Haifa

A good 100km north of the Ben-Gurion International Airport is the picturesque town of Haifa - a beautiful hillock overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Said to be the hi-tech city in the northern part of the country, it is well connected by highways (Road 2 and Road 4) and trains. We took the train from the airport, the train line runs along the coast for the most part of the 1 hour journey. The first 3 weeks of "get introduced to Israel" period was well spent in Dan Panorama. The tall towers of the hotel on the Carmel mountains could very well be called the twin towers of Haifa which are visible from the northern most part of Israel and even Lebanon for that matter. The bay view is breathtaking.

Haifa Bay as seen from Yefe-Nof street

In a couple of days, it was Purim. My son and I thoroughly enjoyed the carnival at the Louis promenade that runs on Yefe Nof (meaning, beautiful view) street, although we did not know the significance of the festival at that point.

View of Dan Panorama from Louis Promenade

The Purim Carnival on Louis Promenade(Feb2009)