Issue No.22 - International Edition Polo De’Marco Magazine - International Edition | Page 102

THINGS TO DO - TEL
AVIV, ISRAEL
1. Tel Aviv Street Art Tour
Our Tel Aviv Street Art Tour takes you inside the city’s street art and graffiti scene, which serves as
a unique expression of the city’s geographical location, cultural peculiarities, political movements,
and artistic sub-cultures. Tel Aviv’s street art tells a story, a multitude of stories, written on the city’s
walls and it often takes an expert to decipher these urban tales. Our fully guided Tel Aviv Street Art
Tour will take you through the most visible and famous graffiti in town, as well as some of the most
hidden pieces of street art, and will uncover their stories for you.
Graffiti in Israel was boosted in the early 2000s largely due to the British artist Banksy, one of the
world’s most famous street art artists, who visited Israel & the Palestinian Authorities causing a stir
in the local scene. Some pieces of Tel Aviv street art are just well-executed artworks representing
the artistic flair of the city while others have a political or social criticism and can be served as a
crash course to Israeli society. Come explore with us Tel Aviv’s urban art and, through it, explore
provoking, moving, fascinating pieces of history, politics, and culture of Israel itself. The Tel Aviv
Street Art tour is available with quaranteed departure every Monday and Friday. This tour can be
combined with Tel Aviv Architecture Tour, with Tel Aviv Food Tour or with both, for a full-day Tel
Aviv Urban Tour.