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# Magdala

Magdala was an ancient Jewish city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, 5 km north of Tiberias.

[Plan a trip to Magdala](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Magdala) [From Amman](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Amman&to=Magdala)

## Every way there

- Amman → Magdala 2908 km · quickest by air, 12h 3m · JD260–430 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/amman-to-magdala) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Amman&to=Magdala)
- Aqaba → Magdala 3079 km · quickest by air, 12h · JD260–420 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aqaba-to-magdala) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aqaba&to=Magdala)
- Tel Aviv → Magdala 2832 km · quickest by air, 11h 55m · ₪830–1,400 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tel-aviv-to-magdala) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tel+Aviv&to=Magdala)

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 Magdala, 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 Magdala](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/magdala)

What Magdala has

- Y Scheduled flights Amman (ADJ), 105 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 100 timetable feeds for this country, 7 with real-time
- 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.

32.825°, 35.516°

In the Babylonian Talmud it is known as Magdala Nunayya, and which some historical geographers think may refer to Tarichaea. It is believed to be the birthplace of Mary Magdalene. Until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Palestinian village of al-Majdal stood at the site of ancient Magdala. The Israeli municipality of Migdal now extends into the area.

How locals move

## Getting around Magdala the local way

- Get in From Jenin (and consequently Nablus and Ramallah) you can take a shared taxi (sherut/serviis) or hitch-hike to the border north (₪5-15 depending on the start) and cross on foot.

From [Wikivoyage: Tiberias](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tiberias), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.

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


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