Tel Aviv is the coolest city. According to the New York Times, that is। This week the paper of papers ran a lengthy love letter to Israel's center of sea, sun, style and debauchery।
A surfer and a wedding party, left, present contrasting images in Neve Tzedek,
a quiet corner of the city।
Young Israelis sun in cool Mediterranean waters on a hot summer afternoon। Tel Aviv has some of the cleanest and most easily accessible urban beaches in the world।
The reviving Florentine neighborhood near Jaffa।
©Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times