Haifa and the Northern Coast Features

Haifa and the Northern Coast Features

• Top Reasons to Go to Haifa and the Northern Coast
  

  Caesarea: Originally built by King Herod, these 2,000-year-old ruins occupy a strategic spot on the sea. They include Byzantine bathhouses and... read more

• Akko's History
  

  History clings to the stones of old Akko, with each twist and turn along its streets telling another tale. The city's history begins 4,000 years... read more

• The Druze
  

  The Druze are an Arabic-speaking people who practice a secret religion; they form one of the most intriguing entities in the mosaic of Israel's... read more

• Haifa's History
  

  First mentioned in the Talmud, the area around Haifa had two settlements in ancient times. To the east, in what is today a congested industrial... read more

• Herod's Amazing Port at Caesarea
  

  The port's construction at Caesarea was an unprecedented challenge—there was no artificial harbor of this size anywhere in the world. During... read more

• Caesarea: Roman City
  

  Herod the Great gave Caesarea its name, dedicating the magnificent Roman city he built to his patron, Augustus Caesar. It was the Roman emperor... read more