Haifa Travel Blogs, Travelogues and Travel Journals

This morning, we headed to the Tel Aviv train station and took a train up to the port city of Haifa.  The city of Haifa exists from the base of the biblical Mount Carmel all the way to the top.  We found our hostel, dropped off our belongings, and headed into the city.  Looking at a map on paper, the city looked easy to navigate, but once we realized that some of the sites were on the mountain, we thought better of  walking.  For this very reason, Haifa is the only ci…

Note to future travelers to Israel, going to Haifa is TOTALLY worth a side trip up.  There are directions in English so it's not too hard to figure out. It's a town on a big hill but the beach is just gorgeous. The train literally lets you off right in front of the beach and as far as the beach goes, dress (or lack thereof) is not an issue (not so with the rest of Haifa I was soon to find out). I figured Haifa = beachy = shorts and flowy breezy flimsy top and flip flo…

Note to future travelers to Israel, going to Haifa is TOTALLY worth a side trip up.  There are directions in English so it's not too hard to figure out. It's a town on a big hill but the beach is just gorgeous. The train literally lets you off right in front of the beach and as far as the beach goes, dress (or lack thereof) is not an issue (not so with the rest of Haifa I was soon to find out). I figured Haifa = beachy = shorts and flowy breezy flimsy top an…

Perhaps the main reason I decided to go to Israel was to visit the various Israeli mates I met on my travels. Where ever you go on holidays, it seems that you will almost always encounter an Israeli backpacker somewhere. I have met many on my travels. I travelled with the lovely Lihi and extraordinary Omri around the Nord Este of Brazil and then randomly met Eyal in Africa and travelled much of Southern Africa together. These 3 in particular were a strong enough reason alone fo…

Well I know it has once again been quite a while since I’ve put anything up on this thing, but I’ll try to go over some of the happenings that have gone on. I went on a tour of a snack factory for one of my classes the other weekend—one of the best field trips ever… probably because there was plenty of sampling involved. We got the full tour of the place and got to see how the ginormous barrels of dough turned into pretzels. It was like being on that show how its made…Last week I…

Haifa is the largest city in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. It is also home to the Bahá'í World Centre. Haifa is a major seaport located on Israel's Mediterranean coastline in the Bay of Haifa.

Been to Israel a couple of times, beautiful country, wonderful people, just like everywhere else, except new jersey lol

In 2005, I spent a total of 3 weeks in Israel. The first two weeks were to volunteer with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), and the last week was for sightseeing in Eilat on the Red Sea, and in the capital Jerusalem. I wrote some hurried emails off to friends and family when I got internet cafes, and this is a mildly edited collection of those emails along with some pictures I took then.

My two (very short) weeks romping around Israel in search of adventure, good vegan eats and kindred spirits :P

Aujourd'hui j'ai rencontre la Palestine. Elle n'etait pas tres grande, elle etait toute menue, legere. Elle avait de grands yeux noirs en amande et un large sourire. Elle portait un koffieh noir et blanc, fierement. Elle chantait des chants d'amour nostalgiques et des chants patriotiques joyeux. Elle faisait vibrer toute la maison de sa vie, de son intensite, de son combat. Parfois, quand chanter ne lui suffisait plus, elle se levait et se mettait a danser avec encore, ce sourire aux levres.…

nice place

My few travels all over and my friends

I was trying to experiment my sonyericson 850i, using its camera at night...the result? Not so good but I really like the view!

We took the bus out to Haifa. Haifa is the largest city in Northern Israel and the 3rd lagest  city in the country after Jerusalem. It has a population of approx. 265,000 and is located at the mediterranean sea in the bay of Haifa, a Seaport. The city is built on the slopes of the historical Mount Carmel. Just a little info about the city before i tell you about my day there:) We got off the bus and the weather was great as it has been most of our time in Isreal, there were lots of…

My visit back home was very hot... I now remember why I always travel to Europe in the summer :) but it was great seeing everybody and showing my boyfriend around- it was his first time in Israel.