Hacarmel Market
Hacarmel Market is Tel Aviv’s largest market. It’s an amazing place, full of sights, smells and sounds. It is easily accessible and has pretty much everything you’ll ever need or want.
Visit this charming place to buy fresh food, try some local specialties and enjoy Tel Aviv's bustling culinary culture.The market starts from Allenby Street and heads down towards Yafo and the sea. Here you can buy some of the cheapest clothes and shoes in Tel Aviv. You can also buy trinkets, watches and other charming bits and pieces. Here you can find a huge variety of food produce, from bread to cheeses and meats, exotic spices, an amazingly colourful collection of fruits and vegetables, surely the freshest in Tel Aviv.
The vendors holler from each side of the wide passage, offering their merchandise "for the best price in the market! Just today!". The atmosphere is very friendly and casual, so just enjoy the hustle bustle and absorb the different smells and colours.
In the Hacarnel Market you can also find some decent little restaurants, serving great, authentic Israeli food. Some of the places are nameless and known only by the name of the owner, but the food is really rather excellent.
Once you’ve headed out of the immediate vicinity of the Carmel Market, try wandering the streets and little alleys that run off the market, including the neighbourhood of Kerem Hateymanim (The Yemenite Quarter).