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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
18 km · about 20 min drive
West Bank, Palestine · Asia
Beit El works well as a base: 5 minutes from Al Bīrah, 18km from Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Beit El is a town located in West Bank, Palestine. With a population of 6,042, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Beit El sits in Palestine. It's in the Asia/Hebron time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Beit El to your route.
Beit El or Beth El (Hebrew: בֵּית אֵל) is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Binyamin Region of the West Bank. The Orthodox Jewish town was settled in 1977–78 by the ultranationalist group Gush Emunim. It is located in the hills north of Jerusalem, east of the Palestinian city of al-Bireh, adjacentRead more
to Ramallah. In September 1997, Beit El was awarded local council status. The head of the local council is Shai Alon. In 2024 its population was 6,359.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. The Ulpana neighbourhood was evacuated when it emerged that it was built on private Palestinian land. The World Zionist Organization (WZO) halted land transactions in the Aleph neighbourhood of Beit El after it emerged that some 250 buildings there were constructed illegally, and fraud was suspected.
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Beit El is located in West Bank, Palestine, Asia. The coordinates are 31.9415 latitude, 35.2224 longitude.
Beit El has a population of approximately 6,042 people, making it a town in Palestine.
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cathedral
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
18 km · about 20 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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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The iconic gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, built in 691 CE over the sacred Foundation Stone.
18 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
19 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
26 km · about 30 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.
46 km · about 55 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.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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