Sheikh Danun
Sheikh Dannun ; also transliterated as Sheikh Danun and Sheikh Danon) is an Arab village located in Israel's Northern District.
Sheikh Dannun ; also transliterated as Sheikh Danun and Sheikh Danon) is an Arab village located in Israel's Northern District. Since 1948, it has been made up of two old villages – Shaykh Danun and Shaykh Dawud – which were merged, and are now jointly referred to as Sheikh Dannun. Located on a hill overlooking the plains of Acre, both of these old villages were built around a tomb for a sheikh, and share a similar history. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council, and in 2024 it had a population of 2,996.
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Worth seeing in and around Sheikh Danun
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.
- 01Tel Kabri
Tel Kabri, or Tell al-Qahweh, is an archaeological tell containing one of the largest Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palaces in Israel, and the largest such palace excavated as of 2014. Kabri is named for the abundance of its perennial springs the presence of which has led to the site's occupation and use as a water source from the Pottery Neolithic period to the present day.
2 km · tell (hill city), containing one of the largest Middle Bronze (MB) Age (2,100–1,550 BC) Canaanite palaces in ancient Palestine · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sheikh Danun
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 97 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 112 km · Damascus (DAM), 136 km
- Beirut → Sheikh Danun105 km · quickest by road, 5h 36m · $23–32
- Amman → Sheikh Danun138 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · JD7–9
- Tel Aviv → Sheikh Danun107 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · ₪43–55
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No local-transport research exists yet for Sheikh Danun
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- Get inTrain, bus, car or hitch-hiking into the Western Galilee are the options you have.
- Get aroundHitch-hiking is also possible and relatively easy north of Akko.
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