Practical Information Buses for the Tzfat, other Upper Galilee destinations, and the Golan leave from the central bus station (tef. 94 07 40/1, information tel. (04) 54 9*> ^)> on Tel Hai Blvd. The only accommodations in the area are youth hostels in Tel Hai or Rosh Pina. Falafel and shwarma stands cluster around the intersection of Tel Hai Blvd. and Tchemihovsky St. Cafes and small restaurants stretch one block north and south of the bus station.

There is a Co-op Tzafon supermarket and HaMashbir department store in the shopping complex just south of the bus station. On Thursday mornings until noon there’s an open air shuk on Tel Hai St., jUSt north of the bus station. The post office is south of the bus station and has international telephone and Poste Restante services (tel. 94 02 20; open Sun.-Tues. and fhurs. 8am-12:3Opm, Wed. Sam-1:30pm, Fri. 8am-noon). For first aid (Magen David Adorn), dial 94 43 34; for police, dial 94 94 44. The telephone code for the Kiryat Shmona area is 06. Buses #541, 963, or 841 run from Tiberias to Kiryat Shmona (NIS10.30).