a patchwork of old rundown buildings, new apartment blocks, with wild graffiti everywhere, warehouses, artists’ studios, garages and workshops, convenience stores, street food vendors, nightclubs, restaurants, and bars. There’s nothing more fun than getting lost in its alleyways and side streets and delighting in the fascinating street art that graces every nook and cranny. Don’t miss: a visit to Simtat Aluf Batslut. Once a parking lot, it now has a secret little garden where people hangout, sunbathe, enjoy picnics, or have a coffee at the recently opened café. 05 Levinsky Market Spices & delicacies Levinsky market, which borders with the Florentin neighborhood, has gone from being a part of town known for its workers’ restaurants, hardware stores, and legume, spices and dried fruit stores, to a trendy hipster neighborhood. Many of its old stores have been transformed into cafés and restaurants, but there still are spice shops that also sell pickles, cheeses, smoked fish, and other typical delicacies. Young entrepreneurs have settled in the

Florentin neighborhood

Levinsky market I Photo: Ariela Aflalo

HaMesila Park I Photo: Ariela Aflalo

20 ATMOSPHERE AUGUST 2024