Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv is a city built around Modernism, sunlight and the sea. Its famous White City contains one of the world’s largest concentrations of International Style and Bauhaus-influenced architecture, brought to the city by European-trained architects during the 1930s. Curved balconies, ribbon windows and white façades were adapted to the Mediterranean climate and became part of Tel Aviv’s identity. Alongside them, restored Ottoman-era buildings, Brutalist structures and contemporary architecture create a cityscape that feels layered, informal and constantly in motion.

Food and drink are fundamental to the city’s character. Markets, bakeries and tiny neighbourhood restaurants draw on culinary traditions from across the Mediterranean and Middle East, while Tel Aviv’s contemporary restaurant scene is known for its focus on vegetables, local produce and generous, informal dining. Natural wine bars, specialty coffee, inventive cocktail spots and the cafés and restaurants around Carmel Market and Jaffa contribute to a culture where eating and drinking frequently spills from afternoon into late evening.

Tel Aviv’s most interesting hotels often occupy buildings that tell the story of the city itself. Restored Bauhaus landmarks, historic residences and buildings in and around old Jaffa sit alongside contemporary design hotels with strong connections to local architecture, art and nightlife. At DNA Hotels, we curate the places where design, food, history and Mediterranean energy come together—hotels that capture Tel Aviv as a city where Modernist heritage and an intensely contemporary way of life exist side by side.