Travel destination in Israel: Safed

Safed is one of the four holy cities of Judaism like Jerusalem, Hebron and Tiberias.

Safed is the city of the Northern District and located in the center of Upper Galilee on several hills at an altitude of 800-900 meters above sea level (higher than other cities in Israel).

From the city you can see a beautiful view of the Sea of ​​Galilee in the south, the Mediterranean Sea in the west and the snow-capped apex of Mount Hermon in the north. Distance to Haifa is 75 km, to Tel Aviv - 160 km, to Jerusalem - about 200 km.

There are many active synagogues and yeshiva in Safed.

The city of Safed is famous for the colony of artists, galleries and workshops, in which works of local masters are exhibited.

On the territory of Safed there are synagogues known in the Jewish world, which testify to the rise of Jewish culture in the city a 500 years ago, when Safed was one of the world centers of Kabbalah.

In Safed, an unusual architecture, due to the fact that the streets here go from the top down and built up in ancient times by people from different countries.

Cheese dairy in Safed are famous for semi-hard cheese (Gvina Zfatit).

In the days of the Second Lebanon War (2006), Safed was one of the targets for firing missiles from Hezbollah from southern Lebanon.

Transport
• In the city can be traveled by bus, taxi or on foot.

Attractions
• The main attraction of Safed is the local synagogue
• Ashkenazi synagogue a'Ari
• Synagogue Sde Tapuchim ("apple orchard")
• Sephardic Synagogue a'Ari
• Ruins of the Safet Fortress
• Banai
• Caro
• Artist's District

What to buy in Safed
• In Artists district you can buy author's paintings / pictures.
• In Safed you can buy beautiful wax candles and delicious cheeses.

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