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!['Akbara](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Akbara_ap_002.JPG)

# 'Akbara

'Akbara is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families.

[Plan a trip to 'Akbara](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to='Akbara) [From Beirut](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Beirut&to=%27Akbara)

## Every way there

- Beirut → 'Akbara 106 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · $20–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/beirut-to-akbara) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Beirut&to=%27Akbara)
- Amman → 'Akbara 117 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · JD6–8 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/amman-to-akbara) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Amman&to=%27Akbara)
- Damascus → 'Akbara 97 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · $12–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/damascus-to-akbara) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Damascus&to=%27Akbara)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around 'Akbara, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on 'Akbara](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/akbara)

What 'Akbara has

- Y Scheduled flights Beirut (BEY), 98 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Nazareth, 33 km.

32.939°, 35.499°

It is 2.5 km south of Safed City. The village was rebuilt in 1977, close to the old village destroyed in 1948 during the 1947–1949 Palestine war.

How locals move

## Getting around 'Akbara the local way

- Go next Safed is an ideal location for basing many day trips in the northern area of Israel.

From [Wikivoyage: Safed](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Safed), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Akbara), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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