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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.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Kafr Qāsim
Central District, Israel · Asia
About Kafr Qāsim
Kafr Qāsim is worth a stop: 5 minutes from H̱agor, 44km from Caesarea Maritima.
Kafr Qāsim is in Central District, Israel, with about 24,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is H̱agor, about 4 km away.
Kafr Qasim (Arabic: كفر قاسم, Hebrew: כַּפְר קָאסִם), also spelled as Kafr Qassem, Kufur Kassem, Kfar Kassem and Kafar Kassem, is an Arab city in Israel. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) east of Tel Aviv, on the Israeli side of the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank, in the southern portion of theRead more
"Little Triangle" of Arab-Israeli towns and villages. In 2024 its population was 27,996. The town was the site of the Kafr Qasim massacre, in which the Israel Border Police killed 49 civilians on October 29, 1956. On February 12, 2008, Israeli Minister of the Interior Meir Sheetrit declared Kafr Qasim a city in a ceremony held at the town.
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What is there to see near Kafr Qāsim?
Within an hour or so of Kafr Qāsim: Old Jaffa (22 km), Abu Hassan (Ali Karavan) (22 km), Yad Vashem (42 km), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (44 km).
Are there any good drives near Kafr Qāsim?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway and Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim).
Where is Kafr Qāsim?
Kafr Qāsim is in Central District, Israel, about 4 km from H̱agor.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 23,823
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Central District
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.1141, 34.9762
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Worth the detour from Kafr Qāsim
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.
22 km · about 25 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.
42 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
44 km · about 50 min drive
ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
44 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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