Rehovot Citrus Park – Visitors Guide
Rehovot Citrus Park has an ecological pond, playgrounds for children, picnic tables, and more. It is a good place for family time.
Map
Rehovot Citrus Park is behind Rehovot Cemetery – Yehuda Gorodiski Street. The easiest way to reach it is by clicking the links below.
Directions for drivers: Link to Waze and Link to Google Maps
Directions for public transport: Link to Moovit
Interactive map of the area:
Here is a map of the park:
Note: you can click on the image to enlarge it.
The map above does not have scale. According to Google satellite images, the park’s size (not including area #17) is 230×220 meters. Hence, it is not very big, and you can reach almost any point in the park within a five-minute walk.
Parking
There is a free parking lot by the entrance.
Opening Hours
According to Google, the park is open daily from 08:00 to 20:00. Still, during our visit in March 2024, at 16:40, the guard told everybody that the park was going to close at 17:00. After rechecking the Rehovot municipal site, I found that there are summer and winter opening hours.
Summer Opening Hours (April – end of summer*)
Sunday – Saturday: 8:00 – 20:00
(*) It is not clear what is meant by the end of summer. Since the opening hours were recently modified due to requests, there is a good chance they will be changed again.
Winter Opening Hours
Sunday – Saturday: 9:00 – 17:00
Entrance Fee
Free.
Barbeque and Starting Fire
Signs stating what is forbidden in the park are posted by the entrance. For example, starting a fire or having a barbeque is prohibited in the park.
Among other restrictions are the following: entering with bicycles, sound systems, and party decorations (like balloons) is forbidden. Also, dogs must be on a leash and muzzled in the park.
Though barbecue is forbidden, there are many picnic tables. And many of them are in the shade.
Ecological Pool
When entering the park, you will see that almost everything is to your left. And if you turn to your right, you can walk around the park. There is a loop trail, and its length is 1.5 km.
After a short walk, you will see vending machines (#3 on the map) and a lovely building (#16). This building is closed, but a coffee shop will be open in the future. Behind that building, you can see the ecological pool.
Entering the water and feeding the fish is prohibited.
There is also a small ecological pool for fish (#9), and near it, you can visit the viewpoint (#10). Here are several photos:
Animal Corner
Near the big ecological pool, you can visit a small animal corner (#13). In the animal corner, you can see parrots and chickens. Many peacocks wander in this area. Here are several photos from this area:
