Har Gilo
Har Gilo is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a community settlement, located about 2 kilometers west of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem and 5 kilometers south of Jerusalem, in the northern Judean hills.
Har Gilo is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, organized as a community settlement, located about 2 kilometers west of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem and 5 kilometers south of Jerusalem, in the northern Judean hills.
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Worth seeing in and around Har Gilo
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.
- 01Church of the Nativity
The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity, is a basilica located in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. The grotto holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus.
3.9 km · basilica in Bethlehem · Wikipedia - 02Teddy Stadium
Teddy Stadium is a sports stadium in Jerusalem, Israel. Two major Israeli football clubs currently use it as their home ground: Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Jerusalem.
3.7 km · football stadium in Jerusalem, Israel · Wikipedia - 03Ain Sakhri lovers
The Ain Sakhri figurine or Ain Sakhri Lovers is a Natufian sculpture that was found in one of the Ain Sakhri caves near Bethlehem. It is approximately 11,000 years old and thought to be the oldest known representation of two people engaged in sexual intercourse.
3.1 km · prehistoric sculpture · Wikipedia - 04Mosque of Omar
The Mosque of Omar is a mosque located in the Old City of Bethlehem, in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine. It is situated on the west side of Manger Square, across the square from the Church of the Nativity.
3.8 km · mosque in the Old City of Bethlehem, West Bank, State of Palestine · Wikipedia - 05Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, popularly known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is a zoo located in the Malha neighborhood of Jerusalem. It is famous for its Afro-Asiatic collection of wildlife, many of which are described in the Hebrew Bible, as well as for its success in breeding endangered species.
3.1 km · zoo in Jerusalem · Wikipedia - 06Bethlehem University
Bethlehem University is a Catholic university located in the city of Bethlehem, in the West Bank, Palestine.
3.1 km · first university in the West Bank · Wikipedia - 07Pais Arena
The Jerusalem Arena, renamed for the National Lottery Mifal HaPais grant as Pais Arena Jerusalem, is a multi-purpose sports arena in Jerusalem, funded by the city council and a National Lottery grant of Mifal HaPais. Opened in September 2014, it is located in the Malha Sports Complex in the southwestern Malha neighborhood, adjacent to Teddy Stadium.
3.9 km · multi-purpose sports indoor arena in Jerusalem · Wikipedia - 08Church of St. Catherine
The Church of Saint Catherine or Chapel of Saint Catherine is a Catholic religious building located adjacent to the northern part of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank, Palestine. It works as a parish church and Franciscan monastery.
3.9 km · Latin parish church in Bethlehem, Westbank, Palestine · Wikipedia - 09Betar
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.
3.5 km · last Judah's fort held in the Bar Kokhba's revolt and adjacent modern locations · Wikipedia - 10Manger Square
Manger Square is a city square in the center of Bethlehem in Palestine. It takes its name from the manger where Jesus is said to have been born which, according to Christian tradition, took place at the Grotto of the Nativity, enshrined since the fourth century in the Church of the Nativity.
3.8 km · square in Bethlehem · Wikipedia
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Getting to Har Gilo
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 42 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 78 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 82 km
- Stations
- Jerusalem – Malha Railway Station, 3.3 km · Jerusalem – Biblical Zoo Railway Station, 2.6 km
- Tel Aviv → Har Gilo54 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · ₪25–33
- Eilat → Har Gilo242 km · quickest by road, 5h 33m · ₪100–130
- Amman → Har Gilo78 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · JD4.5–6
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No local-transport research exists yet for Har Gilo
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 Har Gilo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAlso, shared taxis (sherut/servees) leave from nearby Damascus Gate and manage the trip in 20 min.
- Get inFrom Ramallah many shared taxis (sherut/servees) leave for Bethlehem.
- Get inThe trip from Hebron with the final stop at the very bottom floor of the (only shared taxis (sherut)) will deliver you for less than ₪10.
- Get inFrom Jericho take a shared taxis (sherut/servees) for ₪12 to , a town/junction east of Jerusalem, identified with Bethany from the New Testament.
- Get inFrom the junction take another shared taxis to Bethlehem bus station (₪5-10).
From Wikivoyage: Bethlehem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Har Gilo
Har Gilo is 7 km from Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.