Lonely Planet has made Tel Aviv one of its top 10 cities of the world. It described the city as
"the total flipside of Jerusalem, a modern Sin City on the sea rather than an ancient Holy City on a hill. Hedonism is the one religion that unites its inhabitants. There are more bars than synagogues, God is a DJ and everyone’s body is a temple. Yet, scratch underneath the surface and Tel Aviv, or TLV, reveals itself as a truly diverse 21st-century Mediterranean hub. By far the most international city in Israel, Tel Aviv is also home to a large gay community, a kind of San Francisco in the Middle East. Thanks to its university and museums, it is also the greenhouse for Israel’s growing art, film and music scenes.
TLV was beaten into third place by New York and Tangiers and was followed by Wellington, New Zealand; Valencia, Spain; Iquitos, Peru; Newcastle (the one in Australia, not Geordieland); Ghent, Belgium; Delhi, India and Chang Mai, Thailand.
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