Orientation and Practical Information Tzfat, transliterated as Zefat, safed, Safad, and even Cfat, is arranged in circular terraces of streets descending from the castle ruins at the town center. Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) Street, the Wain street, behind the central bus station, makes a complete circle around Gan haMetzuda (Park of the Citadel).

HaPalmah Street begins off Jerusalem St. near the central bus station and crosses the main street via an arched stone bridge. Think of Tzfat as divided into three semi-distinct districts: the Park Area, at the top of the fountain (ringed by Jerusalem St.); the Artists’ Quarter, southwest and down the jJjU; and the Synagogue Quarter (Old City), immediately to the north of the Artists’ Quarter on the other side of Ma’alot Oleh haGardom. If you arrive by car, you’ll need parking permits from the GTTO (NIS1.20 per hour from Sam until 6pm).