Where to stay
Hotels, guesthouses and hostels I have checked, and a quick way to search short-term rentals by neighbourhood.
Checked places
In or near the city, each with its source and the date I checked it. I take no booking fees from these.
Hotels · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Downtown boutique hotel with 27 rooms a short walk from Independence Square, the pedestrian street and the beach, with a coffee shop serving kosher pastries and dairy meals.
Guesthouses & zimmers
Private guest compound at the Green Beach with 8 rooms, a heated private pool and a jacuzzi, rented to groups for family holidays and Shabbat chatan.
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Clifftop hotel of suites and apartments with kitchenettes about 150 m from the beach, reached by a lift, with a sea-view restaurant serving dairy breakfasts.
Hotels · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Seafront spa hotel next to Independence Square for guests aged 16 and over, with 75 rooms and suites, most with sea views, and a 1,000 m2 spa with an indoor heated pool.
Hotels · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Hotel on the boardwalk overlooking the sea with 54 rooms with sun porches, a breakfast bar and gardens, within walking distance of shops.
Guesthouses & zimmers
Small, family-run, smoke- and alcohol-free hotel about 800 m from the beach and 8-10 minutes' walk from the centre, popular with Scandinavian pilgrim groups.
Hotels
Seafront hotel on Netanya's beach and promenade with 137 suites, each with a large sea-view balcony, a lounge and a kitchenette.
Hotels · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Small city-centre hotel within walking distance of the beach and promenade, about 1 km from the central bus station, with Wi-Fi and a 24-hour front desk.
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Hotel on the promenade a few steps from the beach and a 5-minute walk from Independence Square, with a seasonal outdoor pool, a wellness area and three event halls.
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Fattal-group hotel with 152 rooms and suites (city or sea view), a gym, spa, kids' club and business lounge, close to Independence Square.
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Family-run hotel a few minutes' walk from the beach and city centre with 75 rooms (doubles, family rooms and suites), a kosher kitchen and a synagogue.
Hotels · Nitza Blvd / Nof HaTayelet
Boutique hotel facing the sea on the Nitza promenade with 57 rooms, including three suites.
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Small boutique hotel near the beachfront promenade with a banquet hall and a kitchen under Netanya Rabbinate kashrut.
Hotels · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
City-centre hotel on the seaside promenade, about 3 minutes from the beach, with sea-view rooms, adult and children's pools and a sea-view restaurant.
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Boutique half-board hotel of the Zyvotel group on the cliff above the beach, with a French-inspired dairy kosher restaurant and a synagogue.
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Half-board hotel of the Zyvotel group facing the sea near Independence Square, with a pool, sauna, kosher dining room and synagogue.
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Boutique spa hotel facing the sea next to the promenade, in the building of the former Ein HaYam hotel.
Hotels · Nitza Blvd / Nof HaTayelet
Long-established hotel on a cliff on the Nitza promenade, a short walk from Independence Square, with spacious rooms suited to families and long stays and an outdoor pool.
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Large clifftop resort hotel with an outdoor semi-Olympic pool and children's pool, a two-floor spa, a year-round synagogue and a weekend kids' club.
Short-term rentals
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Seafront towers from 2006 with a big park, Kanyon Ir Yamim and Poleg Beach. Popular with English and French olim; the priciest area in town.
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The southernmost neighbourhood: low-rise houses plus 1990s blocks, streets running to the sea, Anglo shuls (Young Israel, SNAC) and the Poleg reserve.
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1950s immigrant housing near the southern entrance; one of the more affordable areas, about NIS 4,500 rent for an older 4-room flat.
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New and still being built beside the Winter Pond park: mid-rise blocks, some towers and the Agamim shopping centre. Bus 71 runs to both stations.
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Kikar HaAtzmaut, Herzl St, the cliff-top promenade, the sea elevator and the central beaches. The heart of French Netanya, with Anglo shuls too.
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The cliff-top strip along the promenade: high-rises with sea views. NBN names both as popular with olim; 4-room flats NIS 3.5-4.35M.
East Netanya, built 1997-99: young families, a community feel, Oak Park and the Academic College. English-speaking Kehillat Shevet Achim.
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Early-1990s, beside the Iris reserve and Winter Pond park, with many public gardens, a community centre and library.
Founded in 2002 on a former army camp, next to the Iris reserve, with the showcase cliff promenades including the "Gaudi" promenade.
Founded in 1964 as "Azorim" for new immigrants; about 8,700 residents, the Argaman beach nearby and a municipal early-childhood centre.
Founded in 1949 on a former camp and known as "Dora"; about 7,000 residents, an arts-campus school and the Dora community centre.
Centre-south, around the old moshav Ramat Tiomkin; about 6,000 residents and close to Netanya train station.
Haredi neighbourhood founded in 1955 by the Sanzer Rebbe, home to Laniado Hospital and the beach with separate bathing hours.
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North-central, built in the early 1950s; the community centre houses the International Ulpan office.
New-build area north of old Ramat Herzl, west of the Coastal Highway, centred on Einstein Park.
Seaside in the far north: a 1936 workers' cooperative of small houses next to Blue Bay Beach. About 2,500 residents.
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Founded in 1928 by Jewish Legion veterans; later "the Belgians' neighbourhood" of diamond workers.
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One of the first eastern neighbourhoods, renamed in 2000 for its parks; mostly ground-level homes, about 17,000 residents.
East Netanya, built for national-religious families, with the Roi Klein state-religious school and Merkaz David.
Built 1993-96 in east Netanya near the Academic College.
A 1944 rural workers' settlement annexed in 1949; one of the two oldest areas east of Highway 2.
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1950s neighbourhood founded by Poalei Agudat Israel, with the Ramat Hen community centre.
A new neighbourhood being built in the "Net 542" area; streets are named after the Righteous Among the Nations.
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