Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain eight kilometres (5 mi) south of Tel Aviv.
Rishon LeZion is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain eight kilometres (5 mi) south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. With a population of 259,275 as of 2024, Rishon LeZion is the fifth-largest city in Israel.
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Worth seeing in and around Rishon LeZion
7 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.
- 01Weizmann Institute of Science
The Weizmann Institute of Science is a postgraduate university and research institute in Rehovot, Israel. It was established in 1934, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded.
4.8 km · research institute in Rehovot, Israel · Wikipedia - 02Design Museum Holon
Design Museum Holon is the first museum in Israel dedicated to design.
7.1 km · museum in Israel · Wikipedia - 03White mosque
The White Mosque was an Umayyad-era mosque, now in partial ruins, located in Ramle, in central Israel. Only its minaret is still standing.
6.7 km · mosque in Ramla, Israel · Wikipedia - 04Church of Saint George
The Church of Saint George is a Greek Orthodox church, located in the city of Lod, Israel. The church contains a sarcophagus venerated as the tomb of the fourth-century Christian martyr Saint George.
9.4 km · church building in Lod, Israel · Wikipedia - 05Great Mosque of Ramla
The Great Mosque of Ramla is a mosque in Ramla, in the Central District of Israel.
7.6 km · mosque in Ramla, Central, Israel · Wikipedia - 06Superland
Superland is an amusement park in Rishon LeZion, Israel. Superland covers an area of about 19.8 acres and has three roller coasters, three wet and dry facilities, a cablecar, and a bungee jumping "Skycoaster." Superland opened to the public in 1991 and is one of the main amusement parks in Israel, along with Luna Park in Tel Aviv, My Baby in Yarka Zapari Birds park in Tel Aviv.
6.2 km · amusement park in Rishon LeZion, Israel · Wikipedia - 07Haberfeld Stadium
Haberfeld Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Rishon LeZion, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Hapoel Rishon LeZion.
5.2 km · football stadium in Rishon LeZion · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01The Great Synagogue
Rothschild and Pinsker street corner.
- 02The Water Tower
- 03Carmel Winery
Carmel street (in front of municipality building).
- 04Rishon Letzion Museum
- 05Beit Sefer Haviv
The first Hebrew-speaking school since ancient times.
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Things to do
- 01Superland
This amusement park is often visited by people from Tel Aviv seeking better thrills than the ones at Luna Park Tel Aviv.
- 02Beach
It would take you about 10 minutes by car from the city center to reach Rishon's beach, which is quite nice, if crowded on weekends.
- 03HaRova
- 04Flybox
An indoor wind tunnel, where the wind blowing upwards is so strong that you can literally fly around.
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Where to eat
River - Asian kitchen Isadora - Chef's restaurant
- 01SoHo
Sushi bar La Familia & Francheska - Italian food Loft, Agadir, Black - Meat restaurants Cafe Polla - Coffee place with great breakfasts Max Brenner - Chocolate Bar Sunflower-.
- 02Cinema City
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Getting to Rishon LeZion
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 11 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 112 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 116 km
- Stations
- Ben Gurion Airport railway station, 8.7 km · Lod Railway Station, 7.1 km · Ramla Railway Station, 7.6 km · Lod – Ganei Aviv Railway Station, 7.7 km · Rehovot Railway Station, 4.6 km
- Eilat → Rishon LeZion268 km · quickest by road, 5h 34m · ₪110–145
- Amman → Rishon LeZion107 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · JD6–8
- El Arish → Rishon LeZion134 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · E£345–455
- 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 Rishon LeZion
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 Rishon LeZion. 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.
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Next door to Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion is 15 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.