Akko

Akko is situated in the northern part of the coastal valley, also known as Acre Valley. It borders on Bustan HaGalil (“Orchard of the Galilee”) to the north and extends all the way to Na’aman River to the south.  Acre boasts a beautiful seashore, which is the northernmost point adorned with the soft, fine sand from the Nile Estuary.

Old Akko, which is situated on a peninsula, is one of the few cities along the shores of the Mediterranean whose surrounding walls have remained intact, aside from two openings that now provide access to motor vehicles. The openings in the wall were made by the British.  Old Akko is a multifaceted city and it is built in layers that have been almost perfectly preserved.

Akko is known for its pleasant weather throughout most of the year and it offers a beautiful seashore, a marina and a fishing port. It is a city brimming with history.
The walls surrounding Akko make the city’s visitors feel safe and sound.

Archaeologists have unearthed an old city of Crusaders, which had been hidden for centuries under the port city of Akko along the Mediterranean Sea in Israel.

This city is believed to be last inhabited by residents in 1291, the year the crusader state power fell to a Muslim army from Egypt.  The existing Akko city, which was reduced to ruins by the end of the seventeenth century, was built by the Ottoman Turks around 1750.