--- title: "Majdal Yaba – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Majdal Yaba, Israel: Majdal Yaba was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi) northeast of Ramla and 4 kilometres…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/majdal-yaba" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/majdal-yaba.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Majdal_Yaba%2C_Novemeber_1917.jpg" --- Place in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine · Israel # Majdal Yaba Majdal Yaba was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi) northeast of Ramla and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Jaffa. ![Majdal Yaba](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Majdal_Yaba%2C_Novemeber_1917.jpg) Majdal Yaba · Wikimedia Commons The place Majdal Yaba was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi) northeast of Ramla and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Jaffa. A walled Jewish settlement name Migdal Aphek stood at the same site as early as the second century BCE, and it was later destroyed by the Romans during the First Jewish–Roman War in 67 CE. In the Crusader period, a fort named Mirabel was built at the site. Muslim 13th-century sources mention it as Majdal Yaba. For a short time under Ottoman rule, its name was changed from Majdal Yaba to Majdal Sadiq and then back again. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majdal_Yaba), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Majdal Yaba 3 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. Qesem Cave Qesem Cave is a Lower Paleolithic archaeological site near the city of Kafr Qasim in Israel. The site was occupied by early humans from about 400,000 to about 200,000 years ago. 3.9 km · Archaeological site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qesem_Cave) 2. Mazor Mausoleum The Mazor Mausoleum is one of the best preserved Roman buildings in Israel, located in El'ad. The Mausoleum, which is the only Roman era building in Israel to still stand from its foundations to its roof, was built for an important Roman man and his wife in the 3rd century AD. Their identities remain a mystery but one can still see the remnants of two sarcophagi in the mausoleum. 3.9 km · archaeological site in Israel · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazor_Mausoleum) 3. Izbet Sartah Eben-Ezer is a location that is mentioned by the Books of Samuel as the scene of battles between the Israelites and Philistines. It is specified as having been less than a day's journey by foot from Shiloh, near Aphek, in the vicinity of Mizpah, near the western entrance of the pass of Bethoron. 2.7 km · archaeological site in central Israel · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izbet_Sartah) 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. Go there ## Getting to Majdal Yaba **Airports:** Ben Gurion (TLV), 10 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 98 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 106 km\ **Stations:** Rosh HaAyin South railway station, 3.3 km · El'ad railway station, 2.9 km\ - Eilat → Majdal Yaba Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/eilat-to-majdal-yaba) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Eilat&to=Majdal+Yaba) - Amman → Majdal Yaba Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/amman-to-majdal-yaba) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Amman&to=Majdal+Yaba) - El Arish → Majdal Yaba Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/el-arish-to-majdal-yaba) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=El+Arish&to=Majdal+Yaba) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Majdal%20Yaba) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Majdal Yaba 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 Majdal Yaba. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Shared taxis run along route 51, enter Petah Tikva along Jabotinsky road (via Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak) on a 24/7 basis. From [Wikivoyage: Petah Tikva](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Petah_Tikva), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Petra and Wadi Musa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/petra) JO 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 201 km 2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 282 km 3. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 401 km 4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 670 km 5. [Naxos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/naxos) GR 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,029 km If you know how people move in Majdal Yaba – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cmajdal-yaba&title=Majdal+Yaba&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fmajdal-yaba), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Majdal Yaba Majdal Yaba is 17 km from [Tel Aviv](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tel-aviv), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Rosh HaAyin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rosh-haayin) city in Israel 700 m - [El'ad](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elad) city in Israel 3.2 km - [Antipatris](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/antipatris) ancient human settlement 3.7 km - [Al-Muzayri'a](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/al-muzayria) depopulated Palestinian village 3.6 km - [Kfar Sirkin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kfar-sirkin) human settlement in Israel 3.2 km [The place page for Majdal Yaba](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/majdal-yaba) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Israel](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IL) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/majdal-yaba, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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