Things to do
Sights, museums, parks, beaches, activities for kids and day trips, each checked against its own page.
43 places
Attractions & sights
A chain of landscaped clifftop promenades above Netanya's beaches.
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Attractions & sights · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Glass lift opened in 2014 on the Rishonim promenade that takes you down the 15 m cliff to the central beaches in about 20 seconds, with a lookout bridge and accessible paths to the waterline.
Day trips nearby
Riverside park by the Turtle Bridge on the Alexander Stream, about 12 km north of Netanya, with lawns, picnic tables, a lookout tower and a jetty for watching soft-shell turtles.
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Beaches · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Beach below the amphitheatre and one of two Netanya beaches for water sports (catamarans, surfboards, kayaks, windsurfing) with a marine sports club building and volleyball court.
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Museums & heritage
Heritage museum in a surviving building of the Pardes HaGdud citrus farm (founded 1927-28), with a restored working well and exhibits on Netanya's first settlers. Visits are by prior arrangement only.
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Day trips nearby
Antiquities park at Herod's port city of Caesarea, north of Netanya, with 2,500 years of remains including the ancient harbour Herod built.
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Beaches · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Beach at the foot of Herzl St and Kikar HaAtzmaut with an open-air gym and basketball court; the sea elevator is at its southern end.
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Parks & playgrounds · Givat HaIrusim
Reserve south of the city near the beach where the rare purple Sharon iris blooms in February-March, drawing visitors from around the country.
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Attractions & sights · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Netanya's central square, with an ornamental fish pond, fountains, light and water shows, play features set into the paving, street performers, fairs and festivals.
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Attractions & sights
National memorial on Netanya's seafront commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany, part of the city's central memorial site next to Beit Yad LaBanim.
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Museums & heritage · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Municipal museum of Netanya's history in the historic Beit Ora building, with the permanent exhibition "Netanya - From Vision to Reality", a public city archive and guided city tours in several languages.
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Attractions & sights · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Self-guided walk past the street art in the market, Herzl and Zangwill streets and around Independence Square, using a published map; guided tours can be booked through the Netanya Museum.
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Sport & pools
Municipal football stadium in east Netanya with about 13,600 seats in its first stage, 17 hospitality boxes and commercial space; it also hosts events.
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For kids
Municipal science and space centre opened in 2016 with a digital planetarium, a science garden, a Japanese garden and ecological ponds; it runs shows, workshops, telescope evenings and holiday activities.
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Parks & playgrounds · Ramat Poleg
Reserve along the Poleg stream on the city's southern edge, with Sharon irises and lupins and a fenced sea-turtle nesting area where the stream meets the sea.
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Parks & playgrounds · Agamim
Rare seasonal rain pond east of the coastal cliff in south Netanya that fills each winter and comes alive with crustaceans, insects and birds; ringed by eucalyptus trees.
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Day trips nearby
Artificial lake and bird sanctuary in the fields of Emek Hefer near the Alexander Stream, with wooden decks, hides and walking paths.
Parks & playgrounds
Small garden in east Netanya built around what is considered the oldest sycamore tree in Israel, about 1,000 years old with an 8 m trunk circumference.
Beaches
Southern beach next to Nof HaTayelet, Galei Yam, Neot Shaked and Ramat Yadin, with toilets and showers, lifeguard tower, first aid and a restaurant; hosts the annual Netanya triathlon.
Beaches · Ein HaTchelet
Netanya's northernmost beach, next to Ein HaTchelet and the Blue Bay hotel; rocky inlets, popular for fishing.
For kids · Ir Yamim
Fourteen-lane bowling centre with child-friendly lanes, a trampoline park, arcade games and a cafe in the Ir Yamim Mall; fully accessible.
Day trips nearby
Riding ranch at Mikhmoret, about 14 km north of Netanya, offering beach, river and sunset rides for all levels and ponies for children.
For kids
Bowling centre with a large arcade area and bumper cars on level -1 of the AMY Poleg centre, next to the cinema; open on Saturdays.
For kids
Go-kart track with paintball, trampolines, arcade games and simulators, part of a chain with branches in Haifa and Ramla.
Parks & playgrounds · Kochav HaTzafon
Large park in the new Kochav HaTzafon neighbourhood with challenging play equipment, perimeter walking paths, shade and seating, designed on sustainability principles.
Sport & pools · Ramat Poleg
Surf school at Poleg Beach since 2006 with lessons, surf clubs, holiday camps for children and teens, SUP courses, a surf shop and equipment rental.
Beaches
Beach below the Onot hotel reached by steps from the Shaked promenade along Nitza Blvd; ball games, matkot and beach volleyball, with day and evening events.
Sport & pools · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Family-run surf school at South Sironit Beach since 2010 with private and group lessons, children's programmes, summer camps and stand-up paddleboarding.
Day trips nearby
Museum at Moshav Avihayil, just north of Netanya, on Jewish volunteers in the British Army in both World Wars, with exhibitions, films, gardens, a library and an archive.
Sport & pools · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Surf and stand-up paddle club on Sironit Beach offering lessons, children's surf camps and equipment rental all year; service in Hebrew, English, Russian and French.
Sport & pools · Ir Yamim
Tennis centre next to the Ir Yamim shopping centre with 12 courts, coaching programmes for children, teens and adults, and court rental by the hour.
Sport & pools
Indoor climbing gym with routes for all levels, a bouldering area and a children's climbing zone, in the Nitsba Poleg complex.
Sport & pools · Agamim
Three-dunam skatepark inside Winter Lake (Winter Pond) Park with ramps for skating and a spectator area.
Parks & playgrounds · Kiryat HaSharon
Green woodland in Kiryat HaSharon (mainly eucalyptus planted under the British Mandate), also known as the Sergeants' Grove.
Beaches · Ramat Poleg
Southernmost beach near Ramat Poleg and Ir Yamim, with showers, first aid, shade, fitness equipment, beach football and volleyball; motorised water sports launch here and kitesurfers gather at its southern end.
Day trips nearby
Two art museums in Caesarea: Ralli 1 shows Latin American art and Ralli 2 commemorates the golden age of Spanish Jewry with 16th-18th century European paintings.
Beaches · Kiryat Sanz
Fenced beach with separate swimming hours for men and women near Kiryat Sanz; mehadrin-kosher kiosk, closed on Shabbat and holidays (open on Chol HaMoed).
Beaches · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Central beach between Herzl Beach and Sironit B; its lifeguard tower (no. 6) is the only one open all year, with fitness equipment, volleyball and wheelchair access via the sea elevators.
Beaches · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Southernmost of the central breakwater beaches, with the beach police point, first aid, lifeguard and supervision posts and the beach administration offices.
Attractions & sights · City centre (Kikar HaAtzmaut)
Three galleries on the Tel Hai promenade in the city centre with changing exhibitions by local and Israeli artists, plus talks, workshops and meetings with artists.
Attractions & sights
A German railway cattle wagon of the type used to deport Jews to the death camps, placed in 2014 at the Beit Yad LaBanim compound as a Holocaust memorial.
Day trips nearby
Tropical garden park at Kibbutz Bahan in Emek Hefer combining orchids, carnivorous plants, birds and fish in a rainforest setting; the Crusader fortress at Kakun ruins is nearby.
Museums & heritage
Museum telling the story of Yemenite Jewry, with traditional clothing, jewellery, manuscripts, household objects and reconstructed living spaces, plus changing exhibitions and lectures.
From our network
A few organisations from the Consult With Ari network whose work reaches people in Netanya.
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