Beit Guvrin National Park

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Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is a national park in central Israel, 13 kilometers from Kiryat Gat, encompassing the ruins of Maresha, one of the important towns of Judah during the time of the First Temple, and Beit Guvrin, an important town in the Roman era, when it was known as Eleutheropolis. ()

Local name: בית גוברין - מרשה Unesco: from 2014Area: 1 mi²Coordinates: 31°35'52"N, 34°53'54"E

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Beit Guvrin National Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tel Lachish, Tell ej-Judeideh, Hurvat Itri, Tel Zayit.

3.7 miSW
City, Archaeological site
Tel Lachish
94 min walk • Lachish was an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in the Shephelah region of Israel, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. The current tell by that name, known as Tel Lachish or Tell ed-Duweir, has been identified with the biblical Lachish.
2.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tell ej-Judeideh, Beth Guvrin
65 min walk • Tell ej-Judeideh is a tell in modern Israel. The tell, 9.7 kilometres southeast of Gath, was excavated by Frederick Jones Bliss and R.A.S.
5.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Hurvat Itri
143 min walk • Horvat 'Ethri, Hebrew for "Ethri ruin", Arabic name: Umm Suweid, is a sprawling archaeological site that features the remains of a now partially restored Jewish village which dates back to the Second Temple period.
4.6 miNW
Archaeological site
Tel Zayit
117 min walk • Tel Zayit is an archaeological tell in the Shephelah, or lowlands, of Israel, about 30 km east of Ashkelon.
2.9 miSE
Archaeological site
Khirbet Beit Lei
76 min walk • Khirbet Beit Lei or Beth Loya is an archaeological tell in the Judean lowlands of Israel. It is located about 5.5 km southeast of Tel Lachish and ten miles west-northwest of Hebron, on a hill 400 m above sea level.
5.1 miNE
Archaeological site
Adullam-France Park
130 min walk • Adullam-France Park, also known as Parc de France-Adoulam, is a sprawling park of 50,000 dunams in the Central District of Israel, located south of Beit Shemesh.
5.9 miSE
Archaeological site
Khirbet el-Qom
152 min walk • Khirbet el-Qom is an archaeological site in the village of al-Kum, West Bank, in the territory of the biblical Kingdom of Judah, between Lachish and Hebron, 14 km to the west of the latter.
2.6 miNW
Archaeological site
Tel Burna, Beth Guvrin
68 min walk • Tel Burna is an Israeli archaeological site located in the Shephelah, along the banks of Nahal Guvrin, not far from modern-day Qiryat Gat.
~1790 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Maresha, Avdat
9 min walk • Tel Maresha is the tell of the biblical Iron Age city of Maresha, and of the subsequent, post-586 BCE Idumean city known by its Hellenised name Marisa, Arabised as Marissa.
4.6 miNE
31°39'26"N • 34°56'4"E
The Columbarium, Adullam Grove Nature Reserve
118 min walk • Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
4.5 miNE
31°39'23"N • 34°56'1"E
The Burial Cave, Adullam Grove Nature Reserve
116 min walk • Nature, Natural attraction, Cave