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Bat Galim Neighborhood Walking Tour
Guide Location: Israel » Haifa
Guide Type: Self-guided city tour
# of Attractions: 10
Tour Duration: 2 hour(s)
Transportation Mode: by foot
Travel Distance: 3.8 km
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Author: nataly
One of Haifa’s oldest neighborhoods, Bat Galim is located in one of the most picturesque areas of the city. First settled in the 1920s, the neighborhood extends from the bottom of Mount Carmel to the Bat Galim Bay. Popular for walking tours, the area is home to many famous landmarks, such as the Rambam Medical Center, the National Maritime Museum and Elijah's Cave. Take this tour to see the best of the Bat Galim neighborhood.
Tour Stops and Attractions
National Maritime Museum
1) National Maritime Museum
Established in 1953, the National Maritime Museum has the largest collection of its kind in all of Israel. The museum wonderful exhibits include a collection of ancient ship models and a collection of scientific instruments. Here you can also see the first color navigational maps as well as a unique coin collection.
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Elijah's Cave
2) Elijah's Cave
Elijah’s Cave is one of the most popular landmarks in Haifa and the surrounding region. Located just at the bottom of Mount Carmel, the cave is believed to have served as the home of the prophet Elijah, who in the 9th Century BC was hiding from the King Ahab and his wife Jezebel. This Holy place has a special area for visitors to place prayer notes.
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Bahai Cemetery
3) Bahai Cemetery
The Bahai Cemetery is located in between two famous Haifa museums - The National Maritime Museum and the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum. It is the burial site for members of the extensive Bahai community, one of the predominant communities of the city. On the same site you’ll find other important buildings of Bahai Faith, such as the Mausoleum of the Báb.
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Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum
4) Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum
The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum is dedicated to the establishment of the State of Israel with the movement into Palestine between 1934 and 1948. Here you’ll see exquisite historic documents and photos, and even the boats that brought refugees to the shore of their future home. This fascinating museum holds many facts about the confused time surrounding the foundation of Israel as an independent state.
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Old Casino Building
5) Old Casino Building
The Old Casino building is located just on the shoreline in the Bat Galim area of Haifa. Despite its name, it was never home to any gambling but was an entertainment center for rich locals. Constructed during the period of British Mandate, this landmark building also attracted many British officers in its heyday.
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Bat Galim Beach
6) Bat Galim Beach
The famous Bat Galim Beach is considered one of the best places for windsurfing in the whole Mediterranean region. This unique place offers good conditions for windsurfing almost all year round, due to strong winds and great waves. This is also a great place for sunbathing and swimming.
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Rambam Medical Center
7) Rambam Medical Center
Established in 1938, the Rambam Health Care Campus is the largest medical center in northern Israel. It is named after the 12th Century physician-philosopher Rabbi Moshe Ben-Maimon (Maimonides), known in short as Rambam. This multidisciplinary medical center admits 75,000 patients every year, and another 500,000 are treated in its outpatient clinics and medical institutes. Adjacent to the hospital is the Technion's medical school. Bauhaus architect Erich Mendelsohn was commissioned to design the building on a half-moon shaped headland at the foot of Mount Carmel, northwest of Haifa Port. After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the hospital was renamed for Rambam.
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Haifa Bat Galim Railway Station
8) Haifa Bat Galim Railway Station
The Haifa Bat Galim Railway Station is a passenger railway station on the north-south coastal railway line which serves the city of Haifa. Located on the southern edge of the Bat Galim neighborhood, the station was built in 1975 along with the Haifa Bat Galim Central Bus Station on the same site. This large transport center is a main hub for the area, with a useful pedestrian tunnel that links the railway station, bus station and the HaHagana Boulevard.
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Haifa War Cemetry
9) Haifa War Cemetry
Located near Saint Gabriel church, the Haifa War Cemetery was originally part of the German cemetery founded here in 1918. Today it is called ‘British War Cemetery’, and here lie British soldiers who gave their lives on the territory of Israel during World War II.
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Church of Saint Gabriel
10) Church of Saint Gabriel
The Church of Saint Gabriel was built in 1930 by talented architect Gabriel Faud Saad. This modest, beautiful little Catholic church was open to the community until 1948. Though it is has been closed for many years, it remains still one of the most popular landmarks in the Bat Galim area.
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