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Kfar H̱oshen

Kfar Hoshen, also known as Safsufa (ספסופה), is a moshav in northern Israel.

Kfar H̱oshen
Kfar H̱oshen · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Kfar Hoshen, also known as Safsufa (ספסופה), is a moshav in northern Israel. Located around four kilometres north of Meron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 914.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kfar H̱oshen

2 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
    Meron

    Mount Meron, also known as Mount Jarmaq or Jebel Jarmaq, is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve.

    3.2 km · mountain in the Upper Galilee in Israel · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Khirbat Shema

    Khirbet Shema is an archaeological site located in Israel at the foot of Mount Meron. It features the ruins of a large Jewish village of the Roman and Byzantine periods, including the remains of an ancient synagogue and a mausoleum.

    3.9 km · archaeological site located in Israel at the foot of Mount Meron · 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.

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Getting to Kfar H̱oshen

Airports
Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 90 km · Damascus (DAM), 109 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 123 km
  • Tel Aviv → Kfar H̱oshen
    121 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · ₪50–70
  • Eilat → Kfar H̱oshen
    387 km · quickest by road, 7h 46m · ₪160–210
  • Beirut → Kfar H̱oshen
    98 km · quickest by road, 5h 2m · $21–28
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kfar H̱oshen

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 Kfar H̱oshen. 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

    299 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    382 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    510 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    639 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,013 km

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

Around it

Next door to Kfar H̱oshen

  • JishChristian town in Israel1.5 km
  • Meironancient city in Galilee3.4 km
  • Safsafvillage in Safad, Mandatory Palestine400 m
  • Kerem Ben Zimrahuman settlement in Israel3.8 km
  • Or HaGanuzhuman settlement in Israel900 m
  • Bar Yohaiplace in Northern District, Israel1.7 km