TEL AVIV
Find a stud in Israel’s sexy metropolis on the Mediterranean.
Hot-spot neighborhoods: Lev Hair, Old North
Drink Fuck Shake Buy Crash Eat Pump Trim Ink Hang See Plan
WHERE TO DRINK (AND CRUISE)
MASH Central (Allenby St 38, Lev Hair) Very leather-friendly gay bar. link
Shpagat (Nahalat Binyamin St 43, Lev Halr) Not remotely a leather bar, but probably the most popular gay bar in Tel Aviv. link
WHERE TO FUCK
Independence Park (HaYarkon St & Zeev Jabotinsky St, Old North) A place to make news friends at night (but probably past its heyday). link
Sauna Paradise (Allenby St 75, Lev Halr) All types are welcome at this laid-back bathhouse. link
Sauna Tel Aviv (Carlibach St 14, Sarona) A place for good clean dirty fun. link
WHERE TO SHAKE YOUR ASS (AND CRUISE)
BEEF Flirty, cruisy dance parties for fetish guys and bears. link
WHERE TO BUY GEAR
Fun Stuff (Dizengoff St 50 @ Dizengoff Center, Old North) Tel Aviv’s sex shop for everyone. link
Sexyshop (Dizengoff St 150, Old North) Sex shop with lots of stuff for guys, plus convenient backrooms and video booths. link
WHERE TO CRASH (AND MAYBE FUCK SOME MORE)
Ben Yehuda Apartments (Ben Yehuda St 121-119, Old North) Gay-friendly apartment hotel close to the beach and shopping. link
Brown TLV Urban Hotel (Kalisher St 25, Lev Halr) Hip, centrally located, very gay-friendly hotel with a rooftop pool. link
The Carlton Tel Aviv Hotel (Eliezer Peri St 10, Old North) Very gay-friendly high-end, high-rise seaside hotel with a rooftop bar. Near gay stuff, including the gay beach. link
Cinema Hotel (Zamenhoff St 1, Old North) Movie-themed hotel in a former cinema. link
Hilton Tel Aviv (HaYarkon St 25, Old North) Gay-friendly seaside spot to get your Hilton points. Namesake of the super-gay Hilton Beach. link
Inta Hotel (Derekh Ben-Zvi 3, Jaffa) Gay-friendly hotel in the historic Jaffa area with a rooftop bar. link
Melody Hotel (HaYarkon St 25, Old North) Very gay-friendly hotel, close to lots of gay stuff, including the gay beach. link
Prima City (Mapu St 9, Old North) Low-key, gay-friendly hotel not far from the beach. link
The Rothschild Hotel (Rothschild Blvd 96, Lev Halr) Gay-friendly upscale boutique hotel in Tel Aviv’s architecturally significant White City. link
Shalom Hotel & Relax (HaYarkon St 216, Old North) Gay-friendly boutique hotel close to the gay beach. link
Shenkin Hotel (Brenner St 21, Lev Hair) Popular centrally located gay-friendly boutique hotel. link
WHERE TO EAT (AND CRUISE)
Benedict (Ben Yahuda St 171, Old North) This super-popular diner-type restaurant is “all about breakfast.” link
WHERE TO PUMP IRON (AND CRUISE)
Holmes Place Ramat Gan (Zeen Jabotinksy St 7, Ramat Gan) Fully equipped health spa complex popular with local gayboys. link
WHERE TO GET A BUZZ CUT AND BEARD TRIM
Barberia (Dizengoff St 130, Old North) For the total hipster hair experience. link
WHERE TO GET INKED
Omri Goldzak (Franzos St 14, Jaffa) LGBT shop for specialty tattoos. link
SHOSINK. (Nahalat Binyamin St 32, Lev Halr) Tattoo and piercing studio in a fashion store in the hip Nahalat Binyamin area. link
WHO TO HANG WITH
Israel Leather & Fetish Club These are the men you want to muster with. link
WHAT TO SEE WHILE YOU’RE IN TOWN
Memorial for Gay Holocaust Victims (Meir Park, Tchernikhovski St 24, Lev Hair) The first memorial in Israel to honor both Jewish and non-Jewish Holocaust victims. link
WHAT TO PLAN FOR
June
TEL A BEEF The guys behind BEEF throw this fetish-friendly party every June in conjunction with Tel Aviv’s annual Pride mega-celebrations, the biggest in Asia. (Check the Events page as the date approaches.) link
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