CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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A 127 km round trip from Haifa - roughly 2 h 10 in the saddle. The stops in between: House of ‘Abbúd, Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of and back through House of ‘Abbúd. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Mount Carmel rises straight from the Mediterranean, and Haifa climbs its slope in tiers, the port at the bottom, the German Colony halfway up, and the leafy residential districts along the crest. On the hillside stands the golden-domed Shrine of the Báb, surrounded by terraced gardens of nineteen levels, the best-known sight in the city and the centre of the Bahá'í faith. The cemetery on Carmel, in quieter gardens nearby, holds the graves of members of the family of Bahá'u'lláh, and is a place of stillness among cypress and lawn. The Bahá'í holy places in Haifa and western Galilee are listed by UNESCO.
Read the complete Haifa Bahá’í Cemetery write-up.
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Haifa Bahá’í Cemetery is where the day begins. Next is House of ‘Abbúd.
Acre sits at the northern tip of Haifa Bay, on a small peninsula that has been a port since the Bronze Age, and the House of Abbud is one of the Ottoman-era buildings of its old town, in a maze of stone lanes about a kilometre from the walls.
Read the complete House of ‘Abbúd write-up.
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House of ‘Abbúd comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of.
In the second century AD, after the failed revolts against Rome, the centre of Jewish life moved to Galilee, and the Sanhedrin, the supreme rabbinical council, settled for a time at Bet She'arim, on a hill at the western edge of the Jezreel valley. Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi, the patriarch who compiled the Mishnah, the first great codification of Jewish law, lived here, and when he was buried in the necropolis, Jews from all over the diaspora wanted to be buried near him. The result is a vast network of catacombs carved into the soft limestone, listed by UNESCO in 2015.
Read the complete Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of write-up.
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about 65 km into the recorded legs you reach Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of. Next is back through House of ‘Abbúd.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete House of ‘Abbúd write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through House of ‘Abbúd, late in the day. Next is Haifa Bahá’í Cemetery.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Haifa Bahá’í Cemetery write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Haifa Bahá’í Cemetery. That is the ride.
Haifa Bahá’í Cemetery → House of ‘Abbúd is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
House of ‘Abbúd → Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of → back through House of ‘Abbúd is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through House of ‘Abbúd → Haifa Bahá’í Cemetery is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.