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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Yāfā
Northern District, Israel · Asia
About Yāfā
Yāfā is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Migdal Ha‘Emeq, 32km from Sea of Galilee.
Yāfā is in Northern District, Israel, with about 19,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Migdal Ha‘Emeq, about 4 km away.
Yafa an-Naseriyye (Arabic: يافة الناصرة, also Jaffa of Nazareth, or simply Yafa, Kfar Yafia or Yafi Arabic: يافا, يفيع, Hebrew: יָפִיעַ) is an Arab town in Israel. It forms part of the metropolitan area of Nazareth, also an Arab locality. Declared a local council in 1960, it had a population of 18,837 in 2024,Read more
approximately 80.7% of whom were Muslim and 19.3% Christian.
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What is there to see near Yāfā?
Within an hour or so of Yāfā: Mount Arbel (26 km), Sea of Galilee (32 km), Akko (Acre) (32 km), Caesarea Maritima (42 km).
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Yāfā is in Northern District, Israel, about 4 km from Migdal Ha‘Emeq.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 18,905
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Northern District
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.6892, 35.2783
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Worth the detour from Yāfā
6 notable places within an hour's 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.
32 km · about 35 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.
32 km · about 35 min drive
ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
42 km · about 50 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.
48 km · about 55 min drive
castle
Ajloun Castle
A 12th-century Ayyubid castle built by Saladin's general on a hilltop to control the Jordan Valley iron mines and counter Crusader expansion.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Yāfā
- 26 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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