Haifa District · Israel
Where to stay in Haifa
Haifa is a city in Haifa District, Israel, home to about 283,000 people. This guide covers 4 hotels in Haifa, with about 788 rooms between them. 1 of them carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 4
- Best months
- March to May and October
- Nearest airport
- HFA4 km · Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport
- Currency
- ILSnew shekel
- Time zone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Language
- Hebrew
About
About Haifa
Haifa is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of 297,082 in 2024. The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel.
Haifa is an important transportation, industrial and cultural center and one of Israel's most important maritime trade centers. Haifa is home to Jews, Muslim and Christian Arabs, as well as small communities of Ahmadis (in Kababir), Druze (in nearby Isfiya and Daliyat al-Karmel), Bahá'ís, and others. Haifa is characterised as a mosaic of peaceful coexistence between the communities. It is also the second-holiest city in the Bahai faith. The phrase "Haifa works, Jerusalem prays, and Tel Aviv plays" refers to Haifa's reputation as a city of workers.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Haifa
See
- Bahá'í Gardens and World Center
- Cave of Elijah
- Stella Maris
- German Colony
- University of Haifa
- Wadi Nisnas
- Tel Shikmona
- Sail Tower
- National Museum of Science - MadaTech
- Clandestine Immigration & Navy Museum
- National Maritime Museum
- Haifa Museum of Art
Do
- The (student's) beach
- Cable car
- Carmelit
- Holiday of the holidays
- Haifa Trail
- Hecht Park
- Nesher park
- Maccabi Haifa FC
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Haifa
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Plaza Haifa hotel | 165 | 89/100 978 reviews |
3 more places to stay, without a published guest score
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
When to go
The best time to visit Haifa
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Haifa are March to May and October. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; December is the wettest, with about 157 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Haifa: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport (HFA), about 4.3 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV, 90 km) and Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY, 120 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
For more information check: Public transit in Israel. Acquiring Rav Kav or paying through the Moovit app are the best ways to get tickets. While Israeli manners may be rougher than in some other countries, they are also more likely to actually help you, with several people debating the best route for you. Haifa's local bus system includes three "Metronit" (BRT) routes, and a lot of "normal" routes. Buses in Haifa run regularly between 05:00 and 00:00.
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HFA · Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport
TLV · Ben Gurion International Airport
BEY · Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Haifa
Eat
Haifa is not a gourmet center like greater Tel Aviv, but it still has plenty to offer. Falafel and other street food. Some good falafel can be found in: Falafel Michel and Falafel HaZkenim, both in the Wadi Nisnas area; Falafel HaNasi (locations in the Carmel Center and Horev Center); and at Paris Square, the lowest Carmelit station. Wadi Nisnas has many restaurants and food stalls for shawarma, falafel, and Middle Eastern sweets like baklava and knafe. There is a huge concentration of falafel and shawarma stands downtown on Yafo Street, near the old Bat Galim Central Bus Terminal building (about 400 m from it).
Drink
Central Mount Carmel offers a decent selection of mid-class cafes and bars. Popular cafes are Greg and Tut (Strawberry), which are right next to each other in Kikar Sefer. Closer to the Horev Center, 'Frangelico' and 'Barbarossa' are considered to be the most popular bars. They are often very crowded, but if one can't get in, there are many other bars in close walking distance, such as Brown, Levinsky, Maidler, and Duke. The beautiful street of Yefe Nof also boasts a cluster of pubs, including a popular Charliebar and Irish-style pub.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Haifa
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Questions
Haifa: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Haifa?
By published guest score: Leonardo Plaza Haifa (89 / 100 · 978 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Haifa?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Haifa are March to May and October. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; December is the wettest, with about 157 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Haifa?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport (HFA), about 4.3 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV, 90 km) and Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY, 120 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Haifa?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Haifa?
new shekel (ILS).
Nearby
Destinations near Haifa
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.