Caesarea, Haifa, Acre & Rosh Hanikra  

tour no. 142 From Jerusalem

 tour no. 242 From Tel – Aviv

Departur day : Sunday & Tuesday & Friday

Along the coast to Caesarea: (also known as Caesarea Palaestina and Caesarea Maritima) is an ancient city, now archaeological park, located on the Mediterranean Sea 33 miles north of Joppa and 60 miles northwest of Jerusalem. 

Constructed by Herod the Great between 22 and 10 BC and named for Caesar Augustus, Caesarea was one of the most splendid cities in Palestine and was the capital of the province for almost 600 years.

 We visit the Roman theatre

And magnificent archaeological ruins and excavations.

Still traveling along the coast we stop at Haifa to view of the Bahai gardens The port and the bay from Mount Carmel.

Haifa: (Hebrew Hefa) is a city in northwest Israel overlooking a bay on the Mediterranean Sea.

It has been compared by some to the similarly-situated cities of San Francisco or Naples.

A ferry service runs between Haifa and Athens. Israel’s third largest city, Haifa is a major industrial center and has a population of almost 300,000.

According to a popular Israeli saying, “Tel Aviv plays while Jerusalem prays. But Haifa works!”

to view of the Bahai gardens The port and the bay from Mount Carmel .

Bahai garden:  Baha’i Faith, which began amidst persecution in Persia in the mid-19th century.

Baha’is believe in the unity of all religions and believe that messengers of God like Moses, Jesus and Muhammad have been sent at different times in history with doctrines varying to fit changing social needs, but bringing substantially the same message.  

The most recent of these heavenly teachers, according to Baha’is, wasBaha’u'llah (1817-92), whose arrival was heralded by the Bab. Baha’u'llah was exiled by the Turkish authorities to Acre (Akko) where he wrote his doctrines and died a peaceful death in Bahji House.

After Haifa we driving up north to Acre (Akko):

Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in Israel. The name Aak, which appears on the tribute-lists of Thutmose III (c. 16th century BC), may be a reference to Acre. 

The Amarna letters also mention a place named Akka, as well as the Execration texts, that pre-date them.

In the Hebrew Bible, (Judges 1:31), Akko is one of the places from which the Israelites did not drive out the Canaanites. 

It is later described in the territory of the tribe of Asher and according to Josephus, was ruled by one of Solomon’s provincial governors.

Throughout Israelite rule, it was politically and culturally affiliated with Phoenicia.

Around 725 BC, Akko joined Sidon and Tyre in a revolt against Shalmaneser

We visit the Crusader underground city and crypt.

Walk through the Old City market. 

Via market we will have a Arabian style lanch and  Short break.

Afterwards we drive up to the northern border and Rosh Hanikra to visit the spectacular  limestone grottos and view border with Lebanon.

Rosh Hanikra:  (Hebrew: ??? ??????, “head of the grottos”) is a geologic formation in Israel, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, in the Western Galilee. It is a white chalk cliff face which opens up into spectacular grottos.

The Rosh HaNikra grottos are cavernous tunnels formed by sea action on the soft chalk rock. The total length is some 200 meters. They branch off in various directions with some interconnecting segments. In the past, the only access to them was from the sea and experienced divers were the only ones capable of visiting. Today a cable car takes visitors down to see the grottos.

A kibbutz, also named Rosh HaNikra,  is located nearby. The Israeli city Naharya is located about 10km (6 miles) south of Rosh HaNikra.

at the end of ours journey we drive via the sea -shore back to the hotels and dispersing Point.

 

 

 

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