Lighthouse by Brown Hotels

Just as Tel Aviv itself sits at the perfect intersection of the ancient past and the modern present, so too does a hotel like the Lighthouse. It takes its name from the building it calls home, the Migdalor — Hebrew for “lighthouse” — an office tower in central Tel Aviv that was built in 1972 but neglected for years, until architect Nestor Sandbank and Brown Hotels breathed new life into the building and helped revive the surrounding area.

The hotel occupies significant parts of the old structure, turning once-derelict offices into exquisite gathering spaces — the lobby, for one, occupies the former offices of a travel company, and the fifth-floor hotel restaurant was previously a nightclub. The rooms are a visual feast, blending mid-century modern aesthetic with hipster amenities like vintage-style Marshall Bluetooth speakers and Molton Brown toiletries. Nearly all of the 100 suites feature at least partial views of the Tel Aviv skyline, and some even come with outdoor Jacuzzis on spacious private terraces.

There’s a restaurant on the fifth floor, serving farm-to-table Israeli fare next to its own expansive green terrace. To take in even more of the sights, two sundeck terraces offer sunbeds, an outdoor hot tub, and more gorgeous views of the city, as does the Haiku Skybar, the open-air rooftop bar with a 360-degree panorama of the whole of Tel Aviv and the Mediterranean.