Bethel Hostel

Bethel Hostel is a hostel in Haifa District, Israel which is located on הגפן. Bethel Hostel is situated nearby to the government office Consulat de France, as well as near the tourism office Tourist Information Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shrine of the Bab and Centre for the Study of the Texts.

Shrine of the Bab

Bahá’í temple

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The Shrine of the Báb is a structure on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, where the remains of the Báb, founder of the Bábí Faith and forerunner of Baháʼu'lláh in the Baháʼí Faith, are buried; it is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Baháʼís, after the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh in Acre. Shrine of the Bab is situated 430 metres south of Bethel Hostel.

Centre for the Study of the Texts

A Baháʼí House of Worship, or Baháʼí temple, is a place of worship in the Baháʼí Faith. It is also referred to as Mashriqu'l-Adhkár. Each House of Worship features a nine-sided design surrounded by nine gardens and pathways, reflecting the symbolic significance of the number nine, which Baháʼís associate with unity and completeness. Centre for the Study of the Texts is situated 670 metres south of Bethel Hostel.

Haifa Museum of Art

Museum

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The Haifa Museum of Art, established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930s in Wadi Nisnas, downtown Haifa. Ranking as Israel's third largest art museum, the museum focuses on Israeli and international contemporary art, and its collection includes 7,000 items, mostly of contemporary Israeli art. Haifa Museum of Art is situated 680 metres southeast of Bethel Hostel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include German Colony and Wadi Nisnas.

German Colony

Suburb

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The German Colony is an area of Haifa established in 1868 as a Christian German Templer Colony in Ottoman Palestine. It was the first of several colonies established by the group in the Holy Land.