TEL AVIV

Munch your way around Tel Aviv's markets before feasting your eyes on art, architecture, and coastline views

- TOM OTLEY

1 CARMEL MARKET The food in Israel is outstanding, created from the freshest fruit and vegetables and catering for sweet-toothed locals and tourists alike with favourites like baklava and halva. Avoid your hotel breakfast and head off to Carmel Market. Once there, weigh up whether your luggage has room for a selection of dried fruit dates, prunes, figs, apricots, raisins, cranberries, peaches and mangoes are all good, then get distracted by a dozen-plus varieties of olives. While you decide, have a boureka, a baked pastry with a variety of fillings though most often a combination of cheese, spinach, potato and mushrooms. You can buy for take away and eat while you walk or find a café - Kiortosh (11 HaCarmel Street) is a good bet, and you can watch the baking taking place through the window. kiortosh.co.il