--- title: "Migdal – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Migdal, Israel: village 45 km from Irbid. Nearby: Mount Arbel, Zuttiyeh, Amud cave. Every way there from the planner, and what we have not yet researched." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/migdal" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/migdal.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Village · Israel · Northern District # Migdal What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Migdal 6 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. Mount Arbel Mount Arbel is a mountain in the Lower Galilee near Tiberias in Israel, with high cliffs, views of Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights, a cave-fortress, and ruins of an ancient synagogue. The mountain was formed by geological processes leading to the creation of the Jordan Rift Valley. 1.7 km · Israeli mountain in The Lower Galilee near Tiberias · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Arbel) 2. Zuttiyeh Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh, also called as the "Skull Cave", is a prehistoric archaeological site in Upper Galilee, Israel. It is situated 2,900 m from the Nahal Amud outlet, approximately 30 m above the wadi bed below sea level). 3 km · archaeological site in Israel · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugharet_el-Zuttiyeh) 3. Amud cave Amud Cave is located in the Upper Galilee, in the Nahal Amud gorge. It is situated about 30 m above Nahal Amud, right next to and above the famous pillar for which Nahal Amud is named. 3.7 km · cave · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amud_Cave) 4. Mount Nitai Mount Nitai, sometimes spelled Nitay, is a mountain in Israel situated west of the Sea of Galilee and north of the city of Tiberias. Har Nitai is named after Nittai of Arbela. 2.2 km · mountain in Israel · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nitai) 5. Migdal Synagogue The Migdal Synagogue or Magdala Synagogue is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, discovered at the ancient city of Magdala, close to the shore of the Sea of Galilee, in northeastern Israel. It is one of few ancient former synagogues that were in use in the Second Temple period, which places them among the oldest synagogues found in Israel. 1.7 km · Archaeology site in Israel of ancient Magdala, · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migdal_Synagogue) 6. Khirbet Wadi Hamam Khirbet Wadi Hammam is an archaeological site in the Lower Galilee, at the foot of Mount Nitai in northern Israel. It lies near the modern village of Wadi al-Hammam, close to the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. 1.8 km · archaeological site in Israel · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khirbet_Wadi_Hammam) 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 Migdal **Airports:** Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 107 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 109 km · Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 109 km\ - Tel Aviv → Migdal 108 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · ₪47–65 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tel-aviv-to-migdal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tel+Aviv&to=Migdal) - Eilat → Migdal 369 km · quickest by air, 4h 5m · ₪420–640 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/eilat-to-migdal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Eilat&to=Migdal) - Amman → Migdal 107 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · JD5–7 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/amman-to-migdal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Amman&to=Migdal) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Migdal) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Migdal 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 Migdal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in From Jenin (and consequently Nablus and Ramallah) you can take a shared taxi (sherut/serviis) or hitch-hike to the border north (₪5-15 depending on the start) and cross on foot. From [Wikivoyage: Tiberias](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tiberias), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07. 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 280 km 2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 363 km 3. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 492 km 4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 655 km 5. [Naxos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/naxos) GR 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,027 km If you know how people move in Migdal – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cmigdal&title=Migdal&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fmigdal), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Migdal Migdal is 45 km from [Irbid](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/irbid), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Magdala](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/magdala) ancient city, biblical location 500 m - [Kinneret](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kinneret) ancient city 2.4 km - [Hamaam](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hamaam) human settlement in Israel 1.5 km - [Ravid](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ravid) settlement (Kibbutz) in Israel 3.9 km - [Al-Majdal](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/al-majdal) village in Tiberias, Mandatory Palestine 2.1 km - [Livnim](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/livnim) human settlement in Israel 2.8 km [The place page for Migdal](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/migdal) [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/migdal, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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