The Jaffa Clock Tower rises from the center of the road as a limestone stack of arches and balustrades. Built in nineteen oh three, it marked the Sultan Abdul Hamid the second’s twenty-fifth year on the throne. Joseph Moyal, a local…
Old Jaffa Ancient Port
This seaside walking route traces thousands of years of history through the stone alleyways of Old Jaffa down to its active historic fishing harbor.
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1. The Clock Tower
2. St. Peter's Church
St. Peter’s Church anchors the crest of Old Jaffa with a red-tiled roof and stone walls that glow honey-colored at sunset. Built in eighteen ninety-four, it honors the apostle Peter, who experienced a life-changing vision in the house of…
3. Kdumim Square
Kdumim Square marks the highest point of old Jaffa, paved with stone and anchored by the protruding, jagged ruins of the Andromeda Rock viewpoint. This square sits atop layers of history where the city walls once protected the port. In…
4. Abrasha Park
Abrasha Park sits atop the hill in Old Jaffa, marked by the white Wishing Bridge that spans the wooden deck. It serves as a green clearing above the harbor, named for Avraham Abrasha Polonsky, a local figure who helped Jewish refugees…
5. Wishing Bridge
The Wishing Bridge is a wooden pedestrian arch spanning a grassy slope in Charles Clore Park. Carved into its handrails are the twelve signs of the zodiac. According to a local tradition that emerged shortly after its construction in the…
6. Jaffa Light
The Jaffa Light stands as a skeletal iron tower, painted white and topped with a red lantern room, perched at the edge of the harbor. Built in nineteen sixty-five, this lighthouse replaced a smaller version that had been deactivated years…
7. Jaffa Port
Jaffa Port is defined by the jagged, porous rock of the Andromeda Rock sitting just offshore, breaking the Mediterranean swells. For thousands of years, this was the primary gateway into the Holy Land, where cedar logs from Lebanon arrived…