ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Zikhron Ya‘aqov
Haifa, Israel · Asia
About Zikhron Ya‘aqov
Zikhron Ya‘aqov is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Ma‘agan Mikha’el, 60km from Rosh HaNikra Grottoes.
Zikhron Ya‘aqov is in Haifa, Israel, with about 23,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ma‘agan Mikha’el, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Zikhron Ya‘aqov?
Within an hour or so of Zikhron Ya‘aqov: Caesarea Maritima (10 km), Akko (Acre) (41 km), Mount Arbel (58 km), Rosh HaNikra Grottoes (60 km).
Where is Zikhron Ya‘aqov?
Zikhron Ya‘aqov is in Haifa, Israel, about 4 km from Ma‘agan Mikha’el.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 23,206
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Haifa
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.5688, 34.9543
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Worth the detour from Zikhron Ya‘aqov
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Akko (Acre)
A UNESCO-listed Crusader city with remarkably preserved underground knights' halls, Ottoman bazaars, and fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
41 km · about 45 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.
58 km · about 65 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.
60 km · about 70 min drive
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- 58 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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