{"id":81,"date":"2009-02-16T08:02:38","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T12:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/?p=81"},"modified":"2012-05-19T12:32:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T16:32:56","slug":"the-tel-aviv-namal-the-citys-old-port-now-a-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"The Tel Aviv Namal &#8211; The city&#8217;s Old Port &#8211; Now a favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first port of Israel was opened at 1936 and now is a flourishing hang out area with many new restaurants, bars and shops all accessible by a 14000 square meters of a wooden deck that its shape was inspired by the Tel Aviv sand dunes.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"407\" height=\"305\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=67348\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"&amp;offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fgiliz%2Fsets%2F72157613830569838%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fgiliz%2Fsets%2F72157613830569838%2F&amp;set_id=72157613830569838&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=67348\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"407\" height=\"305\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=67348\" data=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=67348\" flashvars=\"&amp;offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fgiliz%2Fsets%2F72157613830569838%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fgiliz%2Fsets%2F72157613830569838%2F&amp;set_id=72157613830569838&amp;jump_to=\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The Tel Aviv port was shut down in the 60&#8217;s as an active sea port, and was awaken in the 80&#8217;s as a nightlife and water sports center. Nowadays it is the busiest nightlife area of the city. Some of its bars and clubs are certainly worth a visit even just to get a glance of the crowded mingling scene of Tel Aviv&#8217;s nightlife.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest club in the Tel Aviv port area is TLV. It used to be one of the city&#8217;s nightlife scene leaders for years, but has no fixed schedule anymore. TLV still holds parties every once in a while, playing mostly house and trance music, so if you consider yourself a clubber, you might want to check if there&#8217;s a party there during your stay. The club itself is equipped with a state of the art sound and lighting systems, and has a sea front section with cool vibes.<\/p>\n<p>Whisky-a-go go, one of the hottest bars in Tel Aviv, is just nearby. This is where Israel&#8217;s famous actors, models, athletes and celebrities come to eat, drink and mingle. Whisky-a-go go is a mixture of a lounge, a dance bar and a dining place. After midnight, the atmosphere there changes, while trendy DJs lift up the energy level.<\/p>\n<p>Another trendy place is Shalvata (which means peace or tranquility), named after a famous mental institution in Israel. Shalvata Offers a relaxed atmosphere, good music and superior view of the Mediterranean, accompanied by friendly service, though it tends to get very crowded on summer weekends and holidays. Erlich is another Mega-bar at the Tel Aviv port which is friendly, well designed and usually quite packed. It is built around a round bar that occupies most of the space, a design that makes it a good place to meet people and mingle.<\/p>\n<p>There are many other bars in the Tel Aviv port and there&#8217;s always enough parking. You can also take a bus all the way to the north end of Dizengoff and just follow the crowd, on their way for another night of drinking and dancing till dawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first port of Israel was opened at 1936 and now is a flourishing hang &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/?p=81\"><img src=\"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/wp-content\/themes\/inisrael_2014\/images\/moor.jpg\" alt=\"read more\" title=\"Israel Hotels and travel guide  - inisrael.com\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[75,145,66,146,65,775],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.hotels.co.il\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}