Tel Aviv – Flung

Not a Religious Experience (But Also, Sort of, Having One)

Sarah Stodola — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:00:44 +0000

My plane from New York landed in Tel Aviv on a Friday afternoon, and after settling into our hotel, my boyfriend and I walked pretty immediately across the street and down to the Mediterranean Sea, that body of water that was until then so firmly planted in my imagination as a glamorous playground of the West. There, along with the volleyball players and the sandcastle builders and the matkot games in progress (it’s sort of like paddleball, and wildly popular), […]

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The Shalom Hotel & Relax: Casual Aplomb and a Slew of Perks

Sarah Stodola — Fri, 08 May 2015 13:10:06 +0000

The hotel scene in Tel Aviv until recently has been a bleak one, as overpriced as it was under-renovated, thanks mostly to the row of circa 1960s high rises lining the Mediterranean along an otherwise captivating stretch of sand. If one was traveling for pleasure, they tended to present as the only option, and although they fail utterly in ruining the atmosphere, thanks to a cosmopolitan energy that pervades Tel Aviv even on the beach, it can still cause a […]

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