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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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Shoham
Central District, Israel · Asia
About Shoham
Shoham is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Rinnatya, 36km from Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Shoham is in Central District, Israel, with about 21,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rinnatya, about 5 km away.
Shoham (Hebrew: שוהם, lit. 'Onyx') is a town in the Central District of Israel. The name relates to one of the 12 stones on the Hoshen, the sacred breastplate worn by a Jewish high priest (Exodus 28:20), similar to other nearby towns: Nofekh, Bareket, Leshem and Ahlama (the former name of Beit Arif). As of 2024,Read more
Shoham had a population of 23,592. Its jurisdiction is 5,889 dunams (~5.9 km2).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Shoham?
Within an hour or so of Shoham: Old Jaffa (19 km), Abu Hassan (Ali Karavan) (19 km), Yad Vashem (33 km), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (36 km).
Are there any good drives near Shoham?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway and Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim).
Where is Shoham?
Shoham is in Central District, Israel, about 5 km from Rinnatya.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 20,740
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Central District
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 31.9987, 34.9456
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Worth the detour from Shoham
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
museum
Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
33 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
36 km · about 40 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.
37 km · about 40 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.
37 km · about 40 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.
37 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Church of the Nativity
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
41 km · about 45 min drive
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