The Haifa Tourist Board, 84 Ben Gurion Blvd. (tel. 04/853-5606), offers a free 2 1/2-hour guided walking tour of Central Carmel (atop the mountain) at 10am every Saturday morning. The meeting point, marked by a sign, is on Panorama Road (Yefe Nof) at the intersection with Shar Ha-Levanon, right behind the Gan Ha-Em Carmelit station. To reach the meeting point, take bus no. 23 from Ha-Nevi'im Street, or bus no. 21 from Herzl Street, both in Hadar; they run on Saturday (note that the Carmelit does not). Modest dress is required. The Haifa Tourist Board also offers maps for a variety of self-guided tours throughout the city. For nature hike routes and walks through the vast, wild Park Ha-Carmel, contact the Haifa Hiking Club (tel. 04/838-4867) or the Carmel Field School (tel. 04/866-4159).
The following companies offer all sorts of tour plans of the Haifa region: Egged Tours, 4 Nordau St. (tel. 04/862-3131), and Mitzpa Tours, 1 Nordau St. (tel. 04/867-4341).
The Society for Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI), 18 Hillel St. (tel. 04/866-4135; fax 04/866-5825), offers excellent urban and nature trail tours of the Carmel Mountains.
