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Tel Aviv Promenade

            Tel Aviv Promenade (known in Hebrew as the Tayelet) stretches along the Mediterranean seashore of Tel Aviv and it is one of the most attractive destinations in the city of Tel Aviv. Along the Tel Aviv Promenade (Tayelet) one can find an abundance of restaurants, cafés and bars, and the Promenade (Tayelet) itself is a wonderful tourist attraction which combines the beautiful seascape, an enjoyable breeze all year round and a lot of sunshine and sunsets. 

The Tel Aviv Promenade (Tayelet) began with the Lahat Promenade- which was built in the 1970s and was named after Tel Aviv’s former Mayor, Shlomo Lahat- between the Dan Hotel and the Opera Tower. In recent years extensive renovation and development work has been done at the Tel Aviv Promenade, and today it stretches along 14 charming kilometers, from Tel Baruch to the north to "The Slope Park” ("Park HaMidron”) in Jaffa to the south.

In the late 1930s, the city council decided to build a promenade for separation between bathing areas and hiking or promenading paths. It extended from Bugrashov beach to where Geula beach is located nowadays. The introduction of the promenade was a turning point in common perception of the city's coastline.
At the same time, World War II started in September 1939, and the British Mandate Regime prohibited bathing in the beach. As a result of that, the city's beaches were abandoned and neglected. In addition, the developing new city was pouring its sewage to the sea and the beaches were banned for bathing for sanitary reasons. Seaside hotels and cafés were turning into questionable bars, gambling joints and brothels. The public abstained from the area, and the city's recreational centers were transferred to the city center, to streets such as Dizengoff Street. In 1942, London Square was founded in the northern part of the promenade. In 1953, Gan-haAtsmaut (Independence Garden) was founded on the gravel hill above Hilton beach. In 1965, at the time of the opening of the port of Ashdod, the ports of Tel Aviv and Jaffa were closed.
In the 1980s, the Dan District Sewage treatment facility was founded, and the sewage was transferred to the plant and not to the sea. That enabled the cleansing of the beaches and preparations to be made in order to open them again to the public for bathing. At that period, tombolo breakwaters were placed, causing significant expansion of the beaches allowing a greater number of attenders to enter. In the scope of the project, beach facilities were restored and reopened.
Currently, the city municipality is advancing a project to join the promenade sections into one continuous platform.
   

Taken on: September 6, 2013

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