Haifa Travel Forum

Shalom! how are you all?

I have a question regarding the "famous" guided tour of the Gardens. I read in the VT forum and in others that you *had* to make reservations for a tour and just for one area and well in advance.

Now I'm at http://www.tour-haifa.co.il/eng/modules/article/view.article.php/c14/59/p0 and they say, I quote: "It is possible to visit three areas of the Bahai Gardens without making an appointment" and that "if you want you can take part in a guided tour...".

So now I see there's no such "obligation" in hiring a tour, which I thought there was. Is this so? One can go and visit the gardens all alone?

thanks a lot, kind regards

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I was there several times, in all the 3 areas and never took the guided tour. Unless things have changed the last year you can just walk in. There is one part you might have a problem getting into, the inside of the shrine, as it closes around noon. Anyway, even if it close, it is not a gerat loss. The inside is not that impressive.

You can find more details about the gardens in my Haifa page.

There is one part which closes at noon and you have to reserve in advance to go in (for the off-season, 24 hours in advance is enough). I don't know whether or not it includes a guided tour, but it's free anyways. Call +972-4-831-3131 (in Israel: (04) 831-3131) for reservations - English, Hebrew and Arabic (and maybe one other language). For more information, here is a link to the official web site of the Gardens: http://terraces.bahai.org/visiting.en.html

If you are talking about the shrine, I've been in there several times and never reserved in advance.