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Tel Aviv (meaning 'Hill of Spring' in Hebrew) has an air of perpetual renewal: flowers bloom, new restaurants open and there's always a party somewhere.
Old harbor town of stone buildings and a lighthouse at dusk, with fishing boats moored and city lights beyond

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