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Kfar Saba
City in Israel

Kfar Saba

Kfar Saba, officially Kfar Sava, is a city in the Sharon region, of the Central District of Israel.

In 2024 it had a population of 99,410, making it the 16th-largest city in Israel. The population of Kfar Saba is nearly entirely Jewish. The Jewish moshav of Kfar Saba was established in 1898. During World War I, the town took in about a thousand Jewish refugees of the Tel Aviv and Jaffa deportation.

See

Worth seeing

Water tower.

  1. 01
    Ussishkin School

    A school building planned by the architect Arieh Sharon in the International Style in 1941.

  2. 02
    Nabi Yamin

    It attracts many Jewish visitors who see it as the tomb of the Biblical patriach Benjamin.

  3. 03
    The Khan

    Next to it are two 100-year-old eucalyptus trees, and the first well of Kfar Saba.

  4. 04
    Kfar Saba Archaeological Museum

    Exhibits locally found artifacts and fragments of mosaic floor.

  5. 05
    Kfar Saba City Gallery

    Exhibits modern art.

  6. 06
    Ulam HaRishonim

    Shows documents and photos from the early years of Kfar Saba.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Kfar Saba Park

    A large park with grass, fields, fountains, exercise equipment, a lookout, coffee shop and tree maze.

  2. 02
    Gan Menashe

    Contains 90-year-old trees.

How locals move

Getting around Kfar Saba the local way

  • Get inShared taxi vans ("sherut") cover the same route on the Sabbath.
  • Get inThere are no ferries or cruises to Herzliya, but you can bring your own boat into the marina.

From Wikivoyage: Herzliya, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. That article was last edited 2024-07, so a service it names may have changed or stopped.

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