Welcome to the Florentine Hostel !
please notice our age restriction is 18-40
Right around the corner of the Florentine Street lives happily an intimate, home-style, youth hostel. Located less then 3 minutes walk from the center of the up-and-coming Florentine neighborhood of Tel Aviv and 10-15 minutes walk from many other attractions (beach, train station and central bus station, old jaffa, and center of town) .
We have a small number of rooms, including two dormitories, keeping the atmosphere here personal and friendly.
The spirit of the Florentine Hostel is young and vibrant – a place to feel at home, meet fellow travellers and other backpackers, relax, make friends, and absorb the Tel Aviv vibe. Guests at the hostel share a cosy indoor lounge, a fully equipped communal kitchen, and the spacious rooftop terrace where they can enjoy their morning coffee, take a meal together, trade stories and travel tips, or just relax and enjoy their time.
With easy access to all of Tel Aviv by foot and nearby bus lines, we’re certain you’ll find the Florentine Hostel a great place to set out from in the morning, and a relaxing place to return to at night.
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Tel Aviv-Jaffa is the largest city in Israel and one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. The city is at the heart of Israeli society and represents the coming together of Israel’s contemporary life and its ancient roots. A tourist can find pretty much anything that he is looking for here – from the ancient buildings of Old Jaffa, to the century old Bauhaus buildings of the White City, from the business district,…
2 minutes walk to the centre of Florentine Street
10 minutes walk to the beach ( 20 to the busy beaches)
10 walk from old jaffa and the flea market
15 minutes walk to central bus station (20 to hagana train station)
5 minutes walk to neve tzedek ( suzane dallal dancing center)
15 to Rothschild street ( center of town musuems and bahause center)
25 minutes walk to center heart of town( karmel market, shenkin street, King George street and Dizengoff street)
We also have bus routes to every point in the city 2 minutes walk from us.
Directions and how to get:
* From Ben Gurion Airport:
* Either take a taxi straight to us (140 shekels- take the airport taxi they are well organised) or Take the Train
- By Train - Take a Train (bus isn't a good option) to Tel Aviv central bus station (“Ha-Hagana' train station- which is very close to the central bus station).
(15 shekel ride)
The hostel is 15 min walk from central bus station and about 20 min from the Hagana train station.
- Taxi from the train station - should be around 25 shekels to us (make sure the driver knows where it is since it is a new hostel)
- Walk - However! if you intend to walk you can take the shortest walk which is less interesting. Or the 5 minutes longer walk! Which is more interesting and passes through the spice market and the Florentine Street. So if you don't have big luggage and you don't mind walking. Take the interesting way.
* Very Important - At night time both ways look a bit dark at some points of the way, however Israel is a very safe place and Tel Aviv itself is a super safe place so there is no problems walking anywhere anytime and you can be safe with yourself or just take a taxi if you feel uncomfortable.
- Short way (not interesting): find Salame (Shalame, Shlomo, it has different names!) street which is at the back street of the central bus station, and just walk straight (west- to the beach direction) until Elifelet Street crosses you on the right! Turn right on Elifelet, walk 100 meters to Elifelet 10 (we have a red wooden door with a small sign and number 10 on it, or look for two blue lights of our intercom)
- Longer way is to walk through Levinski Street (west-toward the beach, which turns into the spice market at a certain point of it) until Hertzel Street. Turn left (south) on Hertzel and walk until Florentine Street. Turn right to Florentine, and walk through all of Florentine Street till it ends. Then continue straight through the alley till you get to Elifelet Street (next to the dogs garden) and then turn left, walk 20 meters and you find our wooden red door with # 10 on it.
- Bus from central bus station - If you arrive during the day you can also take the Bus! Take bus number 44 or 46 from 4rth floor at the central bus station and ask the driver to drop you off at the closest station to Elifelet Street.( ask him for directions...they are usually nice and like to help). Also, from Har Tzion Avenue ( close to central bus station) bus number 42 will drop you off at the corner of Salame( Solomon) street and Elifelet Street. Then just walk up Eliefelet (north) till you reach Elifelet 10.
Sometimes just waiting for bus takes twice as much time as just simply walking.
Florentine Hostel
10 Elifelet St
Tel Aviv.
Florentine Neighbourhood
(You can always call me directly to my cell phone if you get problems getting here)
Reviews
Tuure Laurila
Positives:
Roof terrace is a good place to meet other guests and the sabbath meal was…
Negatives:
I can't find anything negative. Baybe the breakfast could be better.
91%
Anonymous
Positives:
I liked atmosphere, location, terrase, wifi
Negatives:
rooms are very small
74%
Anonymous
Positives:
It has big roof terrace to chill.
Negatives:
Nothing.
91%
Marion Champoux-Pellegrin
Positives:
Best hostel in Tel Aviv, people are super nice, cool ambiance, very relaxed. Best place…
Negatives:
Sometimes a bit cold at night.
94%
Anonymous
Positives:
Lovely rooftop area with hammocks and loads of couches.Staff were good about keeping noise to…
Negatives:
Dorms are really small, not much room for your bags. The hostel was full when…
83%
Juhani Väihkönen
Positives:
The personnel were very helpful and the people I met there were very nice.
Negatives:
It was cold and rainy weather. So as inside. So I would recommend using this…
71%
Terry Bourke
Positives:
The guy at receiption was extremely helpfull on arrival and throughout my stay with anything…
Negatives:
Was just a little hard to find on the street on arrival due to lack…
89%
Anonymous
Positives:
Friendly staff, layed-back atmosphere, nice people. Bed was very good.
Negatives:
My mate had to sleep in the rain for one night; when we arrived no…
74%