Why go
- City in Northern Israel.
- Served by Ein Shemer Airfield.
History
Haifa is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of 297,082 in 2024. The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel. It is home to the Baháʼí Faith's Baháʼí World Centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage.
Where to stay
Ha-Shunit St 4, Herzliya, 4655504, Israel · ritzcarlton.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TIM4-GbpPw · Rothschild St 1, Caesarea, Israel · danhotels.com
Ha-Tidhar St 2, Ra'anana, 4366504, Israel · millennium-hotel.co.il
חמי, Ga'ash, 60951, Israel · hameigaash.co.il
Tchernichovsky St 58, Kefar Sava, Israel
Indoor
Hahermon St 2 1, Hod Hasharon, Israel
Indoor
Indoor
apartment no. 11, Ruppin St 5, Kefar Sava, 4420907, Israel
Khabad St 11, Kefar Sava, 4439710, Israel
Restaurants & places to go
Steak House, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Sa 12:00-23:00 Features: outdoor seating, takeaway, vegetarian options, air conditioning · 60 מדינת היהודים, הרצליה · lavacaloca.co.il
Burger, Fast Food · Features: outdoor seating, delivery · 35 משכית, הרצליה · mbburgers.com
Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Su-Sa 08:00-23:00 Features: takeaway · 8 עתיר ידע, כפר סבא · gregcafe.co.il
Regional, Fast Food · Opening hours: Su-Th 08:00-23:00; Sa 08:00-16:00 Features: outdoor seating, delivery, kosher · 71 סוקולוב, רמת השרון · yoni71.co.il
Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:00-23:00; Fr 08:00-16:00; Sa 09:15-23:00 Features: outdoor seating · 1 המייסדים, רמת השרון · revivaandcelia.co.il
Pizza, Fast Food · Opening hours: 12:00-22:00; Fr off; Sa 17:00-22:00 Features: outdoor seating, takeaway · panetti.co.il
Seafood, French, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Fr 07:30-00:00; Sa 10:00-00:00 Features: step-free access · 14 הבנים · angelinabistro.co.il
Local, Regional, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 09:00-20:00; Fr 7:30-15:00 Features: outdoor seating, takeaway, delivery, vegan options, kosher, step-free… · kuskus-galia.co.il
Bakery Cafe, Cafe · Opening hours: Su-Th 05:30-19:30; Fr 05:30-15:00 · 48 דרך רמתיים, הוד השרון, 4532504 · wilheim-bakery.co.il
Pancakes, Diner, American, Restaurant · Opening hours: 24/7 · pancake.co.il
Italian, Cafe · Opening hours: Su-Fr 08:00-00:00; Sa 09:00-00:00 · bleeckerstreet.co.il
Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-23:00 Features: vegan options · 1 ביילינסון, הרצליה · robertasburger.co.il
Ice Cream · Opening hours: 08:00-23:00; Fr 08:00-00:00 Features: outdoor seating, delivery, step-free access · goldaglida.co.il
Sushi, Restaurant · Sushi restaurant · 8 המנופים · minato.co.il
Middle Eastern, Restaurant · Middle Eastern restaurant · 25 ברל כצנלסון, הרצליה · tzarum.co.il
Chicken, Regional, Fast Food · Chicken/Regional fast food · 13 זרחין, רעננה · scompany.co.il
Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 06:30-21:00; Fr 06:30-15:00; Sa off · elis.co.il
Thai, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-We 11:00-23:00; Th 11:00-24:00; Fr 11:30-15:00; Sa off
Shawarma, Fast Food · Opening hours: Su-Th 11:00-21:00; Fr 10:30-15:00 · 1 שדרות ויצמן
Asian, Restaurant · Asian restaurant · kingkong.co.il
Chinese, Restaurant · Chinese restaurant · rest.co.il
Barbecue, Mediterranean, Restaurant · Features: kosher
Grill, Fast Food · Features: outdoor seating, takeaway, kosher
Fish And Chips, Fast Food · Fish And Chips fast food
Mediterranean, Arab, Fast Food · Mediterranean/Arab fast food
Falafel, Fast Food · Features: takeaway
Shvarma, Fast Food · Features: takeaway
Hummus, Fast Food · Features: outdoor seating, takeaway
Sandwich, Salad, Fast Food · Features: outdoor seating
Fish, Restaurant · Fish restaurant
Juice, Fast Food · Juice fast food
Kebab, Restaurant · Kebab restaurant
Humus, Fast Food · Humus fast food
קיבוצי, Restaurant · קיבוצי restaurant
Indian, Restaurant · Indian restaurant
Japanese, Restaurant · Japanese restaurant
Food Court · food court
Steak House, Restaurant · Features: outdoor seating, kosher · 2 השונית, הרצליה · bistro56.co.il
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Th 00:00-00:30,11:30-24:00; Fr 11:30-17:00; Sa 19:00-24:00; Su 00:00-01:00,11:30-24:00 Features: takeaway, kosher · 32… · iburgerim.co.il
Coffee Shop, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Sa 08:00-16:00 Features: outdoor seating, takeaway, step-free access · גליל ים · micasa.rest.co.il
Regional, Fast Food · החומוס והפול · 72 סוקולוב, רמת השרון
Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Th,Su 12:00-23:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-23:30 Features: outdoor seating · kami-asian.co.il
Pizza, Fast Food · Opening hours: Su-Th 10:00-22:45; Fr 12:00-15:00; Sa 18:00-23:00 Features: kosher · 78 שלמה וחיה אנגל, כפר סבא · pizzayerushalmit.co.il
Seafood, Restaurant · Seafood restaurant
Italian, Restaurant · Features: outdoor seating, takeaway, delivery · 282 אחוזה, רעננה
285 more places in the Ultimate edition. See the Ultimate edition →
Airports
Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) 19 km to the centre
Tel Aviv, M, IL — You board from the indoor waiting area — no need to plan for the weather. ✈ 57 airlines (El Al Israel Airlines, easyJet, Arkia Israel Airlines, Wizz Air…) · direct flights to 79 destinations incl. Amsterdam, Barcelona, Prague, Rome, Berlin… (OpenFlights route data).
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 57 airlines, 79 direct destinations
- El Al Israel Airlines LY (737-800, 767-300, 737-900, 737-700, 777-200, 747-400) · 36 routes: Amsterdam, Athens, Bangkok, Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kiev, Larnaca, London, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Marseille, Milano, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, New York, Newark, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sofia, St. Petersburg, Toronto, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zurich
- easyJet U2 (A320, A319) · 8 routes: Berlin, Geneva, London, London, Manchester, Milano, Mulhouse, Rome
- Arkia Israel Airlines IZ (757-300, ATR 72, Embraer 195, Embraer 190) · 7 routes: Amman, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Elat, Larnaca, Paris, Tbilisi
- Wizz Air W6 (A320) · 7 routes: Bucharest, Budapest, Cluj-napoca, Katowice, Prague, Vilnius, Warsaw
- Israir 6H (A320) · 5 routes: Berlin, Elat, Nice, Rome, Tbilisi
- Ukraine International Airlines PS (734, 737-800, 737-700, 737-800) · 4 routes: Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kiev, Odessa
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines SU (A319, A320, A330-200, A330-300, 767-300) · 3 routes: Moscow, Rostov, St. Petersburg
- Air Berlin AB (A320, A321, 737-800) · 3 routes: Berlin, Duesseldorf, Munich
- Air France AF (A320) · 3 routes: Marseille, Nice, Paris
- Lufthansa Cargo LH (A321, A320) · 3 routes: Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich
- Aegean Airlines A3 (A320) · 2 routes: Athens, Heraklion
- Air Canada AC (767-300) · 2 routes: Montreal, Toronto
- Aircompany Yakutia R3 (737-700) · 2 routes: Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody
- Iberia Airlines IB (A319, 737-800) · 2 routes: Barcelona, Madrid
- Meridiana IG (737, A320) · 2 routes: Milano*, Naples
- Norwegian Air Shuttle DY (737-800) · 2 routes: Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Swiss International Air Lines LX (A330-300, A340-300, 737-800, A320) · 2 routes: Geneva*, Zurich
- Tarom RO (737-300, 310) · 2 routes: Bucharest, Iasi
- Transaero Airlines UN (734, 735, 737-800, 737-800, 737-700) · 2 routes: Moscow, Moscow
- Turkish Airlines TK (737-800, A319, A320, A321, 330, A330-200…) · 2 routes: Istanbul, Istanbul
- Air Baltic BT (735, 73C) · 1 route: Riga
- Air China CA (767-300) · 1 route: Beijing*
- Air Serbia JU (A319) · 1 route: Belgrade
- Air Sinai 4D (Embraer 170) · 1 route: Cairo
- Alitalia AZ (A320, A321, 32S) · 1 route: Rome
- American Airlines AA (A330-200) · 1 route: Philadelphia
- Austrian Airlines OS (A321) · 1 route: Vienna*
- Azerbaijan Airlines J2 (A320) · 1 route: Baku
- Belavia Belarusian Airlines B2 (737-300) · 1 route: Minsk 2
- British Airways BA (A321, 777) · 1 route: London
- Brussels Airlines SN (A319, A320) · 1 route: Brussels
- Bulgaria Air FB (A319) · 1 route: Sofia
- Cyprus Airways CY (A320) · 1 route: Larnaca
- Czech Airlines OK (A320, 737-800) · 1 route: Prague
- Delta Air Lines DL (747-400) · 1 route: New York
- Ethiopian Airlines ET (767-300) · 1 route: Addis Ababa
- Finnair AY (A320) · 1 route: Helsinki
- Georgian Airways A9 (737) · 1 route: Tbilisi
- Germanwings 4U (A319, A320) · 1 route: Cologne
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KL (737) · 1 route: Amsterdam
- Korean Air KE (777-200) · 1 route: Seoul
- LOT Polish Airlines LO (734, Embraer 195) · 1 route: Warsaw
- Maastricht Airlines W2 (A320) · 1 route: Vinnitsa
- Niki HG (A320, A321) · 1 route: Vienna
- Pegasus Airlines PC (737-800) · 1 route: Istanbul
- Royal Jordanian RJ (A319, A320, Embraer 175, Embraer 195) · 1 route: Amman
- Scandinavian Airlines System SK (A320, A321) · 1 route: Copenhagen
- Thai Airways International TG (747-400, 767-300) · 1 route: Bangkok
- Transavia France TO (737-800) · 1 route: Paris
- Transavia Holland HV (737-800) · 1 route: Amsterdam
- Travel Service QS (A320, 737-800) · 1 route: Prague
- United Airlines UA (777) · 1 route: Newark
- Ural Airlines U6 (A320) · 1 route: Yekaterinburg
- US Airways US (A330-200) · 1 route: Philadelphia
- Uzbekistan Airways HY (767-400) · 1 route: Tashkent
- Vueling Airlines VY (A320) · 1 route: Barcelona
- Wizz Air Ukraine WU (A320) · 1 route: Lvov
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Herzliya Airport 5.1 km to the centre
Herzliya, TA, IL
Tnuvot Ultralight Airfield 16 km to the centre
Tnuvot, M, IL
Ein Shemer Airfield 31 km to the centre
Ein Shemer, Z, IL
Habonim Airfield 52 km to the centre
Habonim, HA, IL
Megiddo Airport 56 km to the centre
Afula, Z, IL
Getting there by ferry
Jaffa Port
Ferry terminal · 19 km from the centre
Where things are
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Photographs
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When to go
Tourist season
May – September
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Shoulder season
April, October
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Worth avoiding
Deep winter
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Ein Shemer Airfield; 6 other airports serve the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By water: 1 ferry terminal within 20 km (nearest: Jaffa Port, 19 km).
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Haifa, Israel. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Local transit
Bus · Schedules & GTFS data (official feed)
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.
Broker · Any aircraft via operators worldwide · Global charter broker with 30+ offices; private jets, group charters and cargo.
FBO, charter, management · Managed fleet · FBO network and management across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Fractional, jet card · Embraer Praetor, Bombardier Challenger & Global, Gulfstream · Fractional ownership and jet cards in North America and Europe.
Charter, management · Large-cabin & VIP airliners · Geneva-based operator known for large-cabin and VIP airliner charters.
Charter, management, FBO, MRO · Managed fleet worldwide · General Dynamics company: charter, completions and FBOs in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US.
Tours & experiences
Sightseeing
Bike Tour
Sightseeing