The hillsides of Haifa and Zefat are a tangle of streets. We managed to find out B&B's in each city, though, without maps! In Haifa we can thank the local pizza parlour worker and in Zefat we got tired of driving around and paid a taxi driver to escort us... I wonder about the hillside cities in Israel. Did they develop because its cooler in the mountains? Safer? Certainly they were not planning for cars!!! Our stay in Haifa was only one night and way too short. Haifa seems like the kind of city you unravel over time. Our B&B overlooked the ocean, with an incredible view. The historic main boulevard, Ben Gurion, has an interesting history. Recently they renovated the street and moved it 163 cm to match it up with the Baha'i Gardens situated
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