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Free Tours Haifa – Free Walking Tour including the Baha’i Gardens

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Free Walking Tour including the Baha'i Gardens

$ x per person

(about  € 125  or  ₪ 500 )

Visit the holiest sites embedded in the most beautiful biblical scenery!

Quick Details

WHAT TO EXPECT: Classical day tour to the most important Christian sites in Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee. The tour is guided by a professional licensed tour guide.

WHEN:  Every Sunday, Tuesday & Friday. Click on the dates in our tour calendar to check availability on that day. 

TIME:  Pick-up at 8.00 a.m. (precise pickup time will be provided personally). Drop-off around 6 p.m.

COST:   $150 (~€125 / ₪500) per person

WHAT’S INCLUDED: Transportation in a comfortable vehicle, top-notch tour guide, a rich lunch and all entrance fees are included.

NOT INCLUDED : Souvenirs & gratuities. So sit back and relax!

WHO: All ages and fitness levels are welcome.

GROUP SIZE: Intimate group up to 16 people.

WEAR:  Comfortable shoes, Modest clothes, and a big smile 🙂

WHERE:  Convenient pick-up nearby most Haifa hotels.

What are we going to see?

Experience Haifa with Fun!

The FREE walking tour will show you the most beautiful sites of the multicultural city of Haifa: Louis Promenade  – Amazing view spiced with amusing stories. The Baha’i Gardens  – The story of a unique religion in the magnificent gardens. Must RSVP:  Book-a-free-tour

The tour will be in  English !

Meeting point: HaNassi blvd. 119 (Carmel center area near Gan Ha’em, in front of the Carmelit Metro station) Check out the  MAP  – 10.30 AM every Wednesday.

How to reach? From downtown / Merkaz HaShmona train station / Hadar neighborhood – Use the metro Carmelit to the top final station (Gan-Ha’em/Carmel Center) From Bat Galim or the German colony – buses 136 or 37. From CBS Hof Ha-Carmel – buses 3,132,133. Get off at the stations called Derech HaYam-Carmel Center or HaNassi 124. Or simply use a taxi and always ask for meter!

How to find me?  search for the  crazy yellow hat!

Duration:  ~2 hours (10.30-12.30)

Finish point:  Near the Baha’i shrine, at Haziyonut 80.

Admission: FREE!  Pay as you wish at the end of the tour. In case you liked the trip, Leave a generous tip! And spread the word.

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Important: –  Must RSVP:  Book-a-free-tour – In case of bad weather, unusual events or holidays the tour might be canceled. Those who are signed in will get an update in case of changes. – Minimum 5 participants are required for the tour to take place. Maximum 40. – The tour inside the Baha’i gardens requires  modest clothing  so make sure you bring a shirt/scarf that can cover your shoulders/knees. – It’s a walking tour which also includes a lot of stairs. That means  comfortable shoes  are required (10 Cm high heels do not comply with this definition!).  If you have a medical condition that might limit walking down a lot of stairs, consider avoiding the tour. – In case you haven’t noticed, Israel is a hot country… So bring Water, Sunscreen lotion and cool hats. – We organize this tour voluntarily, therefore,  W e  hold no responsibility for bodily injuries or property damages during the tours.

See you at the tour!

Contact details: Daniel Sigalov +972-58-6048428

Evelin Sigalov +972-52-8327701 [email protected] IsraelWithFun.com

Additional information

• Confirmation will be received at time of booking
• Please wear modest clothes , covering Knees and shoulders  for both men and women. Bringing a Shawl is a perfect solution.. 
• We recommend you to bring comfortable walking shoes, water and a cool hat!
• Not wheelchair accessible
• Small groups – our tours will have a minimum of 4 travelers and a maximum of 16 travelers.
• You are dreaming to join our tours but find out that it is not available on your desired date according to the regular schedule – we can make it available! We can open your desired tour date in the booking calendar and then all we need is to reach total of 4 people to sign up.
• All our tours are also available for private booking. Contact us directly – [email protected] or use the contact form.

Cancellation Policy

• If you cancel at least 24 hours before the tour starts, you will be fully refunded.
• Cancelation within the last 24 hours – no refund… Sorry.
• Minimum 4 people are required for the tour to take place. Otherwise, the tour might be cancelled. You will be notified about it in advance. 

Haifa Walking City Tour from the Port with the Licensed Guide

TICKET PRICES STARTING FROM

Taxes and fees will be calculated at checkout

You will taste the special cultural mix and atmosphere of Haifa, Jewish, Muslim and Christian population living here together. Greeks, Druze, Russians and Persians are here as well. Haifa is a world center of Bahai religion and Ahmadiya Islam. More place are available to visit if you choose to add the car. I am very known experienced guide in Israel. I have knowledge and education in History, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. I love to show our country and pass this love to my tourists. Many people are listening to me weekly by Radio and Internet. I have a weekly Radio Program about Israel in US and you can join this group of my listeners and tourists. You are not my tourists only, you are my guests. Please note for the different places requests to get dressed conservative clothes - covered knees and shoulders.

Ticket Options

3 Options Available

Walk lower Haifa Bigger Group : $200

Walking Haifa Down Town circle: For big groups over 7 persons without using carWalking

Entire all levels Haifa +car: $251

Haifa: Bahai Gardens middle and upper level, Ahmadiya center in Kababir, Hanging Bridges, Talpiot Market Staria Hyundai: Luxury and new

Lower Haifa walking withoutcar: $210

Groups of 3-15

Ticket Information

• Mobile or paper ticket accepted
• One per booking

What's Included

• I can bring a wheelchair upon in advance summited request free of charge
• Licensed Guide Guiding

What's not Included

• Bottled water

Cancellation Policy

• All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Additional Info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Wheelchair accessible
• This is 2-2,5 hours Tour including travel time in between places.
• if you choose to make it longer and include more places we will customize it together
• Walking problems

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The Bahá’í Gardens in Haifa

These Gardens, located in the heart of Haifa, comprise a staircase of nineteen terraces extending all the way up the northern slope of Mount Carmel. The golden-domed Shrine of the Báb, the resting place of the Prophet-Herald of the Bahá’í Faith, stands on the central terrace, looking across the bay towards ‘Akko.

While different parts of the Gardens offer a variety of experiences, they speak in a common language of graveled paths, hedges and flowerbeds groomed and nurtured by dedicated gardeners. The Gardens frame panoramic views of the city, the Galilee Hills and the Mediterranean Sea.

Haifa Self-Guided Visit

General Information

Location: Yefe Nof St. 61

Open: Sunday to Saturday

Hours: 09:00 – 17:00

Closed: Bahá’í holy days and Yom Kippur.

Entrance Fee: Entrance is free of charge.

Parking: Street parking is available on Yefe Nof St.

Restroom: A public restroom is located 100m east of the entrance.

This area is only a viewpoint.

The balcony offers panoramic views of the Shrine of The Báb, the port of Haifa, Haifa Bay and the Galilee Hills.

There are three viewing platforms and a water fountain accessible via two flights of stairs.

The Louis Promenade is located directly across the street and provides pedestrian access to nearby shopping and dining.

Please call +972 4 8313131 or email at [email protected] 7 business days in advance to arrange a tour or to request special assistance.

This entrance offers a small area that is wheelchair accessible.

There are two designated accessible parking spots located 50m west of the entrance on Yefe Nof St.

The nearest accessible public bathroom is located 100m east of the entrance on Yefe Nof St.‎

Click Here to view the map

Main Entrance

Location: 80 Hatzionut Ave.

Open: Tuesday to Sunday

Hours: Shrine of the Báb and inner gardens 09:00 – 12:00

Outer Shrine Gardens  09:00 – 17:00

Closed: Bahá’í holy days and Yom Kippur

Dress:  Please wear clothing that covers your shoulders and reaches your knees, with no tears.

Parking: Limited parking.

Restroom: Available

Weapons : Not allowed

Visitors can enjoy views of olive groves, flowers, a large succulents garden, and a historic ‎building.

This entrance provides the closest view of the Shrine of the Báb and the inner Gardens.

This entrance offers the largest area of paved surfaces for a self-guided ‎visit to the garden.

The paved slope at the entrance is moderately steep ‎and wheelchair users may wish to have assistance.

There is no designated accessible parking near the entrance.

It is possible to load and unload onto the sidewalk near the entrance.

Accessible public bathroom available.

German Colony Plaza Temporarily Closed

Location: 21 Hagefen St

Temporarily Closed

Parking: Street parking is available nearby.

Restroom: Public restrooms are located on Ben Gurion Ave.

Public Transportation: Several bus lines stop nearby.

The entrance is located at the bottom of the terraced Gardens at the junction of Ben Gurion Avenue and HaGefen Street.

A viewing platform is accessible via two flights of stairs.

The area features a large fountain, cascading waterfalls, and benches.

The entrance is within walking distance to shopping and dining.

Suitable for visitors with limited mobility.

This area features a wide paved surface and benches.

Designated accessible parking is located on Ben Gurion Ave.

The nearest accessible public bathroom is on Ben Gurion Ave.‎

Haifa Guided Tour

Upper terraces tour guided tour for individuals and small groups up to 19 people.

The tour provides spectacular ‎views of the Baháʼí Gardens and Haifa. The guided tour includes ‎Baháʼí history, beliefs, and the ‎significance of Gardens. This tour includes 750 stairs and is not suitable for those with walking difficulties. The starting and ending locations are different.

Tour Duration: 50 min

Visiting Hours: by  Reservation Only  Tuesday to Sunday 

Charge: Entrance is free of charge.

Parking: Bus and car parking are available on Yefe Nof St.

Dress: Please wear clothing that covers your shoulders and reaches your knees, with no tears. Because of the pebbled paths and occasionally slippery pavements, we recommend wearing comfortable shoes with good traction. During the summer months, consider bringing a hat and sunscreen.

Food and drink: Visitors are welcome to bring their own bottle of water, but drinking other beverages, eating, chewing gum, and smoking are not allowed inside the Gardens.​

Strollers: For the safety of our visitors, the use of a stroller is not possible on tours due to the steep slope.​

​ Restrooms  are not available during the tour.

Other Prohibitions : Kindly do not bring animals or weapons.

Cancellation: If you wish to cancel your ‎reservation for any reason, ‎please ‎email or call us and ‎include the date and time of your ‎booking so that we can allow ‎others to visit. ‎

This tour includes 750 stairs and is not suitable for those with walking difficulties.

Please let us know in ‎advance if you need any special ‎assistance. ‎Click here  for more information.

Click Here to view the map.

Large Group Tours Guided tour for large groups of 20 people or more

Click  here to submit your tour request.

The Bahá’í Gardens are religious sites that are open to the general public without charge. As in most other such sites, visitors are asked to wear modest clothing that covers their shoulders and reaches their knees, to help keep the place clean and beautiful, and to behave in a manner that is considerate of the sensitivities of others.

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Food and drink, other guidelines, gardens closed.

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Going to TEFAF New York? Here are 4 Shows You Can Walk to.

These exhibitions are all within a 10-minute walk from the Park Avenue Armory, so you can take your time and enjoy the spring weather.

By Ted Loos

TEFAF New York, the European Fine Art Foundation fair, is not short on artworks to keep a visitor’s attention. But just outside the walls of the Park Avenue Armory , the site again of this year’s event, lie many more options for viewing and buying art at the nearby galleries on the Upper East Side.

Four current exhibitions in particular make a perfect walking tour on the way to the fair or after attending it, and they are all within a 10-minute walk of the armory, and each other. On a nice spring day, strolling these blocks is an extra source of pleasure.

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The shows spotlight artists who exemplified and investigated the complicated currents of the 20th century’s art movements, particularly Modernism.

The fact that three of the four shows take place in townhouses or mansions adds a little frisson: The domestic settings allow you to imagine being the owner of the works, casually hanging your acquisitions on the walls at home.

Françoise Gilot

Rosenberg & Co. , 19 East 66th Street

Françoise Gilot , who died last year at 101, first became renowned for her 1964 memoir “Life with Picasso,” which chronicled her decade-long affair with the older artist; a famous 1948 Robert Capa photograph of Picasso holding a beach umbrella over her as they walked on the sand added to the legend. She went on to write many other books and to marry the creator of the polio vaccine, Jonas Salk.

Gilot was a lifelong artist herself, as seen in the 36 varied works on view through July 3, the first posthumous exhibition of her work in New York. Picasso appears in the graphite and pencil drawing “Pablo with Red Background (Les yeux basilic)” (1944), and his influence comes through in the works — but he held sway over many artists.

The dealer Marianne Rosenberg, who organized the show with several collaborators, explicitly set out to show Gilot’s range. “I hate that she’s only associated with Picasso,” said Rosenberg, who knew Gilot through family ties; her grandfather was Paul Rosenberg, who helped create a market for Picasso’s work and was a powerful art dealer of the early 20th century.

The works on view include a charmingly simple ink portrait, “Paul Éluard” (1951), depicting the French poet, as well as a 1958 oil still life, “Sunflowers.” As her work evolved, Gilot increasingly began to explore abstraction, culminating in works like the painting “August Stillness” (1997), which features large areas of red, a color she frequently favored.

Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato

David Zwirner , 34 East 69th Street

The name Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato (1900-95) will not resonate with most casual art lovers, but the Brazilian painter is a favorite of the influential dealer David Zwirner, which means that attention will be paid.

The gallery first showed Lorenzato’s work in 2019 in London, and now this show features 25 works in what is only the second U.S. exhibition of his art. Notably, a work by Lorzenzato is included in the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale , perhaps the world’s premier art event, which opened last month.

Lorenzato, born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, painted recognizable scenes — largely landscapes — but pared his subjects down to geometric forms. He cited Cézanne as a major influence. In “Nuvem de Gafanhotos (Cloud of Crickets),” the titular insects become simple plus signs, and several of the works depict a sun as a red ball.

The works, on view through May 25, are modestly scaled, and they look at home on the walls of the 1910 townhouse that became a branch of the gallery in 2017. Up close, you can see Lorenzato’s technique: After brushing on paint, he would make crosshatch patterns with a comb, a stick or a fork, giving the works a texture that almost seems to vibrate.

Zwirner praised the “disarming and captivating” effect of Lorenzato’s work. “I bought a couple of his paintings myself,” he said. “We love looking at them every day.”

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A male artist who creates work by having nude female models drag each other through paint on a canvas lying on the floor, all while surrounded by onlookers, might not go over well in 2024. But around 1960 it was considered peak avant-garde.

Yves Klein (1928-62) used that unconventional technique — he called it employing “human paintbrushes” — for his “Anthropométries” series. In his “Fire Paintings,” he made art with a huge flamethrower, torching a canvas that, moments before, had a water-soaked nude model on top of it, so that the resulting scorching would retain a bodily outline in the wet areas. Examples of both series are on view in “Yves Klein and the Tangible World,” a show of around 30 works on view in the gallery’s sprawling mansion through May 25.

“This show was 10 years in the making,” said the dealer Dominique Lévy, who has long represented the Klein estate. “Usually, shows of his work focus on his ethereality, like the ‘Monochromes’” — Klein’s single-color canvases — “but his show is anchored in the materiality and the tangible.” She added, “Right now, we need a show with beauty, harmony and aliveness.”

Klein got a patent in France for the process used to create the color he called International Klein Blue, and he was associated with it during his short, acclaimed career.

So there is plenty of blue on display in this show, both in the works on the walls — including “Untitled Anthropometry (ANT 77)” circa 1961 — and in a “pool” of color on the floor, a reinstallation of a 1957 work called “Pure Pigment,” at the bottom of the mansion’s grand staircase.

Paul Klee and Alexander Calder

Di Donna Galleries , 744 Madison Avenue

The Swiss-born German artist Paul Klee (1879-40) drew and painted compositionally sophisticated scenes, sometimes with a childlike whimsical quality, while the American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) pioneered three-dimensional work, particularly the kinetic sculptures he called “mobiles” and his large, standing “stabiles.”

The combination of two beloved artists is a surefire crowd-pleaser, but “Enchanted Reverie: Klee and Calder” is also noteworthy for its installation, with dark gray walls and elaborate lighting that enliven the art and cast dramatic shadows. Featuring more than 40 works, it is on view through June 8.

The dealer Emmanuel Di Donna wanted to draw out the connections between the two artists, who both had a talent for concision as well as a playful side. “They had a shared sensitivity,” Di Donna said. “They’re both looking for something beyond nature — all the way to the cosmos.” He added, “They rhyme.”

The show features loans from both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. Originally it was going to have an explicit underwater garden theme, but then Di Donna expanded it to include other works. Traces of that idea remain, with both artists depicting fish as only they could.

In one of Klee’s aquatic-themed works, the watercolor “Fische in der Tiefe (Fish in the Deep)” (1921), multiple fish eyes look out at the viewer. Calder returned to the fish form again and again throughout his career, including in the red mobile “Le Poisson de huit heures” (1965), made of sheet metal and wire.

As he prepared for the show to open in April, Di Donna gently blew on “Poisson” and it performed on cue, doing a delicately turning dance in response — a perfect bit of inspiration for art lovers who want to get in the swim of things this spring.

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