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Bustan HaGalil

Bustan HaGalil is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel.

Bustan HaGalil
Bustan HaGalil · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Bustan HaGalil is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. Located near Acre, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of 2024 its population was 1,085.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bustan HaGalil

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
    Jezzar Pasha Mosque

    The el-Jazzar Mosque, also known as the White Mosque of Acre, is located on el-Jazzar Street inside the walls of the old city of Acre, Israel, overlooking the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and is named after the Ottoman Bosnian governor Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar.

    3.4 km · mosque in Acre, Northern Israel · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Al-Muallaq Mosque

    The al-Muallak Mosque also known as the Mosque of Daher al-Umar is a mosque, located in Acre, in the northern district of Israel.

    3.6 km · mosque in Acre, Northern, Israel · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ghetto Fighters' House

    The Ghetto Fighters' House is a Holocaust museum founded in 1949 by members of Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot. It is located in the Western Galilee, Israel, on the Coastal Highway between Acre and Nahariya.

    1.6 km · museum commemorating the Holocaust and Jewish heroism · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Mansion of Bahjí

    The Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh, known among Baháʼís as the Blessed Shrine, is the burial place of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. It stands at Bahjí, just north of Acre in northern Israel.

    1.2 km · Summer house in Acre, Israel; death place of Baháʼu'lláh · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Or Torah Synagogue

    The Or Torah Synagogue, sometimes the Ohr Torah Synagogue, also known as the Tunisian Synagogue in Acre, the Djerba Synagogue, and the Jariva, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 13 Kaplan Street, in Acre, in the Northern District of Israel. The building was completed in 1955 by Jews from Tunisia and took over 54 years for the artwork to be completed.

    3 km · Israeli Synagogue, located in Acre · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St. John Baptist Church

    The St. John Baptist Church sometimes simply called Church of St.

    3.8 km · church building in Acre, Israel · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Akko Light

    Akko Light or Acre Light, is an active lighthouse in the port of Acre, Israel. It is located on the South-West corner of the city's ancient walls, at what is believed to be the former site of an Ottoman Burj-El-Sanjak.

    3.9 km · lighthouse in Israel · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Terra Sancta Church

    The Terra Sancta Church, also alternatively Church of St. Francis, is the name given to one of the two Franciscan-run Roman Catholic churches located in the Old City of Acre in northern Israel, the other one being the Church of St.

    3.5 km · church building in Acre, Israel · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St. George church, Acre

    Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral is an Orthodox church and monastery located in Acre, Israel. It dates back to 16th century and is built on the ruins of a Byzantine church.

    3.6 km · church building in Acre, Israel · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St. Andrew's Church, Acre

    St Andrew's Church is a Melkite Greek Catholic church. Built in 1765, it is located in the old city of Acre, at Philippe Auguste street, north of the Templars tunnel in modern-day Israel.

    3.7 km · church in Acre, Israel · Wikipedia

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 Bustan HaGalil

Airports
Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 104 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 106 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 138 km
Stations
Acre Railway Station, 2.6 km · Acre Port, 3.7 km · Tower of Flies, 3.7 km
  • Tel Aviv → Bustan HaGalil
    101 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · ₪41–55
  • Eilat → Bustan HaGalil
    378 km · quickest by road, 7h 12m · ₪150–195
  • Amman → Bustan HaGalil
    137 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · JD7–9
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bustan HaGalil

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTrain, bus, car or hitch-hiking into the Western Galilee are the options you have.
  • Get aroundHitch-hiking is also possible and relatively easy north of Akko.

From Wikivoyage: Western Galilee, 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

    294 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    377 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    498 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    616 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    987 km

If you know how people move in Bustan HaGalil – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Bustan HaGalil

  • Acrecity in Israel2.8 km
  • Shavei Tzionvillage in Israel3.2 km
  • Al-Manshiyya, AcreA depopulated village in the Acre Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine1.9 km
  • Al-Sumayriyyavillage in mandatory Palestine which was depopulated in the 1948 war2.5 km
  • Nes Ammimhuman settlement3.6 km
  • Regbahuman settlement in Israel3.2 km