Acre's Old City has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Acre Port is an ancient port in the old city of Acre, Israel. The port has a 2000-year-old history. Recent archaeology suggests that the port was originally in the south of Acre, at the mouth of Na'aman River

Today, on any given day of the week the long lines at the Turkish falafel joint on Yehoshafat Street in Acre, are a hopeful metaphor of Arab-Israeli coexistence.

As Abed deftly shapes falafel balls with a spoon, dropping them into the deep fryer, customers wait patiently on line. There is the Arab policeman, an Israeli Jewish mother with two teenage girls, a couple of delivery guys — one Arab, one Jewish — and a pack of high school boys.