Battir

Worth seeing in and around Battir

10 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.

1. 01
   Teddy Stadium

   Teddy Stadium is a sports stadium in Jerusalem, Israel. Two major Israeli football clubs currently use it as their home ground: Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem.

   5.9 km · football stadium in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Jerusalem Biblical Zoo

   The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, popularly known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is a zoo located in the Malha neighborhood of Jerusalem. It is famous for its Afro-Asiatic collection of wildlife, many of which are described in the Hebrew Bible, as well as for its success in breeding endangered species.

   4.7 km · zoo in Jerusalem · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Yad Kennedy

   Yad Kennedy, located in the Mateh Yehuda Region near Jerusalem, is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. The 60-foot-high memorial is shaped like the stump of a felled tree, symbolizing a life cut short.

   2.7 km · Memorial in Mateh Yehuda Region, Israel · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Betar

   Betar was an ancient Jewish town in the Judaean Mountains, continuously inhabited since the Iron Age and up until the 2nd century CE. It is most famously known as the final stronghold of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. It was besieged and destroyed by the Romans in 135 CE. Betar appears in various ancient sources, including the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds, as well as in midrashic literature and Patristic writings.

   600 m · last Judah's fort held in the Bar Kokhba's revolt and adjacent modern locations · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St. John the Baptist

   The Church of Saint John the Baptist is a Catholic church in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, that belongs to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist is believed to have been born.

   5.4 km · church building in Ein Karem, Israel · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Monastery of St. John in the Wilderness

   The Monastery of Saint John in the Wilderness is a Franciscan Catholic monastery built next to a spring on a wooded slope just north of Even Sapir, Israel, and across the valley from Sataf. It is located a short distance from Ein Karem, the traditional birthplace of Saint John the Baptist, and south of Jerusalem.

   4.8 km · church building in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Al-Hamadiyya Mosque

   The Al-Hamadiyya Mosque is a mosque in the town of al-Khader, west of Bethlehem, in the State of Palestine. The mosque was built in the early 15th century and was restored by the town's residents in the 1990s.

   4 km · mosque in al-Khader, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Malha Mall

   Malha Mall, sometimes spelled Malcha Mall, also known as Jerusalem Mall, is an indoor shopping mall in the southwestern neighbourhood of Malha, Jerusalem. The mall, which opened in 1993, has 260 stores on three levels with a shopping area of 37,000 square metres and 3,000 square metres of office space.

   5.6 km · shopping mall in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Al-Khader Stadium

   Al-Khader Stadium is an international football stadium in al-Khader, Palestine. It was inaugurated on August 6, 2007 with a match between local team Shabab Al-Khadr, and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, an Israeli Arab team from Nazareth.

   3.2 km · stadium in Al-Khader, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Malha Arena

    The Malha Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Jerusalem's Malha neighborhood, across from Ramat Denya and Ramat Sharett. The arena is primarily used to host basketball, futsal, and handball games, and gymnastics.

    5.5 km · indoor arena in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia

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Getting to Battir

Airports

Ben Gurion (TLV), 40 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 81 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 85 km

Stations

Jerusalem – Malha Railway Station, 5.5 km · Jerusalem – Biblical Zoo Railway Station, 4.4 km

• Amman → Battir

  83 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · JD5–6
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• El Arish → Battir

  141 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · E£335–445
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• Eilat → Battir

  239 km · quickest by road, 5h 40m · ₪105–140
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