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Church of the Nativity
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Idhnā
West Bank, Palestine · Asia
About Idhnā
Idhnā is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Tarqūmyā, 40km from Ein Gedi Nature Reserve.
Idhnā is in West Bank, Palestine, with about 19,000 people. The nearest town is Tarqūmyā, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Idhnā?
Within an hour or so of Idhnā: Church of the Nativity (27 km), Yad Vashem (31 km), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (34 km), Jerusalem Old City (35 km).
Are there any good drives near Idhnā?
The nearest famous roads are Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim), King's Highway and Dana to Petra Trail.
Where is Idhnā?
Idhnā is in West Bank, Palestine, about 4 km from Tarqūmyā.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 18,727
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Palestine
- Region
- West Bank
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
- Coordinates
- 31.5587, 34.9744
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Worth the detour from Idhnā
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
31 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
34 km · about 40 min 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.
35 km · about 40 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.
35 km · about 40 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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Ein Gedi Nature Reserve
A lush oasis of waterfalls, pools, and wildlife on the shores of the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert.
40 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
Masada
An ancient Roman fortress atop an isolated rock plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, site of the last Jewish stand against Rome in 73 CE.
45 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Idhnā
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 75 kmScorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim)A serpentine 1950s road built over an ancient Nabataean-Roman trade route, snaking down the Negev cliffs toward the Arava with dizzying desert switchbacks.
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