Day Trip to Akko
On
our kibbutz,
just like in many other towns around the country, we have a 50+
Club. On
Tuval, ours is called “Tvuna” or Wisdom. Nice name, right? So with that
wisdom,
we all made sure to don our masks and take a brief day
trip to Akko.
The
tour was
led by our wonderful local tour guide - Avirama.
Avirama explained to us that the entire city of
Akko is a UNESCO
world heritage site as it has preserved remains of both a
Crusader city,
and on top of that an Ottoman city. Because the entire city is a
protected
site, any time there is new construction they need to preserve all the
ancient
elements. So, we saw some beautiful new boutique hotels with ancient
walls,
arches, and even aqueducts integrated inside them! We watched how
baklava and
kadaif is made, and we had some fresh-squeezed cold pomegranate
juice.
We
are looking
forward to a return trip to Akko to check out the Treasures in the Wall Museum
and revisit
the amazing Halls
of the Knights.
Photo
credit
for some of the pictures – Julian
Harel