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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.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Mevo H̱oron
West Bank, Palestine · Asia
About Mevo H̱oron
Mevo H̱oron works well as a base: 5 minutes from Bayt Liqyā, 20km from Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Mevo H̱oron is in West Bank, Palestine, with about 2,700 people. The nearest town is Bayt Liqyā, about 4 km away.
Mevo Horon (Hebrew: מבוא חורון, lit. 'Horon Gateway') is an Israeli settlement and religious moshav shitufi in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Located near Latrun and the city of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 2,659.
The settlement wasRead more
established directly on the former Palestinian villages of Yalo, Imwas and Bayt Nuba, ethnically cleansed and destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces during the Six-Day War. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
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What is there to see near Mevo H̱oron?
Within an hour or so of Mevo H̱oron: Yad Vashem (16 km), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (20 km), Jerusalem Old City (20 km), Western Wall (Wailing Wall) (20 km).
Are there any good drives near Mevo H̱oron?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway and Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim).
Where is Mevo H̱oron?
Mevo H̱oron is in West Bank, Palestine, about 4 km from Bayt Liqyā.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,669
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Palestine
- Region
- West Bank
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 31.8492, 35.0359
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 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.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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