From Tel Aviv to the beaches of Rishon LeZion

So, if you are using public transportation in Tel Aviv for the first time, you need to know a few important things. First: Tel Aviv and its surroundings are called Gush Dan. Second: there are two transport zones: Gush Dan and Gush Dan Murkhav (extended). Third: all train and bus journeys are paid for using the Rav Kav card. Fourth: you can replenish money on the account of the Rav Kav card at the convenience store. And the last one is security. At the entrance to any public place in Israel, you must pass a security check. You can purchase the Rav Kav at the ticket’s office. You can use the Rav Kav for any kind of public transportation. The daily rate in the Gush Dan area is 13.5 shekels. The weekly pass is 63 shekels. You need to take a train to Moshe Dayan station. Direct trains to Moshe Dayan station depart every half an hour. Do not be surprised if you see this message at each stop. We do not know where you entered the train but, in any case, we want to take care that you are comfortable at any station. If you do not need this information, just scroll down for some cool facts. Some cool facts: The station was built in 2000 to serve the Tel Aviv University and visitors to the exhibition center. Due to the large budgetary deviations in the construction of the most visited station in Tel Aviv Area – The haShalom Railway station, planning compromises were made. For example, the length of the roof over the docks was cut, and escalators were not built from the station to the university.

So, if you use public transport in Tel Aviv for the first time, you need to know a few important things. First: Tel Aviv and its surroundings are called Gush Dan. Second: there are two transport zones: Gush Dan and Gush Dan Murkhav (extended). Third: all train and bus journeys are paid using the Rav Kav card. Fourthly: you can replenish money on the account of the Rav Kav card at the convenience store. And the last one is security. At the entrance to any public places in Israel, you must pass a security check. You can purchase the Rav Kav at the ticket’s office. You can use the Rav Kav for any kind of public transportation. The daily rate in the Gush Dan area is 13.5 shekels. The weekly pass is 63 shekels. You need a train to Moshe Dayan station. Direct trains to Moshe Dayan station depart every half hour. Do not be surprised if you see this message at each stop. We do not know where you entered the train but take care that you are comfortable at any stop. If you do not need this information, just scroll down to cool facts. Some cool facts: The current station was opened on November 3, 1954, about a year and a half after the opening of the coastal track (May 1953) The station is named in honor of Menachem Savidor the ministers of transport in Israel in these years. Once, at an international conference, an American colleague asked Menachem: In America, the length of railways exceeds hundreds of thousands of kilometers. What is the length of the railways in Israel? Menachem answered: I don’t know the length, but the width is like in America.

So, if you use public transport in Tel Aviv for the first time, you need to know a few important things. First: Tel Aviv and its surroundings are called Gush Dan. Second: there are two transport zones: Gush Dan and Gush Dan Murkhav (extended). Third: all train and bus journeys are paid using the Rav Kav card. Fourthly: you can replenish money on the account of the Rav Kav card at the convenience store. And the last one is security. At the entrance to any public places in Israel, you must pass a security check. You can purchase the Rav Kav at the ticket’s office. You can use the Rav Kav for any kind of public transportation. The daily rate in the Gush Dan area is 13.5 shekels. The weekly pass is 63 shekels. You need a train to Moshe Dayan station. Direct trains to Moshe Dayan station depart every half hour. Do not be surprised if you see this message at each stop. We do not know where you entered the train but take care that you are comfortable at any stop. If you do not need this information, just scroll down to cool facts. Some facts: The station was built in 1994-1996 in a post-modern style. In 2001 it was decided to add an additional track on the line and therefore it was necessary to add another platform at the station. The expansion work included the diversion of the channel in which the Ayalon stream flows to the east, so that part of it passes under the eastern routes of the Ayalon Freeway. In 2016, the Ministry of the Environment published exceptional results of air pollution in the station area, due to its proximity to the Ayalon Highway and the lack of ventilation in its territory. At the same year, work has been done to expand the station, by constructing an additional terminal south of the existing terminal.

So, if you use public transport in Tel Aviv for the first time, you need to know a few important things. First: Tel Aviv and its surroundings are called Gush Dan. Second: there are two transport zones: Gush Dan and Gush Dan Murkhav (extended). Third: all train and bus journeys are paid using the Rav Kav card. Fourthly: you can replenish money on the account of the Rav Kav card at the convenience store. And the last one is security. At the entrance to any public places in Israel, you must pass a security check. You can purchase the Rav Kav at the ticket’s office. You can use the Rav Kav for any kind of public transportation. The daily rate in the Gush Dan area is 13.5 shekels. The weekly pass is 63 shekels. You need a train to Moshe Dayan station. Direct trains to Moshe Dayan station depart every half hour. Do not be surprised if you see this message at each stop. We do not know where you entered the train but take care that you are comfortable at any stop. If you do not need this information, just scroll down to cool facts. Some facts: The HaHaganah station was opened on June 22, 2002. From this station a train line leads to the Moshe Dayan train station and then on to Ashdod and Ashkelon. In August 2018, the construction of additional infrastructure began at the station, as part of preparations for the operation of the highway train to Jerusalem. The station serves many passengers due to its convenient access to Tel Aviv's new central bus station. The station is named after the organization Haganah (Protection), which was active in the ranks of the British troops during the Second World War and which became the basis for the Israel Defense Forces.

Here is the legendary restaurant “PEPE”, where in the menu you will find fish, meat and Spanish cuisine. Detailed information, including the menu, you can see by clicking the link below. Probably you have asked yourself, “what is that mountain so close to the beach?” We will take a walk down the beach and see what we will find there. A little bit of history: On the mountain top today there is a military base. Evidence of human existence on this archeological hill goes back to the pre-historic era. Along the shore there are a lot of places that are named after the prophet Jonah, that was swallowed by a whale, according to the biblical story. That is why the hill is called "The Hill of Jonah the Prophet".