TEL AVIV

The Roaring Twenties

PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS POPULAR BEACHES AND SPECTACULAR HIGH-RISES, THE ISRAELI CAPITAL IS ALSO HOME TO THE WHITE CITY, A LIVELY ART-AND-DESIGN HUB AND UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE FILLED WITH STUNNING BAUHAUS-STYLE ARCHITECTURE. THIS IS WHERE THE NORMAN OPENED ITS DOORS LAST DECEMBER. LOCAL ARCHITECT YOAV MESSER DESIGNED THE 50-ROOM PROPERTY, INCLUDING SUCH QUINTESSENTIALLY MIDDLE EASTERN ELEMENTS AS CERAMIC FLOOR-TILES—HAND-DECORATED, OF COURSE—AND STENCILLED WALLS. THE HOTEL IS HOUSED IN TWO PAINSTAKINGLY RESTORED 1920S BUILDINGS, AND INCLUDES A FITNESS CENTRE, ROOFTOP INFINITY POOL, CITRUS GARDEN, BAR AND A BRANCH OF THE BRITISH-JAPANESE RESTAURANT DININGS. WE RECOMMEND BOOKING THE PENTHOUSE DUPLEX, WHICH COMES WITH A WRAP-AROUND TERRACE. THENORMAN.COM