Bethlehem
Worth seeing in and around Bethlehem
4 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.
- 01Sol Plaatjie Dam
Sol Plaatje Dam is an earth-fill type dam located at the confluence of the As and Liebenbergsvlei Rivers near Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa. It was established in 1968 and serves mainly for municipal and domestic water supply.
5.7 km · dam in South Africa · Wikipedia - 02Goble Park
Goble Park is a multi-use stadium in Bethlehem, South Africa. It is used mostly for soccer matches.
200 m · stadium in Bethlehem, South Africa · Wikipedia - 03Dutch Reformed Church, Bethlehem
The Dutch Reformed Church in Bethlehem was the mother congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Free State town of Bethlehem, but it was incorporated into the Bethlehem West congregation in October 2012. It was the 12th oldest congregation in the Free State Synod.
500 m · church building and congregation in Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa · Wikipedia - 04Bohlokong Stadium
Bohlokong Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bohlokong, Free State, South Africa.
1.6 km · multi-use stadium in Bohlokong, Free State, South Africa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bethlehem
- Airports
- Moshoeshoe I (MSU), 155 km · Bram Fischer (BFN), 218 km · O.R. Tambo (JNB), 233 km
- Stations
- Bethlehem Airport, 3.5 km
- Johannesburg → Bethlehem227 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · R240–320
- Bloemfontein → Bethlehem227 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · R220–295
- Durban → Bethlehem321 km · quickest by road, 5h 30m · R345–460
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bethlehem
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 Bethlehem. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAlso, shared taxis (sherut/servees) leave from nearby Damascus Gate and manage the trip in 20 min.
- Get inFrom Ramallah many shared taxis (sherut/servees) leave for Bethlehem.
- Get inThe trip from Hebron with the final stop at the very bottom floor of the (only shared taxis (sherut)) will deliver you for less than ₪10.
- Get inFrom Jericho take a shared taxis (sherut/servees) for ₪12 to , a town/junction east of Jerusalem, identified with Bethany from the New Testament.
- Get inFrom the junction take another shared taxis to Bethlehem bus station (₪5-10).
From Wikivoyage: Bethlehem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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If you know how people move in Bethlehem – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Bethlehem
- Dihlabeng Local Municipalitylocal municipality in the Free State, South Africa400 m