Mitzpe Yeriho
Mitzpe Yeriho, also spelled Mitzpeh Yericho, is a religious Israeli settlement in the West Bank, located next to the Palestinian city of Jericho, from where it gets its name.
Mitzpe Yeriho, also spelled Mitzpeh Yericho, is a religious Israeli settlement in the West Bank, located next to the Palestinian city of Jericho, from where it gets its name. Located 20 km east of Jerusalem and 10 km east of Ma'ale Adumim along Highway 1 in the Judean Desert, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 2,867.
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Worth seeing in and around Mitzpe Yeriho
One place 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.
- 01St. George's Monastery
The Monastery of Saint George of Choziba, also known as Monastery of Choziba or Mar Jaris, is a monastery located in Wadi Qelt in Area C, Jericho Governorate, West Bank, Palestine.
3.6 km · monastery in Wadi Qelt, West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mitzpe Yeriho
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 53 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 58 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 59 km
- Tel Aviv → Mitzpe Yeriho65 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · ₪25–34
- Eilat → Mitzpe Yeriho255 km · quickest by road, 5h 27m · ₪95–130
- Amman → Mitzpe Yeriho54 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · JD3–4
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No local-transport research exists yet for Mitzpe Yeriho
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 Mitzpe Yeriho. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inRamallah and Nablus – Authentic and well worth a visit Palestinian cities You can also hitchhike from the south along the Dead Sea or from Tiberias in the north.
- Get aroundShared taxis from/to the center are about ₪2.
- Go nextAll major Palestinian cities are served directly by shared taxis (sherut/serviis) from here, sometimes with an interchange necessary.
From Wikivoyage: Jericho, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.
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Next door to Mitzpe Yeriho
Mitzpe Yeriho is 16 km from East Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Vered YerihoIsraeli settlement located in the Area of Judea and Samaria3.7 km