Bahá'í terraces
Nineteen terraces climb the Carmel slope in a straight line, and on the map they appear as a precise vertical axis cutting across the winding streets.
Minimalist map poster · Israel
A city stacked up the slopes of Mount Carmel, with terraced gardens descending to a curved Mediterranean bay
32.8130° N / 34.9993° E





One city, five moods
Tap a style to see it on the wall. Every style is included in the same $9 price.
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The map
Haifa is built on the northern end of Mount Carmel, where the ridge drops steeply to the Mediterranean and the broad Bay of Haifa curves away to the north. The topography shapes everything on the map. Streets switch back up the slopes in tight zigzags, neighbourhoods sit on separate spurs divided by wooded ravines, and the lower city runs flat along the waterfront.
The best-known feature is the Bahá'í Gardens, a line of terraces descending the mountainside around the golden-domed Shrine of the Báb. Below them, Ben Gurion Boulevard runs straight through the German Colony toward the port, so gardens and street form a single axis. The gardens are part of a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the most photographed views in Israel.
Haifa is also a working port city, home to one of the country's main harbours and to the Technion, Israel's oldest technical university. A Haifa map poster brings together the harbour's angular piers, the curving mountain roads and the clean line of the bay, a composition few cities can match.
Nineteen terraces climb the Carmel slope in a straight line, and on the map they appear as a precise vertical axis cutting across the winding streets.
Roads zigzag up the mountain in hairpin bends. The ravines between the ridges stay green, giving the upper city its layered, fingered pattern.
Along the lower city, the straight quays and breakwaters of the port meet the smooth arc of the Bay of Haifa, which sweeps north toward Acre.
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Free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. The HD version is 7,200 × 10,800 px, 300 DPI, no watermark.
Why Haifa
Few cities have such a strong silhouette, and Haifa's mix of mountain, sea and harbour makes an especially graphic print. Many people who studied at the Technion or lived on the Carmel keep the map as a reminder, personalised with a neighbourhood subtitle, a date and coordinates.
Noir emphasises the lights of the slope, Blueprint suits the engineering side of the city, and Classic black & white, Paper and Sand are softer options. Order the $9 HD download in six sizes, or a matte printed poster with an optional wooden frame.
Get the Haifa poster — $9| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| A3 · 29.7 × 42 cm | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| A2 · 42 × 59.4 cm | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 18 × 24" | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 24 × 36" | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
Yes. Drag and zoom the map in the editor — centre it on your neighbourhood, the old town or the whole metro area. The text updates independently.
The HD purchase includes 30×40 cm, 50×70 cm, A3, A2, 18×24″ and 24×36″, each as a 300 DPI PNG and a print-ready PDF.
You can download a free 900 px preview with a watermark. The paid HD files have no watermark and are sharp enough for large prints.
Send the PDF to any local print shop or online printing service and ask for the matching paper size. Matte paper and a thin black or oak frame suit this style best.
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