ancient ruins
Akko (Acre)
A UNESCO-listed Crusader city with remarkably preserved underground knights' halls, Ottoman bazaars, and fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
17 km · about 20 min drive
Northern District, Israel · Asia
Majd el Kurūm is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Sha‘ab, 24km from Rosh HaNikra Grottoes.
Majd el Kurūm is a town located in Northern District, Israel. With a population of 15,455, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Majd el Kurūm 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 Majd el Kurūm to your route.
Majd al-Krum (Arabic: مَجْدُ الْكُرُوم, romanized: Majd al-Kurūm; Hebrew: מג'ד אל-כרום) is an Arab town located in the Galilee in Israel's Northern District about 16 kilometers (10 miles) east of Acre. Its inhabitants are primarily Muslims. In 2024 it had a population of 15,429.
The town was a fief called MergelcolonRead more
under the Crusaders in the 12th and 13th centuries and was recorded as a sizable village under Ottoman rule in the 16th century. In the late 18th century, the inhabitants were allied with local sheikh Daher al-Umar and his family, under whom Majd al-Krum was a locally-garrisoned and fortified village with towers. Its walls were demolished by the Ottoman governor Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar after he captured the village in 1776.
By the late 19th century, the village consisted of three quarters, each with its own sheikh. Majd al-Krum surrendered to Israel during the 1948 war, not long after which several of its residents were executed. Many of its inhabitants became Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, while most remained and were joined by refugees from the nearby villages of Sha'ab and Birwa. It became a local council in 1964. Over two-thirds of its lands were expropriated by the state between 1949 and 1976. Its main economic activities are agriculture, quarrying, food processing and workshops.
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Majd el Kurūm is located in Northern District, Israel, Asia. The coordinates are 32.9209 latitude, 35.2544 longitude.
Majd el Kurūm has a population of approximately 15,455 people, making it a town in Israel.
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ancient ruins
A UNESCO-listed Crusader city with remarkably preserved underground knights' halls, Ottoman bazaars, and fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
17 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
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.
24 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
The largest freshwater lake in Israel, central to Christian scripture and surrounded by important biblical sites including Capernaum and the Mount of Beatitudes.
32 km · about 35 min drive
ancient ruins
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
ancient ruins
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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