Al-Ruways
Al-Ruways, was a Palestinian Arab village on a rocky hill located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) southeast of Acre and south of the village of al-Damun.
Al-Ruways, was a Palestinian Arab village on a rocky hill located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) southeast of Acre and south of the village of al-Damun. Its population in 1945 was 330. Al-Ruways was depopulated following its capture by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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Worth seeing in and around Al-Ruways
One place 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.
- 01Tell Keisan
Tell Keisan, تل كيسان or Tel Kisson, תל כיסון, is an archaeological site located 8 km from the Mediterranean coast in the Galilee region of Israel between Haifa and Akko. It lies northeast of the site of Tell Abu Hawam, west of the site of Horbat Rosh Zayit, well south of the site of Tel Kabri, and 7.5 kilometers southeast of the site now covered by modern Acre.
2.7 km · an archaeological site located 8 km from the Mediterranean coast in the Galilee region of Israel between Haifa and Akko · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al-Ruways
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 99 km · Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 110 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 125 km
- Tel Aviv → Al-Ruways1975 km · quickest by road, 31h · ₪740–990
- Eilat → Al-Ruways1871 km · quickest by road, 31h 47m · ₪790–1,050
- Amman → Al-Ruways1868 km · quickest by road, 28h 21m · JD80–105
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No local-transport research exists yet for Al-Ruways
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 Al-Ruways. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIf you don't know Hebrew, go to Herzl Street in Haifa, point an index finger at a 45 degree angle with the ground (the Israeli hitchhiking signal) when a service taxi drives by, and ask where it's going.
- Get inA foot-passenger ferry plies between Haifa and Akko on four days a week.
- Get inThis means a day trip is possible in either direction.
From Wikivoyage: Akko, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Al-Ruways
- TamraArab-Muslim city in northern Israel3.1 km
- Kabultown in North Israel3.2 km
- Al-Damundepopulated village in Palestine1.5 km
- Mitzpe Avivhuman settlement in Israel3.6 km