ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara
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About ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara
‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Basma, 59km from Sea of Galilee.
‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara is in Haifa, Israel, with about 25,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Basma, about 4 km away.
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Within an hour or so of ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara: Caesarea Maritima (19 km), Akko (Acre) (48 km), Mount Arbel (53 km), Old Jaffa (59 km).
Where is ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara?
‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara is in Haifa, Israel, about 4 km from Basma.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 24,904
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Haifa
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.4956, 35.0926
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Worth the detour from ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara
6 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.
48 km · about 55 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.
53 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
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.
59 km · about 70 min 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.
59 km · about 70 min 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.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara
- 53 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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