From Our Guides
March 2026
In 1994, a plumber fixing a blocked drain in a Old City house stumbled upon an archway leading underground. What he found was the Templar Tunnel — 350 meters of vaulted passage hidden for seven centuries. Today, it is the highlight of our most popular walk.
February 2026
Abu Yusuf's halva shop on El-Jazzar Street has been run by the same family since 1892. On our Spice Market tour, guests watch sesame paste being stirred in copper vats the way it has been for over a century. The recipe has never been written down.
January 2026
Our Harbor Walk begins before the city wakes. By 6:30 AM, the wharf is alive with men mending nets and sorting the night's catch. Guide Sami grew up on these docks — his stories of storm seasons and Ottoman-era customs bring the waterfront to life.
December 2025
During Napoleon's 1799 siege, a French cannonball struck the seawall near the lighthouse — and stopped. The dent is still visible today. Our City Walls tour pauses at this spot to explain why Akko's fortifications were considered impregnable for centuries.
November 2025
Dozens of Old City families live in buildings that were once Crusader warehouses, Mamluk caravanserais, or Ottoman administrative offices. Walk any residential alley and you are walking through stacked centuries of occupation and reuse.
October 2025
The Old City's alleys are too narrow for cars and too rich for buses. Every corner reveals something you would miss from a window — a carved lintel, a hidden courtyard, the sound of a muezzin echoing off limestone. That is why every Akko Tours route is on foot.