For those looking for a swankier shopping experience than those you can get in the locations we have previously mentioned here on the blog (Sarona, Dizengoff Center, Azrieli, Gan HaIr and Nachalat Binyamin), Ramat Aviv Mall is a good choice. You will find stores that are hard to find elsewhere in Tel Aviv in this mall, from Longchamp to Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs. Generally, the stores are slightly more upscale than the ones you find in other malls in the city, and if you are looking for a store that you like, but find hard to find in Tel Aviv otherwise, it may very well be worth checking if they have it here (happened to us with Kiehl's!). However, this is not a place we recommend for bargain hunters, for obvious reasons. (There are some other places better suited for bargain hunters in the city, however) The mall houses nice coffee shops and restaurants on top of the stores you will find there, as well as some embassies, and it is located in Ramat Aviv, a part of town most tourists go to if they want to visit either the University, or the Diaspora Museum or the Eretz Israel museum. Ramat Aviv is fairly easy to get to from central Tel Aviv, even though it may look like it is far away, thanks to direct bus lines that take you straight here.
