Shefa-'Amr

Shefa-'Amr or Shfaram is a town in Lower Galilee, Israel.

Understand
Shefa-'Amr is an Arab town with Sunni majority and Christian and Druze minorities.

Get in
Shefa-'Amr is less than half an hour's drive from Haifa. Highway 79 passes by just south of the city.

There are plenty of buses from Haifa too. Most leave from Merkazit ha-Mifrats terminal, east of city centre, next to the railway station of the same name. There are direct buses from Nazareth as well. Be aware that most routes only stop at Shefar'am Junction, along the highway just south of the city. It's a walk of about 800 meters to the old town.

Get around
The town can be easily explored on foot.

See


In the center of the city, where the Sisters of Nazareth convent now stands, was a 4th-century church, St. Jacob's. This church is mentioned in the notes of Christian church historians, although the original church has been replaced by the monastery. Some marble columns remain, similar to those used to build the earliest churches.



Buy
Nakhly coffee-makers are based in Shefa-'Amr and have a shop where freshly ground coffee can be bought.

Go next
Haifa, Akko and Nazareth are all just a short drive from Shefa-'Amr. The national parks of Tzippori and Beit Shearim are also close.