Here at the intersection of Jaffa and Ben Gurion streets, our walk through the German colony ends. On the opposite side, you can see the city shopping centre, next to the site of the former bus station, where a new hotel complex is being built, and a port and merchant ships can be seen in the distance. The German colony in Haifa became, in its time, an example of a new world of development and construction, which brought rapid change to the Middle East at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, it is a cosy corner of cute European architecture and of people and religions coexisting after the difficult years of shifting power, ideologies and cultures.
The route starts from the Golden Crown Hotel and the City shopping center, runs up Ben Gurion Street through the houses of Schumacher and Olifant, the historic Colony Hotel, the lower terrace of Bahai Gardens, the Song Street, Dojan Restaurant, the burgher-style restaurant, the German Colony Community House and the current City Museum and ends at the bottom of the German colony at the intersection of Jaffa and Ben Gurion streets.
