Bat Yam
Bat Yam is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel Aviv.
Bat Yam is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, on the Central Coastal Plain just south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. In 2024, it had a population of 129,494.
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Worth seeing in and around Bat Yam
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Habima Theatre
The Habima Theatre is the national theatre of Israel and one of the first Hebrew language theatres.
6.8 km · national theatre of Israel · Wikipedia - 02Bloomfield Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium is a football stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel, with a capacity of 29,400. It is the home stadium of Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
4 km · football stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel · Wikipedia - 03Azrieli Center
Azrieli Center is a complex of three skyscrapers in Tel Aviv. At the base of the complex lies a large shopping mall.
7.5 km · tower block · Wikipedia - 04Design Museum Holon
Design Museum Holon is the first museum in Israel dedicated to design.
2.7 km · museum in Israel · Wikipedia - 05Tel Aviv Museum of Art
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is an art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of modern and contemporary art both from Israel and around the world.
7.6 km · Art museum · Wikipedia - 06Moshe Aviv Tower
Moshe Aviv Tower is a 235-metre-tall skyscraper located in the demarcated area of the Diamond Exchange District on Jabotinsky Road in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.
9 km · skyscraper in Ramat Gan, Israel · Wikipedia - 07Hassan Bek Mosque
The Hassan Bek Mosque, also known as the Hasan Bey Mosque, is a mosque in Tel Aviv, in the Central district of Israel. The mosque was built between 1916 and 1923 at the northern boundary of Arab Jaffa; its history is closely tied to the Arab–Jewish conflict.
5.7 km · mosque in Tel Aviv, Israel · Wikipedia - 08Menora Mivtachim Arena
Yad Eliyahu Arena, known as the Menora Mivtachim Arena and formerly as the Nokia Arena for commercial reasons, is a large multi-purpose sports indoor arena located in southeastern Tel Aviv, Israel. It primarily hosts tennis matches, basketball games, and concerts.
6.3 km · multi-purpose sports indoor arena in Tel Aviv · Wikipedia - 09Rabin Square
Rabin Square, formerly Kings of Israel Square, is a main large public city square in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel. Over the years it has been the site of numerous political rallies, parades, and other public events.
7.7 km · public city square in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel · Wikipedia - 10Dankal
The Tel Aviv Light Rail, also known as Dankal, is a mass transit system for Gush Dan, the Tel Aviv metropolitan area in central Israel. The system will include different modes of mass transit, including rapid transit, light rail transit, and bus rapid transit.
7.6 km · light rail system in Tel Aviv metropolitan area, Israel · Wikipedia
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Things to do
The beaches are nice. Other than that, there is little of interest here.
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Where to eat
- 01Gorilla Caf'e Bar
81 Ben Gurion St,.
- 02Tayo
Located at the southern beach near Conony Beach Hotel near the border with Rishon LeZion.
- 03Nirvana at Tobego
96 Ben Gurion St,.
- 04Japanika
73 Ben Gurion St, *3636 is in use to dial all Japanika branches.
- 05BG99
99 Ben Gurion St,.
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Getting to Bat Yam
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 13 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 117 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 122 km
- Stations
- Tel Aviv Port, 9.3 km · Tel Aviv central bus station, 5.2 km · Tel Aviv – HaHagana railway station, 5.3 km · Tel Aviv – Savidor Central railway station, 8.7 km · Tel Aviv – HaShalom railway station, 7.5 km
- Eilat → Bat Yam275 km · quickest by road, 5h 46m · ₪110–150
- Amman → Bat Yam113 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · JD6–8
- El Arish → Bat Yam135 km · quickest by road, 4h 38m · E£355–475
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bat Yam
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bat Yam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are no ferries or cruises to Tel Aviv, but you can bring your own boat into the marina.
- Get aroundAs of November 2019 the City Hall of Tel Aviv and adjacent cities (Ramat haSharon, Giv'atayim and Kiryat Ono) have started a joint pilot of (at first free) 19-seat minibuses running on Shabbat.
- Get aroundThe "sherut" ("sheh-ROOT") or "service taxi" is a 6-12 seat van-sized minibus which runs on fixed routes, parallel to some bus routes.
From Wikivoyage: Tel Aviv, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bat Yam
Bat Yam is 8 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Tel Avivcity in Israel7.6 km
- Ramat Gancity in the Tel Aviv District of Israel9.1 km
- Rishon LeZioncity in the Central District of Israel, south of Tel Aviv8.8 km
- Holoncity in the Tel Aviv District of Israel1.6 km
- Givatayimcity in the Tel Aviv District of Israel8.3 km
- Or Yehudacity in the Tel Aviv District of Israel9.6 km