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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Iksāl
Northern District, Israel · Asia
About Iksāl
Iksāl is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Yāfā, 29km from Sea of Galilee.
Iksāl is in Northern District, Israel, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Yāfā, about 4 km away.
Iksal (Arabic: إكسال, Hebrew: אִכְּסָאל, כִּסְלוֹת תָּבוֹר, Kislot Tavor) is an Arab local council in northern Israel, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of Nazareth. It has an area of 9,000 dunams and a population of 15,134 primarily Muslim inhabitants.
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What is there to see near Iksāl?
Within an hour or so of Iksāl: Mount Arbel (23 km), Sea of Galilee (29 km), Akko (Acre) (36 km), Caesarea Maritima (45 km).
Where is Iksāl?
Iksāl is in Northern District, Israel, about 4 km from Yāfā.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 14,784
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Northern District
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.6816, 35.3237
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Worth the detour from Iksāl
6 notable places within an hour's 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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
ancient ruins
Akko (Acre)
A UNESCO-listed Crusader city with remarkably preserved underground knights' halls, Ottoman bazaars, and fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
36 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
45 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Rosh HaNikra Grottoes
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.
50 km · about 60 min drive
castle
Ajloun Castle
A 12th-century Ayyubid castle built by Saladin's general on a hilltop to control the Jordan Valley iron mines and counter Crusader expansion.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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- 23 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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