Haifa- We Bet This Makes You Sing Sol-Fa
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The most beautiful and cosmopolitan city of Israel is Haifa. The city stretches from the shores of the Mediterranean to the peak of Mount Carmel. This clean and green city is one of the major ports of Israel too.
The city is situated 480 m above the sea level, spreads across three tiers and offers its tourists a spectacular viewpoint from the Eshkol Tower. The city is famous for its Haifa University that has an art gallery and is a dream place for all kinds of art connoisseurs.
The history of this picturesque city dates back to biblical times. In its earlier days, the city was known as a dye-making hub. Various civilizations have ruled and left imprints on the bricks of the city. The city is witness to the rules of the Byzantines, Arabs, Ottomans, even the Egyptians and the British. Today it stands as the home to a mixed population of Jews and Arabs.
The cultural capital city Haifa is the home for the many museums and rich heritage centers. Its long stretched beaches offer its tourists an ideal place to relax with the Mediterranean type of climate. The most important tourist attraction is the Baha’i World Center with the golden shrine of the Bab. It is surrounded with beautiful gardens too.
If you are at Haifa, the jewel city of Israel, take time off to pay a visit to the artist’s village of Ein Hod. It is the place of studios and exhibitions of several artists and craftsmen. Stroll at the Mount caramel National Park that has many caves where Neanderthal and the early Homo sapiens remains are found. The Mount Carmel is a great place for the hikers too. A visit to the National Museum of Science, Technology and Space is a must if you happen to holidaying at Haifa.
If you want to walk around Haifa and feel its beauty, take the “path of the thousand stairs” that begins at Central Carmel, passes the Baha’i shrine and the German Colony, and ends downtown. Again, you can also take an aerial spectacular view from a cable car.
So, don’t miss the opportunity of visiting a cosmopolitan, hi-tech city on a hill with a picturesque view of its pristine beaches.
Since Baha’u'llah the Founder of the Bahá’i Faith was exiled in 1868 to Akka, the Holy Land has been the International Centre of this new World Religion and focal point of Baha’i pilgrimage.
The Bahá’i Faith teaches that religious truth is progressive not final, that G-d, the Almighty Father, educates the human race trought a series of Prophets who have appeared troughout history and will always appear to guide the destinies fo men. Moses, Zoroaster, Buddah, Christ, Muhammad and now Baha’u'llah are examples fo these Divine Educators who give to the world religion and is not sect of any other religion.
The aims and purposes of the Baha’i faith have been summarized by its Guardian, the late Shoghi Effendi as follow: “The Bahá’i Faith upholds the unity of God, recognizes the unity of His Prophets and inculcates the principle of the oneness and wholeness of the entire human race. It proclaims the necesity and the inevitability of the unifaction of the mankind, asserts that it is gradually approaching, and claims that nothing short of the transmuting spirit of G-d…can ultimately succed in bringing it about. It, moreeover, ejoins upon its follower the primary duty of an unfettered search after the truth, condemns all manner of prejudice and superstition, declares the purpose of religion to be promotion of the amity and concord, proclaims its essential harmony with science, and recognizes it as the foremost agency for the pacification and the orderly progress of human society.
It unequivocally maintains the principle of equal rights, opportunities and privileges for men and women, insists on compulsory education, prescribes monogamy, discourages divorce, emphasizes the necessity of strict obedience of one’s government, exalts any work performed in the spirit of service to the level of worship, urges either the creation or selection of an auxiliary international language, and delineates the outlines of those instituions that must establish and prepetuate the general peace of mankind”.
David Ben Moshe
The Bahá’i Centre of Faith (Second part)
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The Shrine of the Bab is the golden-domed edifice wich dominates the city of Haifa. The Bab was the Martyr-Herald of the Baha’i Faioth who declared His mission in 1844 and who in 1850, at the age of 31 was executed in Tabriz, Persia, because of His liberal religious teachings. His remains were brought to the Holy Land and entombed in 1909 by Abdul Baha, son and successor of Baha u llah, in the original Shrine wich Abdul Baha had built at his father’s behest. The prsent superstructure was begun in 1948 and completed in 1953.
This edifice, combining the sytle and proportions of European architecture with designs inspired by the sea, is of Chiampo stone, cut and carved in Italy, with monolith columns of rose Baveno granite. The 12,000 fish scale tiles were made in Holland by a process of fire glazing ofer gold leaf and in spite of their brilliant efect cost about $1.00 each. The whole cost of the new building about three quarters of million dollars, was me by Baha’is work are voluntary and accepted only from members of the Faith.
The International Baha’i Archives Building completed in 1947 in teh beautiful style of classical greek architecture, stants opposite the shrine of the Bab on the other side of the main highway running up Mount Carmel. It likewise is built of chiampo stoen, dressed and carved in Italy, the green tiles of the roof came from Holland.
This edifice is a private museum of Baha’i relics and historic material. In the garden adjacent to the archivces are four witht carrara marble monuments in the style of small temples conssiteing of cupola supported by slender columns. These are tombstones erected over the resting places of some of the inmediate members of the family of Baha’ u’ llah.
Day 1: Old city
We will start our tour with an amazing panoramic view of the Temple Mount from Mount of Olives including overview of valley of Kidron and tombstones from the Second Temple era. Then visit Mt. Zion and tomb of King David, enter the Old City through the Zion Gate and walk through the Jewish Quarter, the Crusader shops, the Byzantine Cardo. Visit the Herodian house and the Burnt house and from there on to the Western Wall where we explore the tunnel or the southern excavation at the Davidson center. Ending the day with a short tour of the new city and Yad Vashem – Holocaust Museum.
Day 2 : New City:
Begin the day with the Chagall windows at the Hadassah hospital synagogue. Travel through the neighborhoods of early and modern Jerusalem, passed the Knesset, the Supreme Court and the Government offices.
Learn about the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Shrine of the Book, the second temple model and enjoy the unique exhibits in the Israel Museum. End the day in the hustle and bustle of the Mahaneh Yehuda market.
Day 3: Dead sea
Visit Masada, last stronghold of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the first century. Have a swim in the unique Dead Sea, where you cannot sink. Visit Ein Gedi nature reserve with fresh water springs. Stop at Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Three days - one night Jerusalem, one night Galilee.
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Day One – Jerusalem:
We will start our tour with an amazing panoramic view of the Temple Mount from Mount of Olives, where Jesus overlooked the city two thousand years ago. Then to the garden of Gethsemane, where he was betrayed by Judas.
Enter the Old City to visit the holy sight for the jews , the Western Wall, where Jews over the centuries have wept for the Temple which was destroyed by the Romans.
Continue to the Via Dolorosa, the way of the Cross, ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where according to the tradition jesus was crucified, burried and ascented to heaven. Continue along the main Byzantine street, the Cardo, and exit the Old City through the Zion Gate.
Visit the traditional site of the Tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and the Dormition abbey. If time permits visit the Peter Gallicantu church and the Garden Tomb.
Day Two – Galilee:
Start the day visiting Nazareth, where Jesus spent his youth and then follow in his footsteps to the Sea of Galilee. At Capernaum see where Peter may have lived, at Tabgha visit the church that commemorates the place where Jesus fed the multitudes and on Mount Beatitudes where he taught them “Blessed are the meek…”
Sail in a wooden boat very similar to those used by the fishermen two thousand years ago, including Jesus’ disciples.
Day Three:
Start the day at Megiddo, a Canaanite and then Israelite city overlooking the Jezre’el valley. This sight is known as “the place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon. (Revelation 16:16).
Driving westwards we reach the Mediterranean Sea and the ancient city of Ceasaria. We will visit the magnificent Herodian port and sit in the restored Roman theatre. In Ceasaria Paul was held prisoner before being sent to Rome to be tried. Driving to Jaffa where Peter lodged there with Simon the tanner and Jonah “rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord”. (Jonah 1:3)
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Two days in Galilee
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Day 1 Galilee:
Start the day visiting Nazareth, where Jesus spent his youth and then follow in his footsteps to the Sea of Galilee. At Capernaum see where Peter may have lived, at Tabgha visit the church that commemorates the place where Jesus fed the multitudes and on Mount Beatitudes where he taught them “Blessed are the meek…”
Sail in a wooden boat very similar to those used by the fishermen two thousand years ago, including Jesus’ disciples.
Day 2 Galilee :
Start the day at Megiddo, a Canaanite and then Israelite city overlooking the Jezre’el valley. This sight is known as “the place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon. (Revelation 16:16)
Driving westwards we reach the Mediterranean Sea and the ancient city of Ceasarea.
We will visit the magnificent Herodian port and sit in the restored Roman theatre.
In Ceasarea Paul was held prisoner before being sent to Rome to be tried.
Driving to Jaffa where Peter lodged there with Simon the tanner and
Jonah “rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord”. (Jonah 1:3)
Two Days Jerusalem
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Day 1
We will start our tour with an amazing panoramic view of the Temple Mount from Mount of Olives including overview of valley of Kidron and tombstones from the Second Temple era.
Then visit Mt. Zion and tomb of King David, enter the Old City through the Zion Gate and walk through the Jewish Quarter, the Crusader shops, the Byzantine Cardo. Visit the Herodian house and the Burnt house and from there on to the Western Wall where we explore the tunnel or the southern excavation at the Davidson center. Ending the day with a short tour of the new city and Yad Vashem – Holocaust Museum
Day 2
New City:
Begin the day with the Chagall windows at the Hadassah hospital synagogue. Travel through the neighborhoods of early and modern Jerusalem, passed the Knesset, the Supreme Court and the Government offices.
Learn about the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Shrine of the Book, the second temple model and enjoy the unique exhibits in the Israel Museum. End the day in the hustle and bustle of the Mahaneh Yehuda market.
For more information please write us to info@haifatours.com or call us to + 972 4 862 0616
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1. Jerusalem Jewish oriented
Driver/Guide for up to 3 passengers 420$
Driver/Guide for up to 7 passengers 500$
Driver/Guide for up to 10 passengers 550$
Drive to Jerusalem - panorama from Mt. Scopus- drive along the walled old city- visit Western (Wailing) Wall- view Temple Mount visit Jewish Quarter the Cardo, Broad Wall- King David’s tomb, Yad Vashem, drive through Israeli Museum, the Shrine of the Book, the Knesset.
2. Jerusalem and Bethlehem
Driver/Guide for up to 3 passengers 420$
Driver/Guide for up to 7 passengers 500$
Driver/Guide for up to 10 passengers 550$
Jerusalem- visit Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, view the Temple Mount, walk through the Arab Bazaar of the Old City to the Christian Quarter. Visit the church of the Holy Sepulcher built on the site of crucifixion and burial of Jesus, on along the Via-Dolorosa, visit the Western (Wailing) Wall. Now to Bethlehem to see the church of Nativity marks the birth place of Jesus.
3. Tel-Aviv Jaffa
Driver/Guide for up to 3 passengers 420$
Driver/Guide for up to 7 passengers 500$
Driver/Guide for up to 10 passengers 550$
Price is in U.S$
Visit Jaffa, the Artist Colony, the Clock Tower and Flee Market.
Tel-Aviv - see Yiszhak Rabin square - Dizengof square, visit the Diaspora Museum.
4. Massada and the Dead Sea
Driver/Guide for up to 3 passengers 570$
Driver/Guide for up to 7 passengers 650$
Driver/Guide for up to 10 passengers 700$
Price is in U.S$
Pass by Qumran Caves- where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found. On to Massada, ascend by cable car to the mountaintop fortress to hear the heroic story and to see, the Synagogue, roman bath, defending walls and the water cistern. Now to the Dead Sea for floating upon the water.
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