Kiryat Arba

Worth seeing in and around Kiryat Arba

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
   Hebron University

   Hebron University is a non-profit, public university in the city of Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. It has an undergraduate enrollment of more than 10,000 students.

   3.4 km · university in Palestine · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Mamre

   Mamre, full name "Oaks of Mamre", refers to an ancient religious site originally focused on a single holy tree growing "since time immemorial" at Hebron in Canaan. It is best known from the biblical story of Abraham and the three visitors.

   3.4 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Abraham's Oak Holy Trinity Monastery

   The Church of the Holy Forefathers and Monastery of the Holy Trinity, also known as Al Maskobiya, is a Russian Orthodox monastery and church in Hebron, Palestine, founded in the 20th century on the site of the ancient Oak of Mamre.

   3.4 km · church in Hebron, Palestine · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Oak of Mamre

   The Oak of Mamre or Oak of Sibta at Khirbet es-Sibte or Ain Sibta in Hebron in the West Bank, is a site venerated by some as the "Oak of Abraham". It is distinct from the more ancient site of Mamre.

   3.2 km · venerated site in the West Bank · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Palestine Polytechnic University

   Palestine Polytechnic University is a university located in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. The school was founded in 1978 by the University Graduates Union.

   2.1 km · university in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Al-Jawali Mosque

   Al-Jawali Mosque or Amir Sanjar al-Jawli Mosque is a mosque in Hebron, Palestine, located in the southwestern corner of the Old City and part of the Ibrahimi Mosque sanctuary.

   800 m · Mosque in Hebron, Palestine · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Abraham Avinu Synagogue

   The Abraham Avinu Synagogue is a synagogue, located in the Jewish Quarter of Avraham Avinu in the Old City of Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. Built by Sephardic Jews led by Hakham Malkiel Ashkenazi in 1540, its domed structure represented the physical center of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Hebron.

   1.1 km · Synagogue in the city of Hebron · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Old Jewish Cemetery, Hebron

   The old Jewish cemetery in Hebron is located on a hill to the west of the Tomb of Machpela. It has been used as a Jewish cemetery for hundreds of years.

   1.9 km · ancient Jewish Cemetery in Hebron · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque

   The Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque, also known as the Shaykh Ali al-Baka Mosque, is a 13th-century mosque in the northwestern section of the Old City of Hebron in the southern West Bank, Palestine. It is situated in the Harat ash-Sheikh quarter, one of the Old City's quarters, which is named after the mosque.

   1.4 km · mosque in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Hebron University Museum

    The Hebron University Museum of Antiquities is an academic and heritage museum located on the campus of Hebron University in the city of Hebron, in the West Bank, Palestine.

    2 km · Hebron University Archaeological Museum · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kiryat Arba

Airports

Ben Gurion (TLV), 58 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 86 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 96 km

• Tel Aviv → Kiryat Arba

  69 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · ₪33–44
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• Eilat → Kiryat Arba

  220 km · quickest by road, 5h 2m · ₪90–120
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• Amman → Kiryat Arba

  91 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · JD6–7
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