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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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Ra'anana
Central District, Israel · Asia
About Ra'anana
Ra'anana is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Sde Warburg, 35km from Caesarea Maritima.
Ra'anana is in Central District, Israel, with about 75,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Sde Warburg, about 4 km away.
Ra'anana (Hebrew: רעננה, lit. 'Fresh') is an affluent city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel. It was founded in 1922 as an American-Jewish settlement, c.1 km south of the village of Tabsur, where an important World War I battle had taken place four years previously.
Bordered by Kfar SabaRead more
and Hod HaSharon on the east and Herzliya on the southwest, it had a population of 82,964 in 2024. While the majority of its residents are Israeli-born Jews, a large part of the population consists of Jewish immigrants from the Americas, Europe and South Africa.
Ra'anana's industrial park is home to global and local start-up companies. It was designated a "Green City" by the World Health Organization in 2005.
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What is there to see near Ra'anana?
Within an hour or so of Ra'anana: Old Jaffa (19 km), Abu Hassan (Ali Karavan) (19 km), Caesarea Maritima (35 km), Yad Vashem (54 km).
Are there any good drives near Ra'anana?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway and Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim).
Where is Ra'anana?
Ra'anana is in Central District, Israel, about 4 km from Sde Warburg.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 75,421
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Central District
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.1836, 34.8739
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Worth the detour from Ra'anana
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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
35 km · about 40 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.
54 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
56 km · about 65 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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
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.
57 km · about 65 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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
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