ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
7 km · about 10 min drive
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Hadera
Haifa, Israel · Asia
About Hadera
Hadera is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Elyakhin, 7km from Caesarea Maritima.
Hadera is in Haifa, Israel, with about 97,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Elyakhin, about 4 km away.
Hadera (Hebrew: חדרה, pronounced [χadeˈʁa]) is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, in the northern Sharon region, approximately 45 kilometers (28 miles) from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along 7 km (5 mi) of the Israeli coastal plain. The city's population includes a notableRead more
community of post-Soviet and Ethiopian aliyah arrivals. In 2024 it had a population of 107,974.
Hadera was established in 1891 as a farming colony by members of the proto-Zionist group Hovevei Zion, from Lithuania and Latvia. By 1948, it was a regional center with a population of 11,800. In 1952, Hadera was declared a city, with jurisdiction over an area of 53,000 dunams. The population significantly increased during the 1990s as a result of immigration from the ex-USSR and from Ethiopia.
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What is there to see near Hadera?
Within an hour or so of Hadera: Caesarea Maritima (7 km), Old Jaffa (45 km), Abu Hassan (Ali Karavan) (46 km), Akko (Acre) (56 km).
Where is Hadera?
Hadera is in Haifa, Israel, about 4 km from Elyakhin.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 97,335
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Haifa
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.4419, 34.9039
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Worth the detour from Hadera
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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Abu Hassan (Ali Karavan)
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
ancient ruins
Akko (Acre)
A UNESCO-listed Crusader city with remarkably preserved underground knights' halls, Ottoman bazaars, and fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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- 70 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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