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Rishon LeZion
City in Israel

Rishon LeZion

Rishon LeZion is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain eight kilometres (5 mi) south of Tel Aviv.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Rishon LeZion

Buses number 19, 74, 190, 193, 201 and 274 reach Rishon LeZion from Tel Aviv (30–45 minutes). Buses 190 and 193 are express buses and are quicker than other buses from Tel Aviv to Rishon LeZion. Rishon is located on the crossroads of several major highways and roads. On the western side, highways 20 and 4 cross through the city.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    The Great Synagogue

    Rothschild and Pinsker street corner.

  2. 02
    The Water Tower
  3. 03
    Carmel Winery

    Carmel street (in front of municipality building).

  4. 04
    Rishon Letzion Museum
  5. 05
    Beit Sefer Haviv

    The first Hebrew-speaking school since ancient times.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Superland

    This amusement park is often visited by people from Tel Aviv seeking better thrills than the ones at Luna Park Tel Aviv.

  2. 02
    Beach

    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.

  3. 03
    HaRova
  4. 04
    Flybox

    An indoor wind tunnel, where the wind blowing upwards is so strong that you can literally fly around.

Eat

Where to eat

River - Asian kitchen Isadora - Chef's restaurant

  1. 01
    SoHo

    Sushi bar La Familia & Francheska - Italian food Loft, Agadir, Black - Meat restaurants Cafe Polla - Coffee place with great breakfasts Max Brenner - Chocolate Bar Sunflower-.

  2. 02
    Cinema City
How locals move

Getting around Rishon LeZion the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Dietmar Rabich (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.