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Old Jaffa
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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
Central District, Israel · Asia
El‘ad is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Bareqet, 40km from Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
El‘ad is a town located in Central District, Israel. With a population of 48,763, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, El‘ad 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 El‘ad to your route.
El'ad (Hebrew: אלעד) is a city in the Central District of Israel. In the 1990s, it was built for a Haredi population and to a lesser extent, it was also built for a Religious Zionist Jewish population. Located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Tel Aviv on Route 444 between Rosh HaAyin and Shoham, it had a populationRead more
of 50,846 in 2024.
El'ad is the only locality in Israel officially designated a religious municipality. The name El'ad means "Forever God", but it is also named after a member of the tribe of Ephraim, who lived in this area (1 Chronicles 7:21).
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El‘ad is located in Central District, Israel, Asia. The coordinates are 32.0498 latitude, 34.9538 longitude.
El‘ad has a population of approximately 48,763 people, making it a town in Israel.
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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.
19 km · about 20 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.
19 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.
37 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
40 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.
40 km · about 45 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.
40 km · about 45 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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