Haifa
Terraced gardens running straight down the mountain to the sea, kept immaculate and free to walk through. A working port city underneath, and the most mixed one in Israel.
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The Baháʼí Terraces, or the Hanging Gardens of Haifa, are garden terraces on Mount Carmel in Haifa, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Israel. Completed in 2001, there are 19 terraces and more than 1,500 steps ascending the mountain. The central terrace is highlighted by the Shrine of the Báb, one of the main religious sites of the Baháʼí Faith.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 29 Aug 2026
Arash Hashemi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cave of Elijah is the name used for two grottoes on Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel, associated with Biblical prophet Elijah. According to tradition, Elijah is believed to have prayed at a grotto before challenging the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel, and to have hidden in either the same or in another nearby grotto from the wrath of Jezebel.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 27 Apr 2026
Phillip Baldensperger · Public domain
The German Colony is an area of Haifa established in 1868 as a Christian German Templer Colony in Ottoman Palestine. It was the first of several colonies established by the group in the Holy Land. Others were founded in Sarona near Jaffa, Galilee and Jerusalem.
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StateofIsrael · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Haifa Museum of Art, established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930s in Wadi Nisnas, downtown Haifa. Ranking as Israel's third largest art museum, the museum focuses on Israeli and international contemporary art, and its collection includes 7,000 items, mostly of contemporary Israeli art.
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Talmoryair · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Carmel, also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias, is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. A number of towns are situated there, most notably Haifa, Israel's third largest city, located on the northern and western slopes.
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Chadner · Public domain
The Shrine of the Báb is a structure on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, where the remains of the Báb, founder of the Bábí Faith and forerunner of Baháʼu'lláh in the Baháʼí Faith, are buried; it is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Baháʼís, after the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh in Acre.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
This picture has been taken, uploaded and the copyright owned by Tom Habibi, but released in the licences below. Shrine · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Baháʼí Terraces, or the Hanging Gardens of Haifa, are garden terraces on Mount Carmel in Haifa, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Israel. Completed in 2001, there are 19 terraces and more than 1,500 steps ascending the mountain. The central terrace is highlighted by the Shrine of the Báb, one of the main religious sites of the Baháʼí Faith.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 29 Aug 2026
Arash Hashemi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cave of Elijah is the name used for two grottoes on Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel, associated with Biblical prophet Elijah. According to tradition, Elijah is believed to have prayed at a grotto before challenging the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel, and to have hidden in either the same or in another nearby grotto from the wrath of Jezebel.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 27 Apr 2026
Phillip Baldensperger · Public domain
The German Colony is an area of Haifa established in 1868 as a Christian German Templer Colony in Ottoman Palestine. It was the first of several colonies established by the group in the Holy Land. Others were founded in Sarona near Jaffa, Galilee and Jerusalem.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 16 Aug 2026
StateofIsrael · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Haifa Museum of Art, established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930s in Wadi Nisnas, downtown Haifa. Ranking as Israel's third largest art museum, the museum focuses on Israeli and international contemporary art, and its collection includes 7,000 items, mostly of contemporary Israeli art.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 31 May 2026
Talmoryair · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Carmel, also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias, is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. A number of towns are situated there, most notably Haifa, Israel's third largest city, located on the northern and western slopes.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
Chadner · Public domain
The Shrine of the Báb is a structure on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, where the remains of the Báb, founder of the Bábí Faith and forerunner of Baháʼu'lláh in the Baháʼí Faith, are buried; it is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Baháʼís, after the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh in Acre.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
This picture has been taken, uploaded and the copyright owned by Tom Habibi, but released in the licences below. Shrine · CC BY-SA 3.0