Food

The city shuk, occupying a square block starting at Bibass St. and going south, sells cheap, high-quality produce every day except Shabbat. You can also pick up a light lunch or dinner at one of Tiberias’s innumerable falafel spreads on HaYarden St., which runs from HaBanim St. toward the bus station. Most of the grill restaurants near the midrahov serve sbishlik with salad and pita for about NIS10. The seafood restaurants along the waterfront can offer idyllic settings, though annoyingly close teenage jet skiers and flotillas of plastic bottles may disturb the placid Galilee waters.

A tasty dinner of St. Peter’s fish, unique to the Sea of Galilee (or nearby cultivated fish ponds), costs about N1S31. The eateries on HaGalil and HaBanim St. and the squares in between offer cheaper fare. There is a Co-op supermarket in the Great Mosque Plaza across from Meyouhas Hostel, open 7am-9pm most days (closed Sat.).