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Mahseya
Place in Jerusalem, Israel

Mahseya

Mahseya is a moshav in central Israel.

Plan a trip to Mahseya→From Eilat

Located about two kilometers east of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council in the Jerusalem District. In 2024 it had a population of 485.

How locals move

Getting around Mahseya the local way

  • Get inHitchhiking (described below) can be difficult if you have a suitcase.
  • Get inIf you prefer to hitchhike, take the 31 or 32 local buses to the trempiada (see below).
  • Get inIf you don't have a car, the fastest, cheapest and easiest travel option is hitchhiking, or in Israeli English, "to catch a tremp".
  • Get inThe main hitchhiking hub is in the southern exit from Jerusalem, a place called "Tzomet HaMinharot", or informally the trempiada.
  • Get inFrom here you can get another tremp to a specific settlement, although many Israelis consider it unsafe to hitchhike here (in the past, it has been the site of kidnappings and shootings by Palestinians).
  • Get inFrom Beit Shemesh, hitchhiking is easiest, but the 409 bus also runs several times a day.
  • Get aroundThe only exception is Efrat, which is very long and narrow, so hitchhiking or taking an (infrequent) bus may be more effective.
  • Get aroundHitchhiking (from within a settlement) is a safer and faster option.

From Wikivoyage: Gush Etzion, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.

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