Hilton Beach

This guide to Hilton Beach in Tel Aviv traces how one stretch of Mediterranean sand ended up split into three very different worlds. It starts on the bluff above, at Independence Park, where a nighttime gathering that began quietly in the 1950s eventually spread down to the shore below. You'll hear about the reef that draws surfers to the southern end and the off-leash stretch that belongs to dogs at the north, before the guide gets to the middle strip and how it earned its name and its rainbow-colored reputation. Best heard walking the shoreline from one breakwater to the other.