On a day trip from Tel Aviv we rented a car and headed out to Caesarea National Park as our first stop. Highlights here include an ancient Roman theater, beautiful seaside views, a hippodrome, and various other ruins.
From here we proceeded to Haifa where the main attraction is the Bahai Garden. Its a gorgeous view and very unique.
By this time, we were getting hungry and the cab drivers in Tel Aviv told us Haifa was known for Shawarma. So we searched for the best shawarma in the city and think we found it at Shawarma Ghanam! We shared one to start, but it was so good, I had to order a second. This may very well of been the best shawarma of the trip!
After lunch we proceeded to Akko which is a mixed city made up of Muslims, Jews and Christians. The attraction here is the walled city which you can walk around and see some interesting things.
…like this art…
One place we were excited to eat here was Uri Buri. We saw his restaurant featured on an episode of “Somebody Feed Phil” on Netflix; because we just finished lunch, we just ordered dessert.
He was also there that day and we managed to get a photo with him.
This itinerary is very doable in a day from Tel Aviv and you can be back in time for dinner.
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looks like the ancient Roman theatre is being used for concerts now? Is that okay? Are they not worried about damaging the historical ruins
Hello umami, and as always, thank you for reading this blog. There are actually many Roman amphitheaters all over Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Its a testament to the Roman Empire’s reach at one time. Many of them are used for concerts and its actually a bucket list item for me to attend one. There was one in Turkey I really wanted to go to last year but the timing did not work with my trip there. Imagine seeing an opera, under the stars, in an ancient Roman theater. I think it would be an amazing experience. Anyway, from what I can tell from seeing a few of these theaters, is that they are constructed extremely well and they are not fragile. There is not really much to damage. Most consist of a stage which is solid, and then the stadium seating which also also solid.