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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.
36 km · about 40 min drive
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Yaqqir
West Bank, Palestine · Asia
About Yaqqir
Yaqqir sits on the route: 5 minutes from Qarne Shomeron, 44km from Caesarea Maritima.
Yaqqir is in West Bank, Palestine, with about 2,200 people. The nearest town is Qarne Shomeron, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Yaqqir?
Within an hour or so of Yaqqir: Old Jaffa (36 km), Abu Hassan (Ali Karavan) (36 km), Yad Vashem (42 km), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (43 km).
Are there any good drives near Yaqqir?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway and Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim).
Where is Yaqqir?
Yaqqir is in West Bank, Palestine, about 4 km from Qarne Shomeron.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,183
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Palestine
- Region
- West Bank
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.1497, 35.1153
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Worth the detour from Yaqqir
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
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.
36 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
42 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Jerusalem Old City
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Dome of the Rock
The iconic gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, built in 691 CE over the sacred Foundation Stone.
43 km · about 50 min drive
ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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