Tel Aviv Private Walking Tour: Israel’s Most Successful Startup

• Licensed in-person guide
• Historical stories, music and photographs, plus your own First Maccabiah Participant Card
• 2 to 3 hour walking tour along the Yarkon River and Tel Aviv Port
• Not included: Meals
• Not included: Transportation to and from the meeting point

1. We begin by the Yarkon River, where a Philistine port town stood in the age of Goliath. A century ago this was all sand dunes, vineyards and camel caravans. Then in 1909 a few families drew lots with seashells and started a new city. I'll tell you who dreamed it, and how.

2. A stadium once stood right here on the sand, built in six weeks for the first Maccabiah, the "Jewish Olympics," in 1932. A small town with no sports equipment welcomed athletes from all over the world. I'll tell you how they pulled it off, and why the British feared the next games.

3. Here stood the Levant Fair, which put this young town on the world map under the sign of the Flying Camel. You will hear about free Belgian chocolates, a friendly letter from the President of Lebanon, and a famous conductor who came here to stand up to the Nazis.

4. The quiet brick hall by the river hides one of the most unbelievable lives of the last century. A revolutionary, a rescuer, a judge, a prisoner and a builder: the same man was all of them. How did he end up by the Yarkon? I'll tell you.

5. This is where Israel's air force was born. It began with a small flying company that was more than it looked. In 1948 the new country had almost no planes, so it found three daring ways to get them. I'll tell you how.

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller Service animals allowed Public transportation options are available nearby Suitable for all physical fitness levels

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.