Umm al-Faraj
Umm al-Faraj, was a Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948.
Umm al-Faraj, was a Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948.
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Worth seeing in and around Umm al-Faraj
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.
1.7 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 Umm al-Faraj
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 97 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 113 km · Damascus (DAM), 137 km
- Stations
- Nahariya Railway Station, 2.1 km
- Beirut → Umm al-Faraj105 km · quickest by road, 5h 42m · $23–32
- Amman → Umm al-Faraj140 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · JD7–9
- Tel Aviv → Umm al-Faraj108 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · ₪44–60
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Umm al-Faraj
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 Umm al-Faraj. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
From Wikivoyage: Western Galilee, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Umm al-Faraj – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Umm al-Faraj
- Nahariyacity in Israel2.7 km
- Al-Kabrivillage in Palestine depopulated in 19483 km
- Sheikh DanunArab village in northern Israel2.9 km
- Al-Ghabisiyyadepopulated village in Palestine2.7 km
- al-Nahrdepopulated Palestinian village1.9 km
- Ben Amihuman settlement in Israel400 m