Tel Aviv District · Israel
Holon travel guide
Holon is a city in Tel Aviv District, Israel, home to about 194,000 people.
- Best months
- March to May, October and November
- Nearest airport
- TLV11 km · Ben Gurion International Airport
- Currency
- ILSnew shekel
- Time zone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Language
- Hebrew
About
About Holon
Holon is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area.
The city's name comes from the Hebrew word for sand ("hol"), due to the sand dunes it is built on. It is also the name of a city in the Bible (Joshua 15:51), though nobody knows where exactly that city was. Holon was founded in 1940 as a merger of existing 5 neighborhoods. Though the city has a reputation as a boring working-class suburb, in the early 2010s, it developed a variety of museums and attractions quite disproportionate to its size.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Holon
See
- Holon Design Museum
- The Water Tower at Moledet
- Israeli Caricature And Comics Museum
- Puppet Museum
- Egged Museum
Do
- Yamit 2000
- Azrieli Holon Center
- Park Peres
- Israeli Children's Museum
- Dialogue In The Dark
- Invitation For Silence
- Dialogue With The Time
- Ice Peaks
- The Bamba House
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Where to stay
Which part of Holon to stay in
There are no hotels in Holon. You can stay at a hotel in the neighboring cities Bat Yam and Tel Aviv.
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Where to stay
Hotels in Holon
1 hotel within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Selina Tel Aviv Beach | 1.6 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Holon
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Holon are March to May, October and November. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; January is the wettest, with about 143 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Holon: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV), about 11 km from the city centre in a straight line; Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport (HFA, 92 km) and Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport (ADJ, 116 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
There are 4 train stations at the western border of the city with Bat Yam. The train is aimed at commuters, and the stations are not near sites of interest. But unlike buses, the train does not get stuck in traffic. It might be most convenient if you are coming from other stations on the same line (Kfar Sava, Rosh Haayan, Petah Tikva, and southern cities like Ashdod and Sderot).
Getting around
The city is small, and often you can get from place to place on foot. But in the summer heat, you'll want to take a bus, car, or taxi even for short distances. Egged and Metropoline operate 3 internal bus lines (lines 4, 5, 22), and you can also take a bus headed for Tel Aviv or another part of the urban area.
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TLV · Ben Gurion International Airport
HFA · Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport
ADJ · Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport
Questions
Holon: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Holon?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Holon are March to May, October and November. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; January is the wettest, with about 143 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Holon?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV), about 11 km from the city centre in a straight line; Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport (HFA, 92 km) and Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport (ADJ, 116 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Holon?
new shekel (ILS).
Nearby
Destinations near Holon
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.