Haifa

Haifa, Israel

The Bahai Gardens in Haifa are a big drawcard to this coastal Israeli city. We entered from the top where there is an amazing view down the carefully manicured terraced gardens to the Shrine of the Bab and indeed right over the city and out to sea. The shrine with the golden dome is for the ‘Bab’, the messenger or prophet who preceded the founder of the Bahai faith Bahá’u’lláh. More on Bahá’u’lláh in my post on Acre which is home to his shrine. […]