Miryam Eik’s kitchen in the Yasmine House is well known in Akko. Come for a unique experience in Miryam’s home and experience Akko for all its wonders.
The large space of the house is used to host families and groups, who are interested in tasting Miryam’s food and hearing her stories.
Miryam will host you at the Yasmine House, a 400-year-old Ottoman building with a high painted ceiling in one of the small alleys of Old Akko. You are welcome to enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner based on the Akko cuisine. You can choose from dishes such as rice with pine nuts, maqluba with eggplant, Shulbato and a variety of dishes that Miryam learned from the women of the family.
You are welcome in groups of eight people or more and by appointment at least five days in advance.
Access to the house includes 40 steps.
Miryam Eik, who was born and raised in Akko, always dreamed of living in an old house with large windows. Her dream came true about 22 years ago when her brother bought an ancient house in Akko and invited her to live there.
Western Galilee Now is a registered non-profit grassroots organization (NGO) promoting awareness and appreciation for the region’s boutique wines, beers, food and produce, along with its cultural diversity, its historic traditions and the area’s scenic routes nestled between the mountains and the Mediterranean Sea acting as a Chamber of Commerce to boutique tourism operators in the region.
We expose the visitors to the unique heritage and hospitality through workshops, culinary events, art, music, guides tours, festivals and also through our Tourist Information Center in Akko, owned by JNF USA which we were chosen to operate since Jan. 2016.
Our vision is to develop local and foreign tourism based on close cooperation between all the interested parties in the region.
Come and Taste Experience Discover – the Westen Galilee is NOW!
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