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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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Hod HaSharon
Central District, Israel · Asia
About Hod HaSharon
Hod HaSharon is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Nevve Yaraq, 38km from Caesarea Maritima.
Hod HaSharon is in Central District, Israel, with about 63,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nevve Yaraq, about 4 km away.
Hod HaSharon (Hebrew: הוד השרון, lit. 'Splendor of the Sharon') is a city in the Central District of Israel. The city is located approximately ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Mediterranean coastline, south of Kfar Saba, southeast of Ra'anana, and northeast of Ramat HaSharon. In 2026 it had a population ofRead more
63,700.
Hod HaSharon was officially formed and made a local council in 1964 by the merging of four moshavot: Magdiel, Ramatayim, Kfar Hadar, and Ramat Hadar. The land area of Hod HaSharon is 19.2 square kilometres (7+7⁄16 sq mi).
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What is there to see near Hod HaSharon?
Within an hour or so of Hod HaSharon: Old Jaffa (18 km), Abu Hassan (Ali Karavan) (18 km), Caesarea Maritima (38 km), Yad Vashem (50 km).
Are there any good drives near Hod HaSharon?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway and Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim).
Where is Hod HaSharon?
Hod HaSharon is in Central District, Israel, about 4 km from Nevve Yaraq.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 63,175
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Central District
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.1593, 34.8932
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Worth the detour from Hod HaSharon
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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
38 km · about 45 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.
50 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
53 km · about 60 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.
53 km · about 60 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.
53 km · about 60 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.
53 km · about 60 min drive
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