National Botanic Garden of Israel, Jerusalem

Name: National Botanic Garden of Israel
Address: Jerusalem, Israel

#135 among attractions in Jerusalem

Relax in park, Botanical garden

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National Botanic Garden of Israel Hebrew: הגן הבוטני לצמחי ארץ ישראל ע"ש מונטג'יו למפורט), not to be confused with Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, which was originally planned as its successor, is a botanical garden located on the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It herbarium and Institution Code is HUJ. It covers an area of 25 dunams and contains 950 varieties of plants, 40% of them wild. ()

Local name: הגן הבוטני הלאומי Created: 1931Coordinates: 31°47'9"N, 35°12'3"E

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גִּבְעַת רָם‎ (gibeat ram)Jerusalem Israel

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National Botanic Garden of Israel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Knesset Menorah, International Convention Center, Chords Bridge, Wohl Rose Park.

0.6 miSE
Memorial
Knesset Menorah, Jerusalem
15 min walk • The Knesset Menorah, standing proudly outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, is not only a memorial but also a symbol of the Jewish people's history and sovereignty. This bronze sculpture, created by the British-Jewish sculptor Benno Elkan, was...
~650 ftE
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
International Convention Center, Jerusalem
4 min walk • The International Convention Center, commonly known as Binyenei HaUma, is a concert hall and convention center in Giv'at Ram in Jerusalem. It is the largest convention center in the Middle East.
~1040 ftN
Landmark with futuristic architecture
Chords Bridge, Jerusalem
6 min walk • The Chords Bridge, also called the Bridge of Strings or Jerusalem Light Rail Bridge, is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge in Jerusalem, Israel.
0.5 miS
Park, Garden
Wohl Rose Park, Jerusalem
12 min walk • Wohl Rose Park is a public garden in Givat Ram, Jerusalem, located opposite the Knesset and government precinct, at the foot of the Israeli Supreme Court. The park was established in 1981. Over 400 varieties of roses are grown there, many of them gifts from countries around the world. The Wohl Rose Park covers 19 acres.
0.6 miSE
Park
Sacher Park, Jerusalem
15 min walk • Sacher Park is the largest public park in the center of Jerusalem, near the neighborhoods of Kiryat Wolfson and Nachlaot and adjoins the Israel Government Complex.
0.5 miSE
Cemetery
Sheikh Badr Cemetery, Jerusalem
13 min walk • Sheikh Badr Cemetery is an 8 dunams Jewish burial ground in west-central West Jerusalem. It was established as a temporary burial ground during the 1948 Arab siege of Jerusalem. Most of its military and civilian graves were transferred to Mount Herzl and Har HaMenuchot, respectively, in late 1950.
0.5 miS
Museum, Science museum
Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
13 min walk • Bloomfield Science Museum is a science museum in Jerusalem, Israel, established in 1992. The museum is located opposite the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Givat Ram neighborhood. The museum is named for its principal donor, Neri Bloomfield.
~1800 ftNE
Square
Allenby Square, Jerusalem
9 min walk • Allenby Square, a name commemorating Field Marshal Edmund Allenby who commanded the British forces which captured Palestine in the First World War, has been bestowed at different times on two different squares in Jerusalem.
~1430 ftNW
Synagogue
Yashlatz, Jerusalem
7 min walk • Yashlatz is a National Religious yeshiva high school in Jerusalem. It was founded in 1964 by Rabbi Yaakov Filber, one of the foremost students of Rav Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook, to serve as institution of choice for teenage boys of the Mercaz Harav community.
~1970 ftE
Cemetery
Shaare Zedek Cemetery, Jerusalem
10 min walk • The Shaare Zedek Cemetery is a small Jewish burial ground located behind the first Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. Originally used by the hospital as farmland for grazing milk cows, the area was converted into a temporary cemetery during the Arab siege of Jerusalem in 1948.
0.7 miW
Street
Kanfei Nesharim Street, Jerusalem
18 min walk • Kanfei Nesharim Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of western Jerusalem. Unlike most Jerusalem streets, Kanfei Nesharim is a wide thoroughfare with two traffic lanes in each direction, separated by a median, and spans 3 kilometres in a straight line.

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Which popular attractions are close to National Botanic Garden of Israel?

Nearby attractions include International Convention Center, Jerusalem (4 min walk), Jerusalem Gateway, Jerusalem (5 min walk), Chords Bridge, Jerusalem (6 min walk), Yashlatz, Jerusalem (7 min walk).

How to get to National Botanic Garden of Israel by public transport?

The nearest stations to National Botanic Garden of Israel:

Train

Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon (6 min walk)

Bus

Jerusalem Central Bus Station (8 min walk)
מסוף הר חוצבים (32 min walk)