'Akbara
'Akbara is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families.
'Akbara is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families. It is 2.5 km south of Safed City. The village was rebuilt in 1977, close to the old village destroyed in 1948 during the 1947–1949 Palestine war.
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Worth seeing in and around 'Akbara
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue
The Ashkenazi Ari Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Israel Najara Street, in Safed, in the Northern District of Israel. Dedicated in memory of Rabbi Isaac Luria, a kabbalist who was known by the Hebrew acronym "the ARI", the synagogue was completed in the late 16th-century, several years after his death in 1572.
3.4 km · orthodox synagogue in Safed, Israel · Wikipedia - 02Abuhav synagogue
The Abuhav Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Safed, in the Northern Director of Israel. The synagogue was completed in the 15th century and named in honor of the Spanish kabbalist of the era, Rabbi Isaac Abuhav, and is located on the eponymous Abuhav Lane.
3.4 km · synagogue in Safed, Israel · Wikipedia - 03Safed Fortress
The Citadel of Safed is a now-defunct fortress castle situated on the peak of the mountain housing the modern city of Safed. Furthermore, fortifications existed during the late period of the Second Temple as well as the Roman Empire.
3.2 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia - 04Frenkel Frenel Museum
Frenkel Frenel Museum is an art museum in the northern Israeli city of Safed. It was also known as Frenkel's Castle in the press.
3 km · museum in Safed · Wikipedia - 05Shem And Eber Cave
The Shem and Eber cave is a cave in the Old City of Safed, which has historically been a holy site for the Abrahamic religions.
3 km · holy site in Safed, Isral · Wikipedia - 06Beit Castel
The Beit Castel gallery, is a gallery in the Artists' Colony of Safed in Israel. The gallery hosts art of a diverse range of artists from the Artists' Quarter of Safed with a special focus on the golden age of art in Safed.
3 km · Art gallery in Safed, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to 'Akbara
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 98 km · Damascus (DAM), 108 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 117 km
- Beirut → 'Akbara106 km · quickest by road, 4h 50m · $20–27
- Amman → 'Akbara117 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · JD6–8
- Damascus → 'Akbara97 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · $12–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for 'Akbara
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for 'Akbara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextSafed is an ideal location for basing many day trips in the northern area of Israel.
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Next door to 'Akbara
'Akbara is 54 km from Irbid, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Safedcity in northern Israel2.9 km
- Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahtavillage in Safad, Mandatory Palestine2.9 km
- 1834 Safed Anti-Jewish pogromseries of riots conducted by local Arab and Muslim villagers in the Jewish community of Safed during the 1834 Palahan uprising2.9 km
- Al-Shunavillage in Safad, Mandatory Palestine3.6 km
- 1660 destruction of Safedreported destruction of a Jewish town2.9 km
- Safed art colonyneighborhood in Safed3.1 km