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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Beit El
West Bank, Palestine · Asia
About Beit El
Beit El works well as a base: 5 minutes from Al Bīrah, 43km from Dead Sea.
Beit El is in West Bank, Palestine, with about 6,000 people. The nearest town is Al Bīrah, about 4 km away.
Beit El or Beth El (Hebrew: בֵּית אֵל) is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Binyamin Region of the West Bank. The Orthodox Jewish town was settled in 1977–78 by the ultranationalist group Gush Emunim. It is located in the hills north of Jerusalem, east of the Palestinian city of al-Bireh, adjacentRead more
to Ramallah. In September 1997, Beit El was awarded local council status. The head of the local council is Shai Alon. In 2024 its population was 6,359.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. The Ulpana neighbourhood was evacuated when it emerged that it was built on private Palestinian land. The World Zionist Organization (WZO) halted land transactions in the Aleph neighbourhood of Beit El after it emerged that some 250 buildings there were constructed illegally, and fraud was suspected.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Beit El?
Within an hour or so of Beit El: Church of the Holy Sepulchre (18 km), Jerusalem Old City (18 km), Western Wall (Wailing Wall) (18 km), Dome of the Rock (18 km).
Are there any good drives near Beit El?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway and Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim).
Where is Beit El?
Beit El is in West Bank, Palestine, about 4 km from Al Bīrah.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,042
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Palestine
- Region
- West Bank
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
- Coordinates
- 31.9415, 35.2224
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Worth the detour from Beit El
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Jerusalem Old City
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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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.
18 km · about 20 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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
Church of the Nativity
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
26 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Dead Sea
Earth's lowest point on land at 430 meters below sea level, with water so salty that swimmers float effortlessly on the surface.
43 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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