Even Sapir
Even Sapir is a moshav in central Israel.
Even Sapir is a moshav in central Israel. Located on the outskirts of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 720.
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Worth seeing in and around Even Sapir
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.
- 01Yad Kennedy
Yad Kennedy, located in the Mateh Yehuda Region near Jerusalem, is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. The 60-foot-high memorial is shaped like the stump of a felled tree, symbolizing a life cut short.
1.6 km · Memorial in Mateh Yehuda Region, Israel · Wikipedia - 02Betar
Betar was an ancient Jewish town in the Judaean Mountains, continuously inhabited since the Iron Age and up until the 2nd century CE. It is most famously known as the final stronghold of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. It was besieged and destroyed by the Romans in 135 CE. Betar appears in various ancient sources, including the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds, as well as in midrashic literature and Patristic writings.
3.7 km · last Judah's fort held in the Bar Kokhba's revolt and adjacent modern locations · Wikipedia - 03Church of St. John the Baptist
The Church of Saint John the Baptist is a Catholic church in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, that belongs to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist is believed to have been born.
2.7 km · church building in Ein Karem, Israel · Wikipedia - 04Castel National Park
Castel National Park is an Israeli national park, which consists of a fortified summit in the Judean Mountains, at the site of the former Palestinian village of Al-Qastal, known to Hebrew-speakers as HaCástel, "the Cástel". It is located 8 km west of Jerusalem on the road linking it to Tel Aviv.
3.8 km · Israeli national park · Wikipedia - 05Monastery of St. John in the Wilderness
The Monastery of Saint John in the Wilderness is a Franciscan Catholic monastery built next to a spring on a wooded slope just north of Even Sapir, Israel, and across the valley from Sataf. It is located a short distance from Ein Karem, the traditional birthplace of Saint John the Baptist, and south of Jerusalem.
600 m · church building in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia - 06Israel aquarium
The Gottesman Family Israel Aquarium is a public aquarium in Jerusalem, Israel that was opened on June 19, 2017. The aquarium focuses on Israel's marine environment - the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Sea of Galilee, and the Dead Sea.
3.6 km · a public aquarium in Israel inaugurated on 19.6.2017 · Wikipedia - 07Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations
The Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations is part of the much larger Yad Vashem complex located on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. Along with some two dozen different structures within the Yad Vashem memorial – which is the second most-visited destination in the country after the Western Wall – the Garden of the Righteous is meant to honor those non-Jews who during the Holocaust risked their lives to save Jews from extermination by the Nazis.
3.7 km · garden in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia - 08Debel Gallery
The Debel Gallery was a private art gallery in Jerusalem from 1973 to 1990. It is notable for its exhibition of avant-garde art.
2.5 km · gallery in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem · Wikipedia - 09Berman Medical Library
Berman Medical Library is an located in the Ein Kerem Campus of the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. The library provides services to the research staff and the students of the Faculties of medicine, pharmacy, nursing, dentistry, public health, occupational therapy, and also to the clinical-academic staff in the Hadassah Medical Center.
1.5 km · library in Jerusalem · Wikipedia - 10Our Lady of Sion Chapel, Jerusalem
The Chapel of Our Lady of Sion is a Catholic chapel located in an old building of the sisters of the Congregation of Our Lady of Sion in the western hill of Ein Karem, a neighborhood in the District of Jerusalem, Israel. The convent complex was inaugurated in 1860 and is managed by Catholic nuns since 1861.
2.4 km · church in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Even Sapir
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 36 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 81 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 84 km
- Eilat → Even Sapir246 km · quickest by road, 5h 48m · ₪110–145
- Amman → Even Sapir79 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · JD4.5–6
- El Arish → Even Sapir145 km · quickest by road, 4h 41m · E£350–470
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No local-transport research exists yet for Even Sapir
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 Even Sapir. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy shuttle - The 'Nesher' shared taxi service (+972 2 623 1231 - Hebrew and English) is a 10-seat minibus that runs approximately hourly services to/from the airport, 24/7.
- Get inNotes: Some Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem are seen as "no go zones" by Israeli Jews, and some taxi drivers, including shared taxis, may hesitate or even refuse to take you to these destinations.
- Get inTaxi drivers, including shared taxis, have been known to overcharge or shortchange, so check the price before boarding, and check your change when it is handed back to you.
- Get inOn the Sabbath, and very late at night, your only option other than a private taxi is a sherut (shared taxi).
- Get inShared taxis are also the best option if travelling between Jerusalem and Palestinian cities in the West Bank, especially Ramallah and Bethlehem.
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Next door to Even Sapir
Even Sapir is 8 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.