Breakfast was brought to our rooms in a basket; which seemed odd, but I think was the case since it was Shabbat.
First thing we set out to
Rosh HaNikra. Rosh HaNikra is a National Park established at the border between Israel and Lebanon. It comprises a vast system of grottos made by the Mediterranean Sea into
a steep cliff of white, chalk limestone. The Bible mentions the general area around Rosh HaNikra in the book of Joshua. In more recent times, the British built a rail road tunnel through
the grottos as part of their Cairo-Istanbul railway. In the War of Independence of 1948, Jewish underground fighters took out one of the rail bridges within the grottos as part of an effort to stay off the enemy. Rosh HaNikra is also the site where Israeli and Lebanese officials negotiated an armistice in 1949, which ended the Israeli-Lebanese aspect of the 1948 War.
Next, we drove south to the city of Akko. Also known as Acre, there is an extensive and very impressive Crusader fortress to be seen.
As we continued south from Akko we drove through the city of Haifa, and glimpsed quickly at the Baihai Temple; which is set in a spectacular garden of a series of terraces, stepping down the side of a mountain towards the Mediterranean Sea.
Last on the agenda was a stop by the ancient city of Caesarea. To be seen at Caesarea are the ancient Herodian remnants of a theatre, amphitheater, hippodrome, palace, bathhouse; as well as Crusader and Turkish era fortresses and mosques.
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