Balfouria
Balfouria is a moshav in northern Israel, south of Nazareth.
Balfouria is a moshav in northern Israel, south of Nazareth. Located near Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. As of 2024 it had a population of 643.
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Worth seeing in and around Balfouria
2 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.
- 01Max Stern Yezreel Valley College
The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College is an academic college located in the Jezreel Valley of Israel, between the cities Afula and Nazareth, and next to Kfar Gid'on, Tel Adashim and Mizra. Founded in 1965 as Emek Yezreel College, Max Stern College later served as a regional branch of University of Haifa from 1973 to 1994.
2.3 km · Academic college located in Israel · Wikipedia - 02Afula Illit Stadium
Afula Illit Stadium, is a football stadium in Afula, Israel. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Hapoel Afula.
2 km · football stadium in Afula, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Balfouria
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 79 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 98 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 120 km
- Stations
- Afula Railway Station, 1 km
- Tel Aviv → Balfouria78 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · ₪31–42
- Eilat → Balfouria343 km · quickest by road, 6h 50m · ₪135–185
- Amman → Balfouria97 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · JD5–6
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Balfouria
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 Balfouria. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Jenin (also applicable to Nablus and Ramallah): Take a shared taxi (sherut/serviis) or hitchhike to the border, and cross on foot.
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Next door to Balfouria
Balfouria is 53 km from Irbid, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Afulacity in Israel2.6 km
- Kfar Gidonhuman settlement in Israel1.5 km