Akko - Fishing Harbor

Immediately east of the Khan el-Umdan in Akko is the harbor. A busy port in ancient times and the Middle Ages - sometimes occupied by as many as eighty ships in the time of the Crusaders - it is now silted up and is used only as a fishing harbor. Continuing west along a street in which are the youth hostel and the church of St John, we come to the lighthouse and the sea wall. The breach in the sea wall was the result of an earthquake in 1837. Going north along the sea wall and turning right at the Greek Catholic church of St Andrew, we come to the Maronite church (on left).