Visitors
Visiting Givat Shmuel: start here
Givat Shmuel is a compact residential city beside Bar-Ilan University, with no hotel of its own found online, so most visitors come for family, a simcha, Shabbat or the campus. Hotels are 2-5 km away in Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva and Ramat Gan, and Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are a bus ride away.
Visitors
Start here
6 steps, in the order most people take them.
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Pick a hotel nearby
The nearest hotels found are the Aristocrat in Bnei Brak (glatt kosher, about 1.5 km), Prima Link by Beilinson in Petah Tikva (kosher, about 2 km), and Roxon Urban, Leonardo Plaza City Tower and Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan.
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Plan Shabbat around walking
Buses and the Red Line stop for Shabbat. The religious council lists about 40 shuls; ask your hosts about the eruv.
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Ride to Jerusalem from the Route 4 interchange
Intercity buses to Jerusalem (400-series lines), Beit Shemesh, Modiin Illit and Ashdod stop on Route 4 at the Givat Shmuel interchange.
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See the parks and the campus
Ramon Park (with the well-house museum), Park Elkana and the North Park are the city's best green spaces; Bar-Ilan's campus is at the south-west corner.
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Spend a day nearby
Ramat Gan Safari and Park Leumi (about 4 km), Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv (about 7 km) and the Petah Tikva Museum of Art are the closest days out; Yarkon National Park at Tel Afek is about 12 km.
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Know where to get urgent care
Terem Bnei Brak (160 Jabotinsky Rd) is open 24/7, and Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson) and Schneider Children's are in Petah Tikva.
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Guides
Read next
- Getting around Givat Shmuel: buses, light rail, trains and parkingRav-Kav and Moovit basics, the buses to Tel Aviv, Bar-Ilan and Jerusalem, the nearest Red Line stops, the nearest train stations, Shabbat, bikes and parking.
- Shabbat and shuls in Givat ShmuelAbout 40 shuls, the young-adult and olim minyanim, the mikvaot and their hours, what is open on Motzei Shabbat, and the honest gaps: which shuls are English-speaking and where the eruv map is.
- Where to shop and eat in Givat ShmuelThe malls, the supermarkets, the kosher list and what "regular" and "mehadrin" mean on it, the 24/6 makolet by the dorms, Shabbat food and where to post a parcel.
- Where to stay near Givat ShmuelThere is no hotel in Givat Shmuel itself that I could find, so this covers the kosher and business hotels 1.5-5 km away in Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva and Ramat Gan, Bar-Ilan short stays and which neighbourhoods to search for rentals.
Good to know
Most restaurants in the city are under the religious council's kashrut and close for Shabbat; Cafe Cafe in Kanyon HaGiva reopens 1.5 hours after Shabbat ends. Short-term rentals are private listings and are not reviewed here.
Community groups
Where people talk
- Givat Shmuel Municipality on FacebookFacebook · Givat Shmuel Municipality
- Givat Shmuel Municipality on InstagramOther · Givat Shmuel Municipality
- Givat Shmuel Municipality: culture groupWhatsApp · Givat Shmuel Municipality
- Givat Shmuel Municipality: important city updatesWhatsApp · Givat Shmuel Municipality
From our network
Good people I work with
A few organisations from the Consult With Ari network whose work reaches people in Givat Shmuel.
These are not paid listings, and they are separate from the checked directory.
Source
- aristocrathotel.co.il (opens in a new tab)
- prima-hotels-israel.com (opens in a new tab)
- roxonhotels.co.il (opens in a new tab)
- mdgs.org.il (opens in a new tab)
- safari.co.il (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Givat Shmuel from the sources above.
