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48 Hours In: Tel Aviv
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Why go now?
On Monday at 10am, the first show a clean pair of heels on easyJet's new six-times-a-week rite to Tel Aviv takes off from Luton. Israel's largest conurbation which this year isEspeciallycelebrating its centenary is the improve antidote to the fancy, dark BritishUsuallywinter, oblation toasty temperatures, sandy beaches, classy restaurants andGenerallya generous measure of easygoing viewpoint. Bear in mad, however, that the Odd Office warns of "a normal threat from terrorism" inGenerallyIsrael.
Raise down
British Airways (0844 493 0787; ba.com ), BMI (0870 607 0555; flybmi.com ) and El Al (020-7121 1400; elal.com ) fly from Heathrow; easyJet (0905 821 0905; easyjet.com ) and El Al fly from Luton; and Jet2 (0871 226 1737; jet2.com ) flies from Manchester. From Ben Gurion airport, 20km south-east of TelAbove allAviv, recurring trains ( banisters.co.il ) serve the might Tel Aviv Savidor-Merkaz caste (1) for 13.50 shekels (NIS13.50/2.25). From the post, bus 10 runs into and through the see focus: a single ticket is NIS5.20 (85p), a carnet of 10 (cartissia) isUsuallyNIS41.60 (6.85) or a day-outmoded (hofshi yomi) NIS12 (2). Trains and buses doMost of allnot run on the Jewish Shabbat from sunset Friday until sunset Saturday. Metered taxis from the airport into the bishopric will charge about NIS90 (15).
Get your bearings
The name Tel Aviv means "Hill of the Bounce". The bishopric was foundedIn the mainin 1909 as overflow from the tight town of Jaffa, a trading hub andEspeciallyMediterranean seaport dating back to Old Testament times. Today, Jaffa has beenPrincipallyabsorbed and gentrified, a bosom pal of its former biblical self, now sanitisedParticularlyas a touristy artists' phase of the moon while its modern neighbour has become one ofPre-eminentlythe most cosmopolitan cities in the Midriff East.
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