ancient ruins
Tyre (Sour)
A UNESCO-listed ancient Phoenician port city with one of the best-preserved Roman hippodromes in the world and extensive archaeological remains.
39 km · about 45 min drive
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Ghajar
Northern District, Israel · Asia
About Ghajar
Ghajar sits on the route: 10 minutes from Metula, 49km from Sea of Galilee.
Ghajar is in Northern District, Israel, with about 2,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Metula, about 4 km away.
Ghajar (Arabic: غجر; Hebrew: ע'ג'ר or רג'ר), also Rhadjar, is an Alawite-Arab village on the Hasbani River, on the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights. The name of the village means "gypsy" in Arabic, and as of 2024, it had a population of 2,738. Many of the residents considerRead more
themselves Syrian, though they accepted Israeli citizenship after the area was annexed in 1981. Since then, residents of Ghajar have been integrated in Israeli society and speak fluent Hebrew, in addition to their native Arabic. The Blue Line divides Ghajar between Lebanon and the Golan Heights, although Israel has occupied the entire village since 2006. Israel considers it a part of its Northern District, in which its southern part is organized as a local council in the Golan Subdistrict.
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What is there to see near Ghajar?
Within an hour or so of Ghajar: Tyre (Sour) (39 km), Sidon Sea Castle (40 km), Beiteddine Palace (47 km), Sea of Galilee (49 km).
Where is Ghajar?
Ghajar is in Northern District, Israel, about 4 km from Metula.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,607
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Northern District
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 33.2709, 35.6233
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Worth the detour from Ghajar
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Sidon Sea Castle
A 13th-century Crusader fortress built on a small island connected to the Lebanese mainland by a narrow causeway, guarding the ancient port of Sidon.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Beiteddine Palace
Emir Bashir II's early-19th-century palace in the Chouf, built over thirty years with carved cedar ceilings, inlaid marble and a museum of Byzantine mosaics in the stables. Still the president's official summer residence.
47 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Sea of Galilee
The largest freshwater lake in Israel, central to Christian scripture and surrounded by important biblical sites including Capernaum and the Mount of Beatitudes.
49 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Mount Arbel
A cliff dropping 380m to the Sea of Galilee, with fortified caves cut into its face by Jewish rebels and a lookout taking in the whole lake to the Golan. Israel's only base-jumping mountain.
51 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Rosh HaNikra Grottoes
Sea-carved tunnels running 200m through white chalk cliffs on the Lebanese border, reached by a cable car advertised as the world's steepest at a 60-degree gradient. The water inside glows electric blue.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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- 51 kmMount ArbelA cliff dropping 380m to the Sea of Galilee, with fortified caves cut into its face by Jewish rebels and a lookout taking in the whole lake to the Golan. Israel's only base-jumping mountain.
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