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Birya

Birya is an agricultural village in northern Israel.

Birya
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The place

Birya is an agricultural village in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of 2024 its population was 956.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Birya

8 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
    Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue

    The Ashkenazi Ari Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Israel Najara Street, in Safed, in the Northern District of Israel. Dedicated in memory of Rabbi Isaac Luria, a kabbalist who was known by the Hebrew acronym "the ARI", the synagogue was completed in the late 16th-century, several years after his death in 1572.

    1.3 km · orthodox synagogue in Safed, Israel · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Abuhav synagogue

    The Abuhav Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Safed, in the Northern Director of Israel. The synagogue was completed in the 15th century and named in honor of the Spanish kabbalist of the era, Rabbi Isaac Abuhav, and is located on the eponymous Abuhav Lane.

    1.4 km · synagogue in Safed, Israel · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Safed Fortress

    The Citadel of Safed is a now-defunct fortress castle situated on the peak of the mountain housing the modern city of Safed. Furthermore, fortifications existed during the late period of the Second Temple as well as the Roman Empire.

    1.4 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Nabratein synagogue

    The Nabratein synagogue or Navoraya synagogue is a former ancient synagogue and archaeological site, located in a pine forest northeast of Safed, in the Upper Galilee region of the Northern District of Israel.

    2.1 km · ancient synagogue and archaeological site · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Birya Fortress

    Birya Fortress is a fortress built by the Jewish Palmach paramilitary during the British Mandate near the Jewish village of Birya and the Arab village of Biriyya. In 1946 the Birya affair took place here.

    1.4 km · fortress built during the British Mandate, near the modern town of Birya · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Frenkel Frenel Museum

    Frenkel Frenel Museum is an art museum in the northern Israeli city of Safed. It was also known as Frenkel's Castle in the press.

    1.6 km · museum in Safed · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Shem And Eber Cave

    The Shem and Eber cave is a cave in the Old City of Safed, which has historically been a holy site for the Abrahamic religions.

    1.5 km · holy site in Safed, Isral · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Beit Castel

    The Beit Castel gallery, is a gallery in the Artists' Colony of Safed in Israel. The gallery hosts art of a diverse range of artists from the Artists' Quarter of Safed with a special focus on the golden age of art in Safed.

    1.6 km · Art gallery in Safed, Israel · Wikipedia

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Getting to Birya

Airports
Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 93 km · Damascus (DAM), 106 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 121 km
  • Beirut → Birya
    102 km · quickest by road, 4h 50m · $20–27
  • Amman → Birya
    121 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · JD6–9
  • Damascus → Birya
    94 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · $12–17
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Birya

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 Birya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextSafed is an ideal location for basing many day trips in the northern area of Israel.

From Wikivoyage: Safed, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    295 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    379 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    507 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    646 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,019 km

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Around it

Next door to Birya

Birya is 57 km from Irbid, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.