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A number of beaches along the north coast past the Dagon Silo provide a welcome escape from the industrial pulse of the city. HaHof haShaket, the most convenient, costs N1S3.5O; take bus #41 from the Hadar district or the central bus station; it’s ^Jso a 10-minute walk from the bus station. (The old building of Rambam Medical enter, in front of the beach gate, is another one of Erich Medelssohn’s Palestinian Nations.) Hof Bat Galim, also near the central bus station, is small and frequently crowded.

On Saturdays, when those beaches are packed, it’s worth traveling to the ?°uth where you can still see the sand between the bathers. Take bus #44 or 45 to wtf haCamiel, a free beach, or Hof Dado further south; between here and Atlit, it’s hasically one long, free, beautiful beach; privacy increases with distance from the’ city- Shehafit Windsurfing Center (tel. 24 11 27), located in a small white building 1 next to the lower cable car station, rents windsurfing boards (NIS25 per hr.) and div- j ing equipment (NIS95 per day).