Yehud
Yehud or Yehud Medinta, sometimes misread as Yehud Medinata, was an autonomous province of the Achaemenid Empire.
Yehud or Yehud Medinta, sometimes misread as Yehud Medinata, was an autonomous province of the Achaemenid Empire. The name is originally Aramaic and was first introduced after Judah fell to the Babylonians. Located in Judea, the territory was ethnically diverse with a distinct Jewish community whose High Priest of Israel emerged as a central religious and political leader. It lasted for just over two centuries before being incorporated into the Hellenistic empires, which emerged following the Greek conquest of the Persian Empire.
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Worth seeing in and around Yehud
10 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.
- 01Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. In some sources the building is also named al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, but this name primarily applies to the wider compound in which the building sits, which is itself also known as 'al-Aqsa Mosque', 'al-Aqsa' or 'Haram al-Sharif'.
2 km · the main prayer hall of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem · Wikipedia - 02Israel Museum
The Israel Museum is an art and archaeology museum in Jerusalem. It was established in 1965 as Israel's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum.
1.7 km · national museum of the state of Israel in Jerusalem · Wikipedia - 03Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad.
1.9 km · Islamic building in Al-Aqsa, Jerusalem · Wikipedia - 04Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is an Israeli public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, it is the second-oldest institution of higher learning in Israel, having been founded 30 years before the establishment of the State of Israel but six years after the older Technion university.
2.7 km · Israeli university in Jerusalem · Wikipedia - 05National Library of Israel
The National Library of Israel, formerly Jewish National and University Library, is the library dedicated to collecting the cultural treasures of Israel and of Jewish heritage. The library holds more than 5 million books, and is located in the Government complex near the Knesset.
1.4 km · national library in Israel · Wikipedia - 06Calvary
Calvary or Golgotha, derived from Golgolta, was a site immediately outside Roman Jerusalem's walls where, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, Jesus was crucified. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage.
1.3 km · site outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified according to the Gospels · Wikipedia - 07Temple in Jerusalem
The Temple in Jerusalem, or alternatively the Holy Temple, refers to the two religious structures that served as the central places of worship for Israelites and Jews on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. According to the Hebrew Bible, the First Temple was built in the 10th century BCE, during the reign of Solomon over the United Kingdom of Israel.
1.9 km · Structures on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem serving as Israelite religious centers · Wikipedia - 08Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The church is simultaneously the seat of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and the Catholic Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
1.4 km · church in Jerusalem, containing the two holiest sites in Christianity · Wikipedia - 09Solomon's Temple
Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was a Temple in Jerusalem believed to have existed between the 10th and 6th centuries BCE. Its description is largely based on narratives in the Hebrew Bible, in which it was commissioned by biblical king Solomon, the son of King David. It was reportedly destroyed during the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE. According to Josephus, this was 470 years after it was built.
1.8 km · holy temple in ancient Jerusalem before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II · Wikipedia - 10Mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet is a mountain ridge in East Jerusalem, east of and adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City.
2.8 km · mountain in Jerusalem that is mentioned several times in the Bible · Wikipedia
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Getting to Yehud
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 40 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 74 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 76 km
- Tel Aviv → Yehud12 km · quickest by road, 32 min · ₪5–7
- Eilat → Yehud276 km · quickest by road, 5h 39m · ₪110–145
- Amman → Yehud100 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · JD6–7
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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 Yehud
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 Yehud. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy shuttle - The 'Nesher' shared taxi service (+972 2 623 1231 - Hebrew and English) is a 10-seat minibus that runs approximately hourly services to/from the airport, 24/7.
- Get inNotes: Some Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem are seen as "no go zones" by Israeli Jews, and some taxi drivers, including shared taxis, may hesitate or even refuse to take you to these destinations.
- Get inTaxi drivers, including shared taxis, have been known to overcharge or shortchange, so check the price before boarding, and check your change when it is handed back to you.
- Get inOn the Sabbath, and very late at night, your only option other than a private taxi is a sherut (shared taxi).
- Get inShared taxis are also the best option if travelling between Jerusalem and Palestinian cities in the West Bank, especially Ramallah and Bethlehem.
From Wikivoyage: Jerusalem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Yehud
- Jerusalemcity in the Middle East, holy to the three Abrahamic religions1.8 km
- Old City of Jerusalemwalled area within the modern city of Jerusalem1.8 km
- Temple Mountreligious hilltop in the Old City of Jerusalem1.9 km
- Armenian Quarterone of the four quarters of the Old City in Jerusalem1.5 km
- Damascus Gateone of seven open Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls1.3 km
- Kidron Valleyvalley on the eastern side of The Old City of Jerusalem2.2 km