Haifa is Israelā€™s chief port and home to 400,000 residents. Draped around the slopes of Mount Carmel, this spectacular 100-year-old cityā€™s importance burgeoned in the 1920s and 1930s as Britain followed its League of Nations mandate over Palestine to create a Jewish homeland.

The bustling lower neighbourhood of Carmel is considered the port area, where Haifaā€™s daily business is overseen. The slopes of central Carmel are residential, and the mountaintop home to museums, many hotels and shops.

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