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Stella Maris
8 THE BAHA’I
Carmelite
Monastery Founded in Iran in 1844,
Founded 900 years ago the Baha’i faith believes
on Mount Carmel, this in the oneness of God
mountaintop monastery and the oneness of all
(left) has been run by the religions, the harmony
Carmelite order since between science and
the 1830s. The church religion, and equality
is sumptuously painted. between women and
men. Accused of heresy
by Islamic authorities, its
founder Baha’ullah was
exiled and later jailed
in Akko for the last
24 years of his life. His
tomb (see p61) is the
Baha’i faith’s holiest site.
Gan HaEm
9
and Zoo
Atop Mount Carmel, Gan
HaEm park offers shade
and a kid’s play ground
close to the Carmel
Center’s cafés and shops.
The adjacent zoo has
been popular since 1949.
Wadi Nisnas
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Almost unchanged
since 1948, this feels
more like a village than
Baha’i Gardens
7 an urban neighborhood.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Baha’i
Over 100 sculptures and
faith’s world headquarters features 19 terraces of installations here form
fountains and flower beds, plunging down Mount part of Beit HaGefen’s
HAHAGANA AVE
Carmel and offering breathtaking views (above). Museum Without Walls.
JAFFA
ROAD
ALLENBY
NEED TO KNOW Zoo: 124 HaTishbi St; open Shrine of the Bab: 80
STELLA MARIS RD
ALLE NBY Nov–Apr: 9am–4pm Sat– HaTzionut Ave; open 9am–
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TCHERNIK H O VSKI ST
Thu (to 1pm Fri), May–Oct: noon daily (gardens until
Haifa Tourist Board: 48 9am–6pm Sat–Thu (to 2pm 5pm); www.ganbahai.org.il
HATSLYONU T
Ben-Gurion St; (04) 853 Fri); adm; www.haifazoo. Clandestine Immigration
HANASSI
5606; www.visit-haifa.org co.il and Naval Museum: 204
Hecht Museum: 2 HaGefen Beit HaGefen: 2 HaGefen Allenby Rd; (04) 853 6249;
4 miles open 10am–4pm Sun–Thu;
(6 km) St; open 10am–4pm Sun, St; open 10am–4pm Sun–
Mon, Wed, & Thu, 10am– Thu (to 2pm Fri & Sat); adm; bring your passport
7pm Tue, 10am–1pm Fri, www.beit-hagefen.com • The underground
10am–2pm Sat; mushecht. Stella Maris Carmelite Carmelit funicular railway
haifa.ac.il Monastery: open 6:30am– links the Carmel Center
Tikotin Museum of 12:30pm and 3–6pm daily and Hadar with the
Japanese Art: 89 NaNassi Baha’i Gardens: 45 Yefe downtown port area.
Blvd; open 10am–7pm Nof St; English tour noon • Eat at HaZkenim and
Sat–Thu,10am–1pm Fri; Thu–Tue (dress modestly); Michel, the famous falafel
adm; www.tmja.org.il www.ganbahai.org.il rivals of Wadi Nisnas.
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