museum
Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
18 km · about 20 min drive
Jerusalem, Israel · Asia
Bet Shemesh works well as a base: 10 minutes from Zekharya, 21km from Church of the Nativity.
Bet Shemesh is a city located in Jerusalem, Israel. With a population of 124,957, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Bet Shemesh 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 Bet Shemesh to your route.
Zanoah (Hebrew: זָנוֹחַ) is a moshav in central Israel. Located adjacent to Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 484.
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Bet Shemesh is located in Jerusalem, Israel, Asia. The coordinates are 31.7307 latitude, 34.9929 longitude.
Bet Shemesh has a population of approximately 124,957 people, making it a city 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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
21 km · about 25 min drive
cathedral
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
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.
23 km · about 25 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.
24 km · about 25 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.
42 km · about 50 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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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