Rosh Pina’s old town was settled in the 1870s by Jews from Tsfat and after 1882 by immigrants from Romania. It consists of just three short cobblestone streets, one of them, with Parisian pretension, called HaBoulevard. It has been turned into a pedestrian zone, and visitors can explore the quiet lanes, lined with pretty, restored (and unrestored) stone houses, visit the old synagogue and pop into about a dozen galleries selling jewellery, ceramics and paintings. In Professor Mer’s House (1887) there’s a small museum with exhibits on Rosh Pina’s early years.
Follow the signs to the Baron’s Garden (founded 1886), across HaRishonim St from Shiri Bistro; and the Old Cemetery (via Ben Arieh St).
The Pioneers Restoration Site is at the upper edge of Rosh Pina – it's at the top of HaHalutzim St, which heads up the hill (west) from the roundabout next to the Centre HaGalil shopping mall on Rte 90.
