Places to visit in Хайфа
Haifa One Day tour
This is the most popular, complete and beautiful route in Haifa for one day. The walk begins and ends at the central train station. It includes the Lower City, the viewing platforms of Mount Carmel, the Bahai Gardens and the German Templar colony. During this day, you will have time to take a ride on the shortest metro in the world - Carmelit, visit all three terraces of one of the wonders of the world - the Bahai Gardens, see the mansions of famous people and get acquainted with the history of German settlers and the development of Haifa as one of the largest ports and industrial centers of the British Empire. We will see the unique features of Haifa’s cuisine by having breakfast in the most youthful and dynamic region of the Lower City and taste special dishes of traditional Gallilean cuisine combined with French notes in the Douzan restaurant in the German colony. The path passes in the shade through gentle-looking places and down the picturesque streets with beautiful views, allowing you to enjoy the city, the atmosphere and experience a lot of pleasant emotions and take beautiful photos.
We arrive here by train, from here begins our acquaintance with the city. The station opened in 1937 and was called the Haifa Center. It was built on a territory drained as part of the construction of the Haifa port. The construction process is showed historical photos on the facade of the building. The station is located on Atzmaut Street - Independence street (formerly King George the Fifth Street "Kingsway"), and built-in an international style called 'Bauhaus,' like many other buildings on this street. This station is the only passenger station created by the British in Palestine, and Haifa could be reached by train from Beirut and Damascus. In 2004, the station was modernized and became accessible for disabled people. In 2007, it was renamed Haifa Merkaz Hashmona, in memory of eight depot employees who died during the 2006 rocket attack on Haifa during the Second Lebanon War. The building is a part of a more significant historical heritage site. The lower city of Haifa (Ha-ir ha-tahtit) is one of the oldest urban areas around. It is from this place that modern Haifa originates. In the first years of its existence, the Lower City was a typical fort city for the Ottoman Empire. It was built in the shape of a rectangle, measuring about one mile (1.6 km) in both its length and width. Being fortified by rectangular walls, Haifa was equipped with gates in the middle of each side of these walls. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Turkish authorities opened a railway station in the Lower Town area (the railway museum is now located on this site). The significant development of Haifa thus begun. During the British mandate, the Railway and the seaport turned Haifa into the most important industrial center and transport hub in the area. In the lower city, banks, hotels, and administrative buildings were built. In the fifties, the development of the upper part of Haifa had begun, and the lower city gradually became quite desolate. As a consequence, this century in Haifa forced new life into this historic district. A complex of government buildings was erected along with a new university campus. The reconstruction of historic buildings is ongoing. Many cafes, bars, and galleries invite you to plunge into the youthful and dynamic atmosphere of the lower city.
