Day 76 - It's closed

Today being the Sabbat we were restricted with what we could do, our original plan was to drive to Tel Aviv and drop off the hire car but they aren't open on Saturdays. Instead we had booked accommodation in Haifa, another coastal city not far from Acre.

We went for a walk around Acre Old City which included the walls, citadel and the Templars Tunnels. The tunnels were only discovered in 1996 by a plumber, they would have been used as an escape route to the sea by the crusaders.

We then drove to the Bahi'a Gardens and were pleased when we were told that we were just in time to join a free tour of the gardens to learn about the Bahi'a faith and the history. A couple of moments later we were told that the tour was in Hebrew, not very useful for us. The gardens are immaculately manicured and the paths made out of broken terracotta tiles, recycling at it's best.

Our stop for the night was in Haifa and our hotel was quite close to the boardwalk so we walked along the edge of the Mediterranean looking for a cafe for lunch. However as it was Saturday we were out of luck, instead we drove to a supermarket that was luckily open to stock up on food for dinner.