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
Haifa, Israel · Asia
Zikhron Ya‘aqov is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Ma‘agan Mikha’el, 60km from Rosh HaNikra Grottoes.
Zikhron Ya‘aqov is a town located in Haifa, Israel. With a population of 23,206, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Zikhron Ya‘aqov 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 Zikhron Ya‘aqov to your route.
Zikhron Ya'akov (Hebrew: זכרון יעקב, lit. 'Jacob's Memorial') often shortened to just Zikhron, is a town in northern Israel, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of the city of Haifa, and part of the Haifa District. It is located at the southern end of the Carmel mountain range overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, near theRead more
coastal highway (Highway 2).
It was one of the first Moshavot of Halutzim in the country, founded in 1882 by Jews from Romania, who in 1883 received support from Baron Edmond James de Rothschild and renamed their town in honor of his father, James Mayer de Rothschild ("James" being derived from the Hebrew name Ya'akov, Jacob). In 2024 it had a population of 24,201.
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Zikhron Ya‘aqov is located in Haifa, Israel, Asia. The coordinates are 32.5688 latitude, 34.9543 longitude.
Zikhron Ya‘aqov has a population of approximately 23,206 people, making it a town in Israel.
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4 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
10 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
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
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
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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