ancient ruins
Akko (Acre)
A UNESCO-listed Crusader city with remarkably preserved underground knights' halls, Ottoman bazaars, and fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Tamra
Northern District, Israel · Asia
About Tamra
Tamra is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Moreshet, 28km from Rosh HaNikra Grottoes.
Tamra is in Northern District, Israel, with about 26,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Moreshet, about 4 km away.
Tamra (Arabic: طمرة, Hebrew: טַמְרָה or תַמְרָה) is an Arab city in the North District of Israel located in the Lower Galilee 5 kilometres (3 miles) north of the city of Shefa-Amr and approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of Acre. In 2024 it had a population of 36,918.
As of May, 2025, the population was 36,832Read more
people, of those 11,264 children, 2,470 senior citizens and 23,098 in the category of working age. The population is almost entirely Arab and Muslim.
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What is there to see near Tamra?
Within an hour or so of Tamra: Akko (Acre) (14 km), Rosh HaNikra Grottoes (28 km), Mount Arbel (28 km), Sea of Galilee (36 km).
Where is Tamra?
Tamra is in Northern District, Israel, about 4 km from Moreshet.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 25,917
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Northern District
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.8530, 35.1987
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Worth the detour from Tamra
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.
28 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.
28 km · about 35 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.
36 km · about 40 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.
46 km · about 55 min drive
ancient ruins
Caesarea Maritima
A spectacular Roman-era port city with a grand amphitheater, aqueducts, and crusader fortifications on the Mediterranean coast.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Tamra
- 28 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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