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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.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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Qiryat HaYovel
Jerusalem, Israel · Asia
About Qiryat HaYovel
Qiryat HaYovel works well as a base: 10 minutes from Mevasseret Tsiyyon, 39km from Ein Gedi Nature Reserve.
Qiryat HaYovel is in Jerusalem, Israel, with about 25,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Mevasseret Tsiyyon, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Qiryat HaYovel?
Within an hour or so of Qiryat HaYovel: Yad Vashem (1 km), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (6 km), Jerusalem Old City (6 km), Western Wall (Wailing Wall) (7 km).
Are there any good drives near Qiryat HaYovel?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway, Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim) and Dana to Petra Trail.
Where is Qiryat HaYovel?
Qiryat HaYovel is in Jerusalem, Israel, about 4 km from Mevasseret Tsiyyon.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 25,000
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Jerusalem
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 31.7667, 35.1667
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Worth the detour from Qiryat HaYovel
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.
6 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
7 km · about 10 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.
7 km · about 10 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.
8 km · about 15 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.
39 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
Dead Sea
Earth's lowest point on land at 430 meters below sea level, with water so salty that swimmers float effortlessly on the surface.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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