Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea, also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village.
Caesarea, also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village. It was the capital of Roman Judaea, Syria Palaestina and Palaestina Prima, successively, for a period of c. 650 years and a major intellectual hub of the Mediterranean. Today, the site is part of the Caesarea National Park, on the western edge of the Sharon plain in Israel.
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Worth seeing in and around Caesarea Maritima
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.
- 01Kebara Cave
Kebara Cave is a limestone cave locality in Wadi Kebara, Israel, situated at 60 to 65 m above sea level on the western escarpment of the Carmel Range, in the Ramat HaNadiv preserve of Zichron Yaakov.
7.7 km · cave in Israel · Wikipedia - 02Ramat HaNadiv
Ramat HaNadiv, is a nature park and garden in northern Israel, covering 4.5 km at the southern end of Mount Carmel between Zikhron Ya'akov to the north and Binyamina to the south. The park is built around the Rothschild Family Tomb.
7.3 km · nature park and garden in Israel · Wikipedia - 03Khirbat Al-Burj
Khirbat Al-Burj was a former Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948. Presently, Khirbat Al-Burj (lit.
4.7 km · historic site in Israel · Wikipedia - 04Ralli Museum
Ralli Museum is a conglomerate of two private art museums under the same name, located in Caesarea, Israel. Both are part of the Ralli Museums international foundation.
2.2 km · museum in Caesarea, Israel · Wikipedia - 05Tel Mevorakh
Tel Mevorakh is a small mound situated on the southern bank of Nahal Taninim in Israel. The tel does not exceed 1 dunam but rises to a height of 15 metres above its surrounding plain.
4.9 km · mountain in Israel · Wikipedia - 06Tel Zomera
Tel Zomera is an archaeological site located near the northern bank of the Hadera Stream. The site is situated on a kurkar hill in the Sharon plain.
5.8 km · mountain in Israel · Wikipedia - 07Tel Burga
Tel Burga is an archaeological site in the Sharon Plain, 1 kilometre east of Binyamina, Israel. The site was excavated in 2004 on behalf of the Israeli Antiquities Authority.
7.2 km · archaeological site in Binyamina-Giv'at Ada, Israel · Wikipedia - 08Horvat Eleq
Horvat Eleq is located in the southeastern area of Ramat HaNadiv, at the southern edge of Mount Carmel at an altitude of 141 meters above sea level. Nearby within 10 km are the cities of Dor, Caesarea and their ports, Tel Taninim and Tel Mevorakh to the west and Tel Burga to the southeast.
8 km · archaeological site in northern Israel · Wikipedia - 09Technoda - Hadera
The Technoda is an interactive science museum in Hadera, Israel.
6.8 km · Science museum in Hadera, Israel · Wikipedia - 10Birds Mosaic (Caesarea)
The Birds Mosaic is a Byzantine mosaic floor discovered in Caesarea Maritima, in modern Israel, in a Byzantine palace that was built around 600 AD. It is viewable in situ. The mosaic covers an area of 16 by 14.5 meters.
1.3 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Caesarea Maritima
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 54 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 119 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 135 km
- Stations
- Caesarea – Pardes Hanna Railway Station, 6.1 km · Binyamina Railway Station, 5.7 km · Hadera – West Railway Station, 6.9 km · Hadera East railway station, 8.1 km · Zikhron Ya'aqov railway station, 8.7 km
- Tel Aviv → Caesarea Maritima48 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · ₪19–25
- Eilat → Caesarea Maritima328 km · quickest by road, 6h 36m · ₪135–180
- Amman → Caesarea Maritima116 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · JD7–9
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No local-transport research exists yet for Caesarea Maritima
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 Caesarea Maritima. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHitchhiking to or Caesarea is possible and rather easy.
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Next door to Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima is 48 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Zichron Yaakovtown and local council in Haifa District, Israel9.7 km
- Barrat Qisaryavillage in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine2.6 km
- Khirbat al-Sarkasvillage in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine8.7 km