--- title: "Beit Iksa – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Beit Iksa, Israel: Beit Iksa is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, located northwest of Jerusalem in the West…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/beit-iksa" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/beit-iksa.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/BeitIksaFeb172023_01.jpg/3840px-BeitIksaFeb172023_01.jpg" --- Municipality type D in Jerusalem, Palestine · Israel # Beit Iksa Beit Iksa is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, located northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank. ![Beit Iksa](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/BeitIksaFeb172023_01.jpg/3840px-BeitIksaFeb172023_01.jpg) Beit Iksa · Wikimedia Commons The place Beit Iksa is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, located northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Iksa), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Beit Iksa 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. Jerusalem Chords Bridge The Chords Bridge, also called the Bridge of Strings or Jerusalem Light Rail Bridge, is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge in Jerusalem. The structure was designed by the Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava and is used by Jerusalem Light Rail's Red Line, which began service on August 19, 2011. 3.7 km · bridge in Jerusalem, Israel · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chords_Bridge) 2. Har HaMenuchot Har HaMenuchot is the largest cemetery in Jerusalem. 2.2 km · mountain and cemetery in Jerusalem · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Har_HaMenuchot) 3. Har Hotzvim Har Hotzvim, also Campus of Science-Rich Industries is a high-tech industrial park located in northwest Jerusalem. 3.2 km · Industrial park and mountain in Jerusalem. · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Har_Hotzvim) 4. Belz Beis HaMedrash HaGadol The Belz Great Synagogue is a Hasidic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 7 Binat Yisas'har Street, in the Kiryat Belz neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. Designed by Aaron Ostreicher and completed in 2002, the synagogue was built by the Belz Hasidic community with financial help from its supporters around the world. 3.5 km · Large Hasidic synagogue in Jerusalem · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belz_Great_Synagogue) 5. Tomb of Samuel The Tomb of Samuel (Arabic: النبي صموئيل, translit. an-Nabi Samu'il or Nebi Samwil, Hebrew: קבר שמואל הנביא, translit. 1.6 km · ancient site in Judea, Palestine · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Samuel) 6. Mossad Harav Kook Mossad HaRav Kook is a religious research foundation and publishing house based in Jerusalem. Mossad Harav Kook is named after Abraham Isaac Kook, the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandatory Palestine, and was founded by Yehuda Leib Maimon in 1937. 3.7 km · Religious research foundation and publishing house based in Jerusalem · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad_Harav_Kook) 7. Allenby Square Allenby Square, a name commemorating Field Marshal Edmund Allenby who commanded the British forces which captured Palestine in the First World War, has been bestowed at different times on two different squares in Jerusalem. This divergent naming was connected both to prestige struggles within the British forces entering Jerusalem in late 1917, leading to what became known as "the multiple surrenders", and to later vicissitudes of the struggle between Israelis and Arabs for control of the city. 3.9 km · square in Jerusalem · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allenby_Square) 8. Pool of Gibeon The Pool of Gibeon is a site in Gibeon mentioned a number of times in the Hebrew Bible. Archeological evidence locates the historical site of the pool in the village of Jib, in the West Bank Palestinian territories. 3.3 km · site in Gibeon mentioned a number of times in the Hebrew Bible · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Gibeon) 9. Ramot Mall Ramot Mall is an indoor/outdoor shopping mall in Ramot, a neighborhood or Israeli settlement in northwest East Jerusalem. Opened in September 2011, it is the second-largest shopping center in Jerusalem. 1.3 km · shopping mall · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramot_Mall) 10. Tel Motza temple Tel Motza or Tel Moẓa is an archaeological site in Motza on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Israel. It includes the remains of a large Neolithic settlement dated to around 8600–8200 BCE, and Iron Age Israelite settlement dating to around 1000 to 500 BCE and identified with the biblical Mozah mentioned in the Book of Joshua. 3.1 km · ancient Israelite temple on the outskirts of Jerusalem · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Motza_temple) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Beit Iksa **Airports:** Ben Gurion (TLV), 35 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 78 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 78 km\ **Stations:** Jerusalem – Yitzhak Navon railway station, 3.9 km\ - Eilat → Beit Iksa 252 km · quickest by air, 3h 50m · ₪320–530 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/eilat-to-beit-iksa) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Eilat&to=Beit+Iksa) - Amman → Beit Iksa 74 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · JD4–6 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/amman-to-beit-iksa) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Amman&to=Beit+Iksa) - El Arish → Beit Iksa 152 km · quickest by road, 4h 54m · E£365–485 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/el-arish-to-beit-iksa) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=El+Arish&to=Beit+Iksa) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Beit%20Iksa) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Beit Iksa 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 Beit Iksa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in By shuttle - The 'Nesher' shared taxi service (+972 2 623 1231 - Hebrew and English) is a 10-seat minibus that runs approximately hourly services to/from the airport, 24/7. - Get in Notes: Some Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem are seen as "no go zones" by Israeli Jews, and some taxi drivers, including shared taxis, may hesitate or even refuse to take you to these destinations. - Get in Taxi drivers, including shared taxis, have been known to overcharge or shortchange, so check the price before boarding, and check your change when it is handed back to you. - Get in On the Sabbath, and very late at night, your only option other than a private taxi is a sherut (shared taxi). - Get in Shared taxis are also the best option if travelling between Jerusalem and Palestinian cities in the West Bank, especially Ramallah and Bethlehem. From [Wikivoyage: Jerusalem](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Jerusalem), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Petra and Wadi Musa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/petra) JO 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 168 km 2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 251 km 3. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 375 km 4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 705 km 5. [Naxos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/naxos) GR 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,063 km If you know how people move in Beit Iksa – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbeit-iksa&title=Beit+Iksa&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbeit-iksa), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Beit Iksa Beit Iksa is 5 km from [West Jerusalem](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/west-jerusalem), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Deir Yassin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/deir-yassin) human settlement 3.6 km - [Gibeon](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gibeon) ancient city north of Jerusalem mentioned in the Bible 3.3 km - [Mevaseret Zion](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mevaseret-zion) town in Israel near Jerusalem 2.9 km - [Lifta](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lifta) depopulated Palestinian village village on the outskirts of Jerusalem 3 km - [Beit Hanina](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/beit-hanina) village council in Jerusalem Governorate 3.6 km - [Jib, Jerusalem](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/jib-jerusalem) village council in Jerusalem Governorate 3.6 km [The place page for Beit Iksa](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/beit-iksa) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Israel](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IL) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/beit-iksa, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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