museum
Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
37 km · about 45 min drive
Judea and Samaria Area, Israel · Asia
Ariel sits on the route: 10 minutes from Ḩāris, 37km from Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Ariel is a town located in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel. With a population of 20,540, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Ariel sits in Israel, where you drive on the right. It's in the Asia/Jerusalem time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Ariel to your route.
Ariel (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל; Arabic: أريئيل) is an Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the central West Bank, part of the Israeli-occupied territories, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the Green Line and 34 kilometres (21 mi) west of the Jordan border. Ariel was first established in 1978 and itsRead more
population was 22,191 in 2024, composed of veteran and young Israelis, English-speaking immigrants, and immigrants from the former Soviet Union, with an additional influx of above 10,000 students from Ariel University. It is the fifth largest Israeli settlement in the West Bank, after Modi'in Illit, Beitar Illit, Ma'ale Adumim, and Givat Ze'ev.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
Ariel's jurisdiction spans 14,677 dunams (1,467.7 hectares), and borders the Palestinian towns and villages Salfit, Marda and Iskaka. According to B'Tselem, within Ariel's municipal area there are several enclaves of privately owned Palestinian land, whose owners are not allowed access to them.
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Ariel is located in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel, Asia. The coordinates are 32.1065 latitude, 35.1845 longitude.
Ariel has a population of approximately 20,540 people, making it a town in Israel.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
37 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
37 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
37 km · about 45 min drive
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The holiest site where Jews can pray, a 2,000-year-old limestone remnant of the Second Temple retaining wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
37 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
The iconic gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, built in 691 CE over the sacred Foundation Stone.
37 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
One of the oldest port cities in the world with 4,000 years of history, now an artists' quarter with galleries, restaurants, and views of Tel Aviv's skyline.
41 km · about 50 min drive
restaurant
A Jaffa hummus counter running since 1971, famous for masabacha made with whole chickpeas and extra tahini. It sells out and closes by mid-afternoon, and the queue starts well before that.
41 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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