Self-guided food tour
Carmel Experience
A tour by Giraffa
What is waiting along the way
- 6food stops
- 3points of interest
- There is a shopping stop along the way
The places, the dishes, the stories and the directions are revealed inside the tour.
Carmel Market is the noise, the crowd and the smells of Tel Aviv in one place. The tour takes you through six food stops and three points of interest, from the stalls on the main lane to the side streets of Kerem HaTeimanim that most visitors walk straight past.
What you eat
At each stop you pick one place. The names, the dishes and the stories are waiting inside the tour.
- 1Any Drinks?You start with a glass in hand. Cold, hot or fizzy, and you pick where.3 optionsof these: 2 Certified kosher · 3 Vegan option · 3 Gluten free
- 2Fried TimeThe part where you admit this is why you came. Something hot out of the oil, eaten standing up.2 optionsof these: 2 Certified kosher · 2 Vegan option · 1 Gluten free
- 3The Yemenite VineyardYou step off the market street into the lanes of Kerem HaTeimanim, where the pace is completely different.3 optionsof these: 2 Certified kosher · 2 Vegan option · 1 Gluten free
- 4Pita TimePita. There is not much more to explain.3 optionsof these: 1 Certified kosher · 3 Vegan option · 3 Gluten free
- 5One more biteOne more bite before the end, if you still have room. You do.3 optionsof these: 3 Certified kosher · 2 Vegan option · 2 Gluten free
- 6Acai / Ice-creamSweet and cold to finish, or a bowl that pretends to be a whole meal.2 optionsof these: 1 Certified kosher · 2 Vegan option · 2 Gluten free
When you can set out
- Sunday10:00 - 15:00
- Monday10:00 - 15:00
- Tuesday10:00 - 15:00
- Wednesday10:00 - 15:00
- Thursday10:00 - 15:00
- Friday09:30 - 14:00
- SaturdayClosed
These are the hours you can start the tour. Once you are out, the pace is yours.
Languages
- Hebrew
- English
- Spanish
- French
The whole tour, directions and stories included, exists in these languages.
Who built this tour
This tour was built by Giraffa. Biss is the platform that runs it.
Giraffa has been running self-guided food tours in Israel's markets for years, and it is the creator of most of the tours you will find here. Its tours are the ones Biss grew out of.
Questions that come up
Is the food included in the price?
Yes. The price covers every dish at every stop. You pay nothing along the way and you do not need your wallet at the counter.
Do we need to book a time?
No. You buy, you get a link, and you head out whenever you feel like it. There is no fixed hour and no group to join.
Is there an app to download?
No. The tour opens from a link that arrives by SMS and email, and runs in your phone's browser. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
How long does the tour take?
No clock is running. The pace is yours: sit at a stop, or move straight on. Most pairs finish in about two hours.
We started and had to leave halfway. What now?
The tour is saved where you stopped and picks up from there. If too much time has passed and it closed, write to us and we will reopen it.
How long do we have to use it?
Six months from purchase. A MultiPass is valid for nine months.
Is the tour kosher? Vegan? Gluten free?
It varies by tour. Each tour page lists which dietary options it supports, and inside the tour you can filter to see only what fits you.
We do not like sharing a dish. Is there an option?
Yes. Buy a tour for one: there, each person gets their own dish at every stop. The tour for two is the one built around sharing.
On a tour for two, do we have to crowd around one phone?
No. You can open the same link on two phones at once, and you both see the same stop and the same directions.
There are three of us. What do we do?
Either two tours for two, or three tours for one. Mixing the two is not recommended: the stops are not necessarily the same, and you could end up in different places.
Can we buy it as a gift?
Yes. Enter the recipient's details and the link goes to them. With a MultiPass they also pick which market to go to.
We are stuck. Is there someone to ask?
There is a chat with real people, in the language you are reading the tour in. Not a bot returning canned answers.
If something is still open, write to us and we will answer.
