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Once you'll arrive to he old city, you wont be able to miss it.
Old Acre is on UNESCO’s list of sites for the preservation of global culture.
This beautiful ruins are really facsinating, the old walls, the fortress & ciotadel. So many stories and history. Leave a Comment
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The largest of the khan's (or caravanarsi) in Akko, as well as the best preserved, it literally means Inn of the Pillars. Like the mosque, the building (1785) 'utilised' pillars stolen from Caesarea.
Upstairs levels would have been the merchants and travellers sleeping quarters, while the animals were kept downstairs.
The clocktower was added in 1906 - it provides great views of the harbour - if you can find the gates open. Leave a Comment
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Built in 1781, the Mosque is a miniature Ottoman Empire style with a few local flourishes (columns in the courtyard nicked from the Roman town of Caesaria, for eg).
It's actually built from the foundations of the Crusader cathedral, with the Turks turning the cellars into Water Cisterns.
It's a bit tatty on the edges (it's a 'working' mosque afterall) but nevertheless an interesting part of any trip round Akko. Leave a Comment
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As a Crusader city, all approaches to Akko were protected, including attack from the sea. A very large part of the original sea wall fortifications survive, many metres thick, as you can see from the photos. You can also take a tourist boat round the fortifications to get a potential invaders view of the walled city:) Leave a Comment
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As you proceed around the old city walls of the fortress city of Acco, there are many parts that have sunken partly into the ocean, this is just one of many sections you can see.
It is so totally different touring the walls in calm weather or during a heavy sea storm, you can feel the waves hitting the walls and almost imagine them crumbling before the onslaught of the sea. But be careful that you are not "caught" by a wave that crests OVER those stone ramparts, it may be very wet and cold in winter.
There are several restaurants located along the fortress walls, which provide a nice place to sit, but the prices are generally very high and the food is not worth the price. Leave a Comment
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khan El Omdan is very close to the harbor.
The Khan was build on the 18 century and this is a place where merchants came to stay while traveling.
Today this is a free entrance yard and it is the biggest Khan in Akko and the the one that was best preserved . Leave a Comment Address: Near the harbor
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In this Museum you can learn about the History of freedom fighters Prisoners during the British Mandat, the Hagganah, The etzel , and the Lechi organizations.
few of the prisoners there were sentenced to death by the British ! Leave a Comment Address: Acre Fortess, 10 Hagana St.Phone: 04 8536622
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The old city of akko is very beautiful , with lovely mosques , khans , nice market with a lot of food to buy , restaurants and of course the old city walls and the view to the sea.
You can spend here a half day walking in the streets.
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In the old town of Akko you will find a covered market like the market in Istanbul with a lot of sweets , middle eastern restaurants , seafood , spices , fruits and vegetables , clothes , music and many more.
We bought here Knafe and ate good humus (check the restaurant tips).
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The Ramhal synagogue was once a big synagogue in the city and in the year 1758 the ruler of that time , Dahar el Umar , built insted of the synagogue a mosque.
The jews got a small building instead and the place is now open to the people.
Leave a Comment Directions: In te old city
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