Bat Yam

Bat Yam



On the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv District of Israel is a wonderful resort town of Bat Yam, with a population of just over 130 thousand people. Every fourth citizen - a native of the countries located in the former Soviet Union. The city is directly adjacent to the port of Jaffa, where Noah built his ark of salvation, and Perseus freed Andromeda. On the other hand resort borders the holon - the capital of Israel and the child together with other suburbs, they form an agglomeration of Gush Dan - Big Tel Aviv with a population of over three million people.



Not having a thorough history, as the neighboring town of Bat Yam was founded by wealthy people from the nearby port of Jaffa, just in 1926. In the thirties of the twentieth century, the city's population grew rapidly at the expense of immigrants from Nazi Germany. But the years in the life of the townspeople were not trouble-free: during the riots in 1929 residents had to flee their homes in the late thirties, the situation repeated itself, and during the struggle for independence, settlers have been cut off from neighboring towns. But since the early fifties, the city came to a lot of immigrants from Romania and North Africa.



In the seventies, of Bat Yam sweeping construction boom, the city is growing rapidly, housing prices are falling rapidly as well, which serves as the impetus of the new chrede migrations. Most seem to be rooted citizens moved to a new prestigious suburb of Rishon LeZion, and their place is taken by immigrants from Arab countries and Turkey, and in the nineties, they are joined by a large mass of immigrants from the Soviet Union. The proximity to Tel Aviv - only five miles, beautiful nature and low prices have made this city very popular.



The main building of the city - modern high-rises, despite the proximity to the Bat-Yam major industrial centers such as Tel Aviv and Holon, where the majority of residents of the resort, the city employs many companies specializing in the manufacture of textiles, metalworking, printing and food industries. Naturally, there are a further development of services and trade: wholesale and retail, in very many schools and kindergartens, which are visited by thirty thousand young people in Israel.



And yet, of Bat Yam, primarily a resort town, there are many beautiful beaches, modern hotels and comfortable modern hotels. The main town is a charming boardwalk promenade, which adjoins the city park. There are plenty of cozy restaurants and cafes where you can while away the time, or wait out the siesta, or khamsin - a hot wind blowing from the desert. City beaches, surrounded by subtropical vegetation and well-appointed seating, stretching along the coast for more than three kilometers. Beaches Stone, Jerusalem, and Riviera Model distinguishes truly exemplary service and crystal clear waters, for those who can not swim, and arranged for the kids comfortable, "paddling", but for fans of fishing will be found a cozy place.



For sports fans under the roof of a new recreation center Bat Yam collected great gyms, tennis courts, Sana'a and beautiful rooms. Recently opened in the city and excellent artificial ice rink, has become a favorite holiday destination, as the townspeople and visitors alike. Urban shopping malls and large stores are concentrated in the streets of Rothschild and Balfour, for shoppers is the true expanse, work up enough you can relax at restaurants or cafes, visit the cinema. Balfour on the street as there are banks and post office, travel agencies and offices of law firms.



Bat Yam can not boast an abundance of cultural attractions, it's a very young city, but here you can visit the museum "House of the Fisherman," which shows the artist's exhibition schedule of the thirties of last century Issachar Ber Rybak. The museum Shalom Asch presented the manuscript of the writer who has worked for many years over his works in Poland and the United States. In the area of ​​Ramat Yosef regularly held a variety of art exhibitions of contemporary art at the cultural center Ben-Ari. The city regularly hosts an annual international festival of street theater.



Numerous tourists Bat Yam attracts not only the beauty of its coast, but also a good location. The resort organizes exciting excursions to the nearby port of Jaffa, one of the oldest cities on the planet: the walls protected the city for four thousand years ago. From this port, went on his way biblical prophet Jonah, who was in the whale's belly, this is where St. Peter raised Tabitha. From that port beginning of the modern Jewish return to Israel.



Tours of Israel, organized in Bat-Yam, one of the cheapest in the country, tourists in the first place go to the Eternal City of Jerusalem, located fifty kilometers, where he attended the Old City with the Temple of the Holy Sepulchre, Western Wall and the Via Delorosoy. Be sure the guests would be taken to the Mount of Olives to the tomb of the Virgin Mary and the Garden of Gethsemane, on Mount Zion to the tomb of King David. On the Temple Mount show Muslim shrines - the Al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock. Very interesting tours organized for visitors to the Galilee Bible when you can visit in Nazareth, Tiberias, the Jordan River and the Sermon on the site of Christ.



Back in town, visit the local market, which is located on the way to Tel Aviv, where you can buy interesting items from the Dead Sea, original souvenirs from rag pickers, and for second-hand bookshops is a true paradise. Set course to meet the sea, and if you do not really get tired of sightseeing, shopping, leisure and swimming in the sea, then visit again in the evening promenade of Bat-Yam. It turns into a solid concert hall and a disco where you can not just listen to great music, and dance in a circle of fire-dancing and gay friendly locals.

Weather in Bat Yam
Bat Yam is located not far from the capital of Israel. For this reason, the weather in Bat Yam is not much different from the weather in Tel Aviv: Hot and humid summers, not too cold in winter.

Bat Yam can not boast an abundance of cultural attractions, it's a very young city, but here you can visit the museum "House of the Fisherman," which shows the artist's exhibition schedule of the thirties of last century Issachar Ber Rybak. The museum Shalom Asch presented the manuscript of the writer who has worked for many years over his works in Poland and the United States. In the area of ​​Ramat Yosef regularly held a variety of art exhibitions of contemporary art at the cultural center Ben-Ari. The city regularly hosts an annual international festival of street theater.

Numerous tourists Bat Yam attracts not only the beauty of its coast, but also a good location. The resort organizes exciting excursions to the nearby port of Jaffa, one of the oldest cities on the planet: the walls protected the city for four thousand years ago. From this port, went on his way biblical prophet Jonah, who was in the whale's belly, this is where St. Peter raised Tabitha. From that port beginning of the modern Jewish return to Israel.

Tours of Israel, organized in Bat-Yam, one of the cheapest in the country, tourists in the first place go to the Eternal City of Jerusalem, located fifty kilometers, where he attended the Old City with the Temple of the Holy Sepulchre, Western Wall and the Via Delorosoy. Be sure the guests would be taken to the Mount of Olives to the tomb of the Virgin Mary and the Garden of Gethsemane, on Mount Zion to the tomb of King David. On the Temple Mount show Muslim shrines - the Al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock. Very interesting tours organized for visitors to the Galilee Bible when you can visit in Nazareth, Tiberias, the Jordan River and the Sermon on the site of Christ.

Back in town, visit the local market, which is located on the way to Tel Aviv, where you can buy interesting items from the Dead Sea, original souvenirs from rag pickers, and for second-hand bookshops is a true paradise. Set course to meet the sea, and if you do not really get tired of sightseeing, shopping, leisure and swimming in the sea, then visit again in the evening promenade of Bat-Yam. It turns into a solid concert hall and a disco where you can not just listen to great music, and dance in a circle of fire-dancing and gay friendly locals.