ancient ruins
Akko (Acre)
A UNESCO-listed Crusader city with remarkably preserved underground knights' halls, Ottoman bazaars, and fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Qiryat Yam
Haifa, Israel · Asia
About Qiryat Yam
Qiryat Yam is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Qiryat Ata, 27km from Rosh HaNikra Grottoes.
Qiryat Yam is in Haifa, Israel, with about 40,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Qiryat Ata, about 6 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Qiryat Yam: Akko (Acre) (8 km), Rosh HaNikra Grottoes (27 km), Mount Arbel (40 km), Caesarea Maritima (42 km).
Where is Qiryat Yam?
Qiryat Yam is in Haifa, Israel, about 6 km from Qiryat Ata.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 39,897
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Haifa
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.8497, 35.0697
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Worth the detour from Qiryat Yam
6 notable places within an hour's 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.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
42 km · about 50 min 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.
48 km · about 55 min drive
ancient ruins
Tyre (Sour)
A UNESCO-listed ancient Phoenician port city with one of the best-preserved Roman hippodromes in the world and extensive archaeological remains.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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- 40 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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