New York Magazine did a nice write up this week on a 4 day trip to the ‘Big Falafel’ aka ‘The Little Sand Wedge’ aka ‘The Land of Milk & Honey’ etc, etc… more specifically, to TA (Tel-Aviv) our capital of fun and sun on the Mediterranean.

The trip sounds great, but 4 days may be a little rough when factoring in the lag…

Enjoy:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Club-hop until the sun comes up over the Mediterranean.

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Hours From New York: 10
TYPE OF VACATION: Party
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Tel Aviv may be in the heart of the Holy Land, but its all-hours, pansexual, smoker-friendly, inexpensive club scene is anything but pious (and the city is increasingly safe). The weekend starts Thursday night, so leave Wednesday night (El Al has an 11:50 p.m. flight from JFK that lands just in time for dinner the following day). Book the Cinema Hotel (from $120; 972-3-520-7100), a converted thirties movie house a short stroll from the Mediterranean. Having slept on the flight, get your groove on early with dinner at Nanuchka (28 Lilenblum St.; 972-3-516-2254), a Georgian supper club; wash down tinakali (cheese dumplings with yogurt) with vodka shots, and maybe some dancing on tables to post-Soviet Slavo-pop….

Read the rest here:

Flag a cab for the short ride to Ha-oman 17 (88 Abarbanel St.; 972-3-681-3636), Tel Aviv’s megaclub of the moment, which imports international D.J.’s like Paul Van Dyk and Armin Van Buuren for its Thursday-night parties. Wake up in time for a late Friday lunch at the aptly named Betty Ford (48 Nahalat Binyamin St.; 972-3-510-0650) to recharge on its hefty half-pound burgers and a big chug of Goldstar (the local brew); pass the afternoon souvenir-shopping and hottie-spotting at the outdoor crafts market just up the street. Take a disco nap before a late dinner close to clubland at coffeeBar (13 Yad Harutzim St.; 972-3-688-9696; reservations recommended), with its perfect steak-frites and sexy crowd. Continue to Barzilay Club (13 Harechev St.; 972-3-6878090 ), a nearby six-month-old hipster dance haunt, and then to the G-Spot (40 Salame St.; 972-52-8846121 ), whose D.J.-owner, Nir Mamon, spins the latest rap hits straight outta Brooklyn. Well past midnight, explore the Breakfast Club (6 Rothschild Blvd.; no phone), a smoky, shameless after-hours pickup spot, or Evita (31 Yavne St.; 972-3-566-9559), its nearby gay equivalent. Enjoy a late Saturday brunch at the alfresco Shalvata (Tel Aviv Port; 972-3-544-1279) with a cocktail while admiring prime Mediterranean views. Spend the last few hours on the beach itself, before heading back to the airport for El Al’s midnight flight to New York. You’ll land early the next day—leaving plenty of time to recover before Monday morning.

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