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Map with tourist places and other information in Haifa

Map with important places and other information

The passenger terminal has been expanded to quickly and efficiently process passengers from a number of ships at the same time. The improvements include a comfortable waiting area for persons escorting travelers and a concourse for use by those going aboard with a duty free shop, a souvenir shop, cafeteria, VAT reimbursement counter and currency exchange, Ministry of Interior services, and other travel-related services for passengers and their escorts.

Two kinds of travellers use the port:

Cruise ship passengers on vessels that generally remain in port for 1-2 days with the objective of some limited touring of the country; and liner/ferry passengers, some of whom are traveling with cars.

The passenger terminal is adjacent to a quay which allows the simultaneous docking of 3 ships. A new finger pier was built to accommodate 2 additional passenger ships. A bridge connects the terminal with one of the city’s main traffic corridors and to a railway station located next to the port. Travelers arriving with cars can go straight from the ship into the passenger hall. Following Customs and immigrations procedures, passengers leave the port for the city by way of the overhead bridge. Departing passengers go through the same process in the opposite direction.
Both long and short term parking lots are located adjacent to the terminal, complete with an elevator allowing ease of access to the passenger terminal and concourses from both the parking lots and the train station.

Source: Haifa Port 

Salidas: diarias excepto Viernes.

07:00 - Hertzlia
07:15 – Tel Aviv
08:30 – Jerusalem

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Precio por persona

Desde Tel Aviv
$90

Desde Jerusalén
$80

Visita panorámica de la Ciudad Antigua y la parte moderna de Jerusalén.

Descenso al valle de Cedrón, vista del Jardin del Getsemani, murallas de la Ciudad Antigua y Monte de los Olivos.

Entrada a la Ciudad Antigua, Barrio Armenio, Barrrio Judio, Cardo, Muro de los Lamentos, Barrio Musulmano, Via Dolorosa e Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro.Salida desde Jerusalén unicamente, de los hoteles principales. Entrada a Belén y visita de la Iglesia de la Natividad y Plaza del Pesebre. Vista del Campo de los Pastores y regreso a Jerusalén.

* Vestimentas modestas y pasaporte OBLIGATORIOS.

* Este tour está sujeto a regulaciones impuestas por la Autoridad Palestina.

06:15 – Jerusalén
07:30 - Tel Aviv

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Precio por persona

Desde Tel Aviv
$89

Desde Jerusalén
$99

Salida hacia el norte por la ruta de la costa, hacia Cesarea, la antigua capital romana
y puerto Herodiano, visita de las excavaciones arqueológicas y el teatro romano.

Continuacion hacia Haifa, vista panorámica de los Jardines Bahais, el puerto y la ciudad.
Rosh Ha Nikra, grutas naturales y frontera con el Libano.

Regreso por Acre, visita de la la Cripta y la ciudad subterranea de los Cruzados,
paseo por el mercado de la Ciudad Vieja.

Regreso a los hoteles.

Salida: Lunes, Miercoles y Sábados.

06:15 – Jerusalén
07:30 – Tel Aviv

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Precio por persona

Desde Tel Aviv
$79

Desde Jerusalén
$82

Através de la Planicie de Armaguedon hacia Nazareth, para visitar la Iglesia de la Anunciación y la Carpinteria de S. José. Continuación via Kfar Cana, vista del Monte de las eatitudes y la Iglesia de la Multiplicación de los Peces y los Panes.

Visita de Capernaum, y continuación através de Tiberiades al lugar
de los Bautismos en el Rio Jordán.

De regreso, vista del Monte Tabor, tradicional sitio de la Transfiguración.

Regreso a los hoteles.

07:00 - Hertzlia
07:15 – Tel Aviv
08:30 – Jerusalén

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Precio por persona

Desde Tel Aviv
$99

Desde Jerusalén
$98

Descenso al Desierto de Judea, pasando por la Posada del Buen Samaritano y Jericó.
Ascensión a Mezada por teleferico, visitando la magnifica fortaleza construída
por Herodes el Grande hace 2000 años. Por Ein Guedi, continuación a la playa del Mar Muerto, para disfrutar de las águas especiales de ese mar y sus cualidades terapéuticas.

De regreso, vista de las grutas de Qumran, donde se descubrieron los Manuscritos del Mar Muerto.

No olvidar traje de baño, toalla, sombrero, protector solar y zapatillas.

Salidas: todos los dias

07:00 - Hertzlia
07:15 – Tel Aviv
08:30 – Jerusalén

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Precio por persona

Desde Tel Aviv
$79

Desde Jerusalén
$62

Vista panoramica de la ciudad. A lo largo del Valle del Cedrón,
vista del Jardin de Gethsemani, Murallas de la Ciudad Antigua y Monte de los Olivos.

Entrada a la Ciudad Antigua por el Barrio Armenio, Barrio Judio, Cardo,
Muro de los Lamentos, Barrio Musulman, Via Dolorosa, Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro
y Monte Sión. Ciudad moderna – vista del Parlamento y del Museo de Israel,
visita de Yad Vashem, el Museo del Holocausto.

Regreso a los hoteles.

* Se recomienda vestimenta modesta y zapatos cómodos.

* Los Sabados el Museo del Holocausto esta cerrado - en su lugar se visita el Jardin del Gethsemani.

Salidas: diarias excepto Viernes y Sábados

07:00 - Hertzlia,
07:15 – Tel Aviv
08:30 – Jerusalén

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Precios por persona

Desde Jerusalem 42$

Desde Tel Aviv 49$

Clase Business – Grupos reducidos en transporte superior

Vista panorámica de la Ciudad Antigua y la parte moderna de Jerusalem.

Descenso al valle de Cedrón, vista del Jardin del Getsemani, murallas de la Ciudad Antigua y Monte de los Olivos.

Entrada a la Ciudad Antigua, Barrio Armenio, Barrrio Judio, Cardo, Muro de los Lamentos, Barrio Musulmano, Via Dolorosa e Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro..

* Se recomienda vestimenta modesta y zapatos cómodos.

* Regreso compartido del Museo del Holocausto a Tel Aviv - Suplemento 15$.

One Thursday, about two weeks before Passover, I took myself off by bus to Ramla* with the idea of replenishing my stock of ideas for outings to suggest to anyone who asks my advice on the subject during the holiday season.

Instead, as is often the case when I’m on the lookout for interesting places to visit, I ended up with more interesting stories to tell.

The ruins that meet the eye as one approaches Ramle from Gezer, hint at once glorious buildings, ruins that tell stories of a history filled with lots of action.

This is because Gezer, which stood on a little hill 3 miles East of the present city of Ramla, built by the Moslems in the 8th century, was always in the way, being on the cross roads between Jaffa and Jerusalem, on the one hand and Gaza and Phoenicia (Lebanon) on the other.

If Israel was the bridge between East and West then Gezer was the middle of the bridge. Its location fixed the destiny of its inhabitants. All who lived in this town had to stand and fight the constant parade of armies who sought to conquer it and gain its strategic position of control over the highways.

At times they must have come out of their city to meet the armies with gifts seeking to make peace, declaring loyalty to the new conqueror but mostly they must have stood firm on the battlements, swords drawn, swearing to defend their city to the death.

I can imagine the feelings of excitement, a mixture of fear and bravery, in the hearts of the simple folk as the blaring of trumpets, beating of the drums and clashing of the cymbals announced yet another long line of tramping soldiers lead by a great pharaoh or king, seeking glory and plunder.

Pharaoh Neco conquered it from the Canaanites and gave it as a gift to his daughter on the occasion of her marriage to his ally King Solomon signifying a firm pact between the two leaders.

It was the first city which the Umayyad Moslems conquered in their invasion of Israel in the 8th century. They built their city, known as Ramle, on the plain below Gezer.

They went on to build the beautiful Dome of the Rock, the most famous Moslem building in Israel.

It was the site of the greatest Crusader victory over the Moslems. Their victory here in 1181 kept the Moslems out of Jerusalem. The Crusaders were lead by their king, Baldwin 1V who was only 16 years and was suffering from Leprosy. The Moslems were lead by the Saladin (the so called “great” because he finally defeated the Crusaders in 1187).

I assure you that the Moslems don’t like to recall that defeat which was the result of Saladin’s foolishness in wasting his time and the energy of his horses and army in plundering the villages instead of fighting the Crusader knights. He managed to loose 26000 soldiers, the Crusaders about 1100.

One always hears about Moslem victories, never their defeats. But this battle has been recorded by an 18th century artist Charles Philip Lariviere in a painting, sometimes known as the Battle of Ascalon other times known as the battle of Montgizard*.

You can see this painting and others depicting Crusader glory in the website: http://www.brown.edu/Courses/HI0110/gallery3.htm

In World War I the British, 1st Australian Light Infantry, in the famous battle of Gaza, made its relief base and cemetery at Ramla.

In addition to a small museum, several attractive parks and popular Humus hangouts, the most impressive sites to see here are the ruins of structures remaining from the Umayyad and Crusader periods.

The Umayyad sites are a great underground pool, known as the Arches Pool and the white tower. The Crusader site is the beautiful reconstructed Franciscan church.

The Arches Pool is a fascinating structure (usually one can go boating here but at present it’s being renovated0. It’s called by this name because of great arches supported by pillars which form an underground building, designed to hold immense amounts of water caught from the rain that falls around the area.

The ingenious aspect of this pool is that there used to be several small farms on the roof of the building, where farmers could draw water to irrigate their crops.

The White Tower is all that remains of a mosque of the same period, containing the shrine of Nabi Salih, a saint who hears and speaks from the grave*, mentioned in the Koran.

The church is dedicated to Joseph of Arimithea, the rich man who gave his tomb for the burial of Jesus. This was probably because of the similarity in the names Ramle and Rama where Joseph was born.

Joseph is the subject of many legends. One of them invented by Robert de Boron in a 12th century poem entitled Joseph of Arimathea tells how Joseph traveled to England and brought the Holy Grail with him to Glastonbury, a small village in Somerset, where he established Christianity.

Many people believe this legend and make pilgrimages to places like Glastonbury and Ramla.

From Ramle I made my way to Tel Aviv by train. Exactly 20 min.(plus 20 min waiting). Also only 5 shekels for a senior ticket.

Wishing you a great no news day

Yours truly.

Leon.

* A town in Israel between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, not to be confused with the Arab town of Ramallah, controlled by the Palestinian Authority.

* Montgizard = Tel Gezer

* Koran Sura 7:73 Nabi Salih is the prophet sent to his nation, the Thamoud, considered to be the ancient Nabeteans who were famous caravan drivers of the Middle East, transporting goods from the East to the West via the port of Gaza, to warn them not to kill the she camel, but they didn’t listen to him and they disappeared from the face of history as a nation.

http://www.canadianislamiccongress.com/fb/friday_bulletin.php?fbdate=2008-03-21

Last week I finally went to the Tel Aviv Opera House to see and hear Turandot. The music, the singing, the color; it was amazing. I don’t have words.

It turned out that Mizrahi bank had purchased all the tickets and I, not being an employee of the bank, was left out in the cold but a kind usher took pity on me, coming all the way from Jerusalem, and let me in for free.

All the way back to Jerusalem in the middle of the night the grand finale of Calaf’s triumph in winning the heart of Turandot, was still ringing in my ears.

Calaf, the son of the deposed, good king, had to answer three questions to win the heart of Turandot, the cruel princess, who rules the country and executes people at the slightest whim. If he answers correctly he’ll have the right to marry the beautiful Turandot. By marrying her he will become the rightful leader of the nation. If he doesn’t know the answers he’ll be beheaded like the other suitors before him.

These are the three questions he must answer correctly.

“What is born each night and dies each dawn?” The Prince correctly replies, “Hope.”

“What flickers red and warm like a flame, but is not fire?” The Prince thinks for a moment before replying, “Blood”.

“What is like ice, but burns like fire?” As the prince thinks, Turandot taunts him. Suddenly he cries out victory and announces, “Turandot!”

The cruel princess, angry that her questions have been answered correctly and that now she must marry Calaf, refuses. Calaf then makes another deal with her:

If she can find out his name by dawn he will die, if not she will be his bride.

The search for the name goes on all night. The only people who know his name are his old father and a young servant girl, who’s in love with him. Turndot has them tortured but they don’t reveal his name and they die.

Turandot is amazed that the love and loyalty these people have for Calaf is so great that they’re ready to die for him. The loyalty they demonstrate impresses Turandot so much that she relents and she finally falls in love with love.

Love triumphs. Turandot is vanquished by the love and loyalty which the people have for a good leader, Calaf; they have died in the name of love in order to have a leader who will rule them with love and kindness.

The moral of the story is therefore that the ordinary people of a nation, show extraordinary strength by being prepared to die for love and loyalty. Their reward is a good leader. People, who aren’t prepared to be strong, not opposing injustice, have a cruel leader who causes them suffering.

A nation must be prepared, even to die, to earn the right to be governed sympathetically and so wisely.

Wishing you a great no news day

Yours truly.

Leon.

The information about the opera Turandot was taken from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turandot