--- title: "Biddu, Jerusalem – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Biddu, Jerusalem, Israel: Biddu is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank. Nearby…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/biddu-jerusalem" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/biddu-jerusalem.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Modern_theatres.jpg/1920px-Modern_theatres.jpg" --- Palestinian village in Jerusalem Governate, West Bank · Israel # Biddu, Jerusalem Biddu is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank. ![Biddu, Jerusalem](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Modern_theatres.jpg/1920px-Modern_theatres.jpg) Biddu, Jerusalem · PRAVEEN (CC BY-SA 4.0) The place Biddu is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 8,231 in 2017. Biddu is at an altitude of 806m to 834m. Giv'on HaHadasha lies 2 km east of Biddu. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddu%2C_Jerusalem), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Biddu, Jerusalem 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. 1. Tomb of Samuel The Tomb of Samuel (Arabic: النبي صموئيل, translit. an-Nabi Samu'il or Nebi Samwil, Hebrew: קבר שמואל הנביא, translit. 3.3 km · ancient site in Judea, Palestine · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Samuel) 2. St. Cleophas Church The St. Cleophas Church or St. 1.2 km · church in El Qubeibeh, Palestine · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Cleophas_Church) 3. Khirbet Nij'm Khirbet Nij'm is an archaeological site on the hill of Givat ha-Radar at Har Adar, in the West Bank. Salvage excavations carried out at the site uncovered a fortified structure identified as a fortress of the Persian–Hellenistic period, which was later reused as an Ottoman-period caravanserai. 1.6 km · archaeological site in Israel · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khirbet_Nij%27m) 4. Khirbet Kefireh Khirbet Kefireh, also Khirbet Kefire, Khirbet el-Kefirah, is an archeological site just north of the Palestinian town of Qatanna, West Bank. It is situated atop a hill covering about 4-5 acres. 3.7 km · archaeological site in State of Palestine · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khirbet_Kefireh) 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 Biddu, Jerusalem **Airports:** Ben Gurion (TLV), 31 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 81 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 81 km\ - Eilat → Biddu, Jerusalem 254 km · quickest by air, 3h 46m · ₪320–510 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/eilat-to-biddu-jerusalem) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Eilat&to=Biddu%2C+Jerusalem) - Amman → Biddu, Jerusalem 77 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · JD4–6 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/amman-to-biddu-jerusalem) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Amman&to=Biddu%2C+Jerusalem) - El Arish → Biddu, Jerusalem 150 km · quickest by road, 4h 53m · E£350–470 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/el-arish-to-biddu-jerusalem) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=El+Arish&to=Biddu%2C+Jerusalem) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Biddu%2C%20Jerusalem) 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 Biddu, Jerusalem 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 Biddu, Jerusalem. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around You are almost always advised to use Shared Taxis which will be quicker although marginally more expensive. - Get around Buses, like shared taxis will also tend to wait until full before departing. - Get around Most shared taxis have fixed bus-stations, often car-parks near the centre of towns or cities. - Get around Larger minivans carry 7 passengers and inner-city shared taxis carry 4. - Get around Shared taxis are often distinguished with black stripes on front and back at the sides, particularly the normal-sized cars serving inner-city routes. From [Wikivoyage: Palestinian territories](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Palestinian_territories), 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 171 km 2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 253 km 3. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 376 km 4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 702 km 5. [Naxos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/naxos) GR 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,060 km If you know how people move in Biddu, Jerusalem – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbiddu-jerusalem&title=Biddu%2C+Jerusalem&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbiddu-jerusalem), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Biddu, Jerusalem Biddu, Jerusalem is 9 km from [West Jerusalem](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/west-jerusalem), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Mevaseret Zion](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mevaseret-zion) town in Israel near Jerusalem 3.5 km - [Har Adar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/har-adar) Israeli settlement in the West Bank 1.7 km - [Beit Iksa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/beit-iksa) village council in Jerusalem Governorate 3.8 km - [Giv'on HaHadasha](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/givon-hahadasha) Israeli settlement in the West Bank 2 km - [Al-Qubayba, Jerusalem](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/al-qubayba-jerusalem) small Palestinian town 1 km - [Qatanna](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/qatanna) municipality in Jerusalem Governorate 3.5 km [The place page for Biddu, Jerusalem](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/biddu-jerusalem) [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/biddu-jerusalem, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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