The city of Akko (Akko) is located in western Galilee on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, 18 kilometers north of the city of Haifa. Acre - the city of the Crusaders, where among the guests in the halls of knight's canteens were St. Francis of Assisi and Marco Polo
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How to get to Akko
@ By bus from Haifa (fare 11.7 shekels, travel time 30-50 min) and Nahariya (7.6 shekels, 15-20 min). From Haifa and Nahariya, trains run to Akko (12.5 shekels, 30 minutes and 7.5 shekels, 15 minutes, respectively). The fare is indicated in May 2011.
Public transport in the city is represented by buses, you can also catch a taxi. In the Old City it is convenient to go on foot.
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Climate
| Average monthly temperature, ° C | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sen | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| In the afternoon | + 16 | + 15 | + 18 | + 21 | + 23 | + 26 | + 28 | + 29 | + 28 | + 26 | + 22 | + 17 |
| at night | + 11 | + 11 | + 13 | + 15 | + 18 | + 22 | + 24 | + 25 | + 23 | + 21 | + 17 | + 12 |
| water | + 17 | + 17 | + 17 | + 19 | + 21 | + 23 | +26 | + 26 | + 27 | + 24 | + 24 | + 20 |
Summer is long, warm and dry, and winter is quite mild. The greatest amount of precipitation falls in December-February.
Shopping
The Akko market stretches along the main road of the Old Town, Bazarnaya Street, which existed during the Crusader times and crosses the Akko from north to south. In the market they trade fish, vegetables , spices and oriental sweets, and it is open throughout the week until 17:00
Interest is represented by the bazaars of the Old Town. So, the Turkish bazaar, built in the late 18th century, is located in the central part, south of the Al-Jazzar mosque. Now in the market there are tents selling souvenirs for tourists. The bazaar is open to visitors during the whole week until 18:00
Cuisine
At the old bazaar in Akko you should try hummus, which is a snack from chickpeas, and baklava.
Most restaurants , both expensive and not very much, are located along the beach. Hummus Said and Elias Dieb & Sons restaurants prepare Middle Eastern cuisine
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Entertainments, excursions and attractions Akko
From the sights you can distinguish the walls of Acre, built between 1750 and 1840. , and surrounding the city from land and from the sea; the fortress of Acre, built in 1750 on the ruins of the Hospitaller Monastery. In the fortress, you can especially highlight the dining room, built presumably in 1147-1160, and an underground tunnel connecting the northern wall of the fort with the port in the south.
Al-Jazzar Mosque, also known as the "White Mosque" - one of the largest mosques of Israel, was built in 1745 on the ruins of the Templar church.
In Akko, the buildings of the inns - khans were preserved. Khan Al-Umdan was built in 1784, Khan Al-Farandji is the most ancient khan of the surviving to our days. And Khan A-Shuarda is in an abandoned state - now the Khan's building is given for warehouses and garages, but the Crusader tower is in good condition in its territory.
In Acre is a tunnel of the Templars, which was built in the late 12th century. and connected the Templar fortress, which has not survived to this day, and the seaport, located in the east. The length of the tunnel is 350 m.
One of the most beautiful sights of Akko is the Turkish bath, Hamam Al-Basha, built during the Ottoman times by the order of Pasha al-Jazzar. Until now, the remnants of a water pipe, built on the orders of Suleiman Pasha and stretching along the highway connecting Acre and Nahariya, have been preserved. Outside the Old City is the most beautiful synagogue in Israel - "Or ha-Torah" ("Light of the Torah")
Events
In Akko every year Sukkoth or "Feast of Tabernacles" is celebrated, one of the main holiday of the Jewish people, not at home, but in the sukkah (tent) and remember the wanderings of the Jews along the Sinai desert. An alternative theater festival is taking place during Sukkot
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