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HaifaNewest Review: ... there, if you're interested, but there's not all that much of interest there for most tourists. The top of Haifa is known as "The Carmel". This has more tourist places to visit, such as the Haifa University Towers, the Technion (Israel's University of Technology), the Hecht Museum at the University (mostly antiquities and archeology), the Haifa Museum of Art, the Haifa Music Center, the refurbished German Colony (which is an architectural and historical experience) and as I mentioned before, the Stella Maris Church, which is actually a monastery of the Carmelite order (can you guess where they got their name?). If you walk acros... more |
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by TheChocolateLady - written on 04/05/06 (Very useful, 154 readings)
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Haifa isn't the best known city in Israel, but it is the third largest city and despite my love for Jerusalem, if I had to choose another place to live, then Haifa would be it. Besides it being built around Mount Carmel, it also touts one of the most beautiful sites that Israel has to offer - the Bahai Temple and Gardens. But there's more to Haifa than just that - unfortunately, not a whole lot, but still... let me see if I can pique your interest. From the bottom upwards: Haifa is built on a mountain on the sea, and the mountain is located on a small a peninsula near the north of the country. Being surrounded by water, it became a port city, and ...
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