Visitors
Visiting Ra'anana: start here
Ra'anana is a green, mostly residential city in the southern Sharon, about 20 minutes' drive from Tel Aviv. Visitors come for Ra'anana Park, the cafés and shops on Ahuza Street, the city's culture halls and its large English-speaking community. It has two train stations, so it also works as a quiet base for day trips along the coast.
Visitors
Start here
7 steps, in the order most people take them.
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Arrive by train or bus
Ra'anana West and Ra'anana South stations are on the Sharon line (via Herzliya). Line 444 runs from Ben Gurion Airport to the Ra'anana terminal on weekdays.
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Spend a morning in Ra'anana Park
The park has a clover-shaped lake with a boat and gondola, an animal corner, a park train, Friends Park (an accessible playground), sculptures and about 2 km of paths.
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Walk through old Ra'anana
Start at City Hall on Ahuza St: the 1924 reservoir and signal tower, Beit HaAm, the Great Synagogue and the HaShuk pedestrian street are a few minutes apart.
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See what's on
The municipal box office lists shows, concerts, children's theatre and lectures, including Monday-morning lectures in English.
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Pick where to sleep
Ra'anana has one hotel, the Prima Millennium; the large Herzliya Pituach hotels are about 7-8 km west.
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Plan for Shabbat
Regular buses and trains stop from Friday afternoon. The city's free line 723 runs to central Tel Aviv on Friday evenings and Saturdays.
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Save the city hotline
The municipal 24/7 hotline is 107 (*9107 from any phone).
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Guides
Read next
- Getting around Ra'anana: trains, buses, the free weekend bus and taxisRa'anana's two Sharon-line stations, the main bus lines to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and the airport (from the October 2026 timetable), Rav-Kav and planners, Shabbat, taxis and bike paths.
- Where to stay in Ra'ananaRa'anana's one hotel, the nearby Herzliya Pituach hotels, and how to choose an area for a short-term rental.
- Shabbat in Ra'anana: candle lighting, the eruv, shuls and what is openRa'anana's candle lighting at 20 minutes before sunset (Hebcal's standard for Israel), the connected eruv, around 70 shuls including English-speaking ones, mikvaot, and the Shabbat pharmacy.
- Shopping and kosher food in Ra'ananaHow kashrut works in Ra'anana, the Ahuza kosher strip, Renanim and Azrieli malls (and what opens after Shabbat), secondhand shops and gemachs.
Good to know
Weekday visits are quieter in the park. Shops close early on Friday and reopen on Saturday night. Check the free 723 bus if you are spending Shabbat in Tel Aviv.
Community groups
Where people talk
- Activities in Ra'anana ParkWhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- City updates from Ra'anana MunicipalityWhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- Culture and leisure in Ra'ananaWhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- Ra'anana English speakers (municipal)WhatsApp · Ra'anana Municipality
- Ra'anana Park Facebook pageFacebook · Ra'anana Park (municipal)
From our network
Good people I work with
A few organisations from the Consult With Ari network whose work reaches people in Ra'anana.
These are not paid listings, and they are separate from the checked directory.
Source
- raanana.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- raanana.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- tickets.raanana.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- nbn.org.il (opens in a new tab)
- open-bus-stride-api.hasadna.org.il (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Ra'anana from the sources above.
