Peki'in

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Peki'in or Buqei'a, is a Druze/Arab town with local council status in Israel's Northern District. It is located eight kilometres east of Ma'alot-Tarshiha in the Upper Galilee. In 2019 it had a population of 5,893. ()

Local name: פקיעין Founded: 5000 B.C.E.Population: 5.8 thous. (2020)Area: 2.22 mi²Coordinates: 32°58'56"N, 35°19'46"E

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Peki'in – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Meron, Tefen Open Museum, The Hope, Peki'in Synagogue.

5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lookout
Mount Meron, Upper Galilee
128 min walk • Mount Meron is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve.
3.3 miW
Museum
Tefen Open Museum, Upper Galilee
84 min walk • The German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Museum is a museum in Tefen, an industrial park in the north of Israel established by Stef Wertheimer.
4.5 miS
Monuments and statues
The Hope, Karmiel
114 min walk • The Hope is a sculpture by Nicky Imber depicting a woman proudly raising her child to the sky symbolically heralding a new generation.
0.5 miSE
Synagogue
Peki'in Synagogue
13 min walk • The Peki’in Synagogue, is a synagogue located in the centre of Peki'in, Northern Israel. The current building was erected in 1873, on the site of older ones.
6.5 miNE
Synagogue
Bar'am National Park
166 min walk • Bar'am National Park is a national park in Israel, between kibbutz Sasa and moshav Dovev, near the Lebanese border. On the grounds of the park is a synagogue from the Talmudic period.
4 miS
Valley
Beit HaKerem Valley, Karmiel
102 min walk • Beit HaKerem Valley, also known as al-Shaghur, is a valley in the Galilee region in northern Israel. The valley is the dividing feature between the Upper Galilee featuring relatively high mountains and the Lower Galilee to the south, with lower mountains.
4.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Pa'ar Cave
120 min walk • Pa'ar Cave is a karstic sinkhole in the Upper Galilee, Israel.
5 miNW
Town, Forts and castles
Mi'ilya
128 min walk • Mi'ilya is an Arab local council in the western Galilee in the Northern District of Israel. Its name during the Kingdom of Jerusalem era in Galilee was Castellum Regis. In 2019 it had a population of 3,244, all of whom are Melkite Greek Catholics. The town is located immediately to the northwest of Ma'alot-Tarshiha.
6.2 miNW
Prehistoric site
Horvat Galil
160 min walk • Horvat Galil is an archaeological site in the Upper Galilee, Israel, 13 kilometres from the coast of the Mediterranean.
3.5 miNW
City
Ma'alot-Tarshiha
90 min walk • Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a city in the North District in Israel, some 20 kilometres east of Nahariya, about 600 metres above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot. In 2019, the city had a population of 21,836.
2.6 miN
Town
Hurfeish, Upper Galilee
68 min walk • Hurfeish is a Druze town in the Northern District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 6,410.