Recommended Accommodations

  • Hotel Maxim Tel-Aviv (ranked #33 via Tripadvisor)

    * Please note Tel-Aviv University officially recommends this hotel.
    Prices
    • One person in a small single room 380 NIS/ apr. 99 USD per night.
    • One person in a double room 490 NIS / apr. 128 USD per night.
    • Two people in a double room 590 NIS per night/ apr. 153 USD per night.
    Distance from Tel-Aviv University
    One bus ride to/from the university- approximately 3 minutes walk to the bus station, 25 minutes bus ride.
    Contact for reservations: maxim@maxim-htl-ta.co.il
    In order to book this accommodation, please contact the hotel directly and note that you are attending a conference at Tel-Aviv University and thus the University's rates apply to your reservation.
  • The DIAGHILEV LIVE ART boutique hotel (ranked #6 via Tripadvisor)

    * Please note that this hotel does not work directly with Tel-Aviv University. It offers special rates solely for our conference.
    Prices
    • One person in a superior suite 150 USD per night - refundable rate (cancellation up to 48 hours before arrival day).
    • Two people in a superior suite 165 USD per night - refundable rate (cancellation up to 48 hours before arrival day).
    • One person in a superior suite 135 USD per night - Non-refundable rate (payment at the reservation time. No cancellations can be done).
    • Two people in a superior suite 150 USD per night - Non-refundable rate (payment at the reservation time. No cancellations can be done).
    All rates include breakfast.
    Distance from Tel-Aviv University
    One bus ride to/from the university- approximately 8 minutes walk to the bus station,30 minutes bus ride.
    Contact for reservations: sales@diaghilev-tel-aviv.com
    In order to book this accommodation, please contact the hotel directly and note that you are attending a conference at Tel-Aviv University and thus theses rates apply to your reservation.
  • Sightseeing in Israel

  • Tel-Aviv – Yafo

    • Nachalat Binyamin
      The Nachalat Binyamin arts & crafts fair takes place on Tuesdays and Fridays. Over 200 Israeli craftspeople and artists exhibit and sell their unique creations. It is an outdoor fair with street performers and musicians providing free entertainment for visitors. It is right next to Shuck HaCarmel and Shenkin street.
    • Shuck HaCarmel
      The market is open Sunday-Friday and sells mostly food but also a variety of items such as Judaica, jewlery, home accessories, and flowers. Tuesdays and Fridays are the signature days at the market as several independent artists and vendors sell unique crafts, art, and jewelry along Nachalat Binyamin Street.
    • Namal Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv port)
      Tel Aviv’s port is one of the city’s main entertainment hubs with trendy shops, bars, nightclubs, cafés and a bustling farmers’ market on (The market opens only on Fridays).
    • Old Jaffa
      Old Jaffa is one of the world’s oldest cities and home to the oldest seaport in the world. The beautiful area contains the Clock Tower, the Jaffa flea market, restaurants, designer stores, galleries and museums and the Old Port.
    • The Tayelet
      The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Promenade is a bustling walkway that connects Old Jaffa in the south to the northern neighborhoods of the city. There are beautiful views of the beach and sunsets, and plenty of cafés and restaurants along the promenade.
    • Neve Tzedek and the Historic Train Station (Tachana)
      Neve Tzedek is one of Tel Aviv’s most beautiful neighborhoods – and historically, was the first neighborhood built outside of Jaffa. The neighborhood has cafés and gourmet restaurants as well as designer stores. On the southern edge of the neighborhood is the historic train station known as the Tachana. This newly-restored compound now serves as a cultural and shopping center.
    • Sarona & Sarona Market
      The renewed German Templar colony includes an urban park and the accurately restored original 37 buildings of the Templar settlement. These have been transformed into cafes, restaurants, art galleries and an assortment of specialty shops. It includes Sarona Market, a high-end culinary market reminiscent of New-York's Chelsea Market. From fresh-baked goods to aged cheeses, spiced olives to farmers’ produce, seafood to sweets, it is a gastronomic heaven. Sarona is based not far from the Azrieli shopping center.
    • Tel Aviv Museum of Art
      The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is home to one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Israeli art in the world, as well as the works of masters such as Van Gogh, Monet, Chagall, and Modigliani.
    • Shopping
      • Dizingoff center
      • Azrieli mall
    • Restaurant and cafés areas
      • Rotschild street
      • Shenkin street
      • Kicar Rabin
  • Jerusalem

    • The old city
      The Old City is home to the Western Wall (aka Wailing Wall and in Hebrew Kotel). This is the last remaining wall of what was the Jewish Temple, and is today the holiest site in the world for Jews. Above the Western Wall lies the Dome of the Rock important for Muslims as the site where the prophet Muhammad is said to have risen to heaven. And, just a few minutes walk away, lies Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Sepulcher, where some believe Jesus was crucified and buried. The Old City of Jerusalem is divided into four quarters; The Jewish Quarter, The Armenian Quarter, The Christian Quarter, and The Muslim Quarter. The walled city is entered by one of seven entry gates, although the busiest for tourists is the Jaffa Gate next to which is the Tower of David Museum, providing the history of Jerusalem within the Old City Walls. Each quarter has its own unique atmosphere and observations, sites and smells, and experiences.
    • Mamillla center
      Mamilla Mall is an upscale shopping street and the only open-air mall in Jerusalem. Located northwest of Jaffa Gate, the mall consists of a pedestrian promenade called Alrov Mamilla Avenue lined by 140 stores, restaurants, and cafes.
    • Bezalel street
      The Bezalel Arts & Crafts Fair takes place every Friday and offers live music and stalls featuring quality crafts, jewelry, clothing, artwork, toys, etc.
    • Mahane Yehuda Market
      The market's more than 250 vendors sell fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, fish, meat and cheeses, nuts, seeds, spices, liquors, clothing, textiles, and Judaica.
    • The Israel Museum
      The museum houses 500,000 objects, including the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, a grand collection of archaeological finds, an immense treasury of world Judaica, a sculpture garden and vast collections of primitive, European and modern art.
  • Major attractions in other cities

    • Haifa, The Bahai Gardens
    • The dead sea
    • Mount Masada
    • The Negev, Makhtesh Ramon
    • Safed, old city
    • Nazareth, church of the annunciation
    • Eilat