Birya Fortress
#36 among destinations in Israel
Facts and practical information
Birya Fortress is a fortress built during the British Mandate near Birya. In 1946 the Birya affair took place here. Today the fortress operates as a museum. ()
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Birya Fortress – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Tel Hazor, Mount Meron, Jish, Dubrovin Farm.
4 miNE Archeological site of an ancient cityTel Hazor, Kursi, Sea of Galilee
101 min walk • Tel Hazor, also Chatsôr, translated in LXX as Hasōr, identified at Tell Waqqas / Tell Qedah el-Gul, is an archaeological tell at the site of ancient Hazor, located in Israel, Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, in the northern Korazim Plateau.
Nature, Natural attraction, LookoutMount Meron, Upper Galilee
140 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.
City, Archaeological siteJish, Upper Galilee
107 min walk • Jish is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Meron, 13 kilometres north of Safed, in Israel's Northern District. In 2019 it had a population of 3,105, which is predominantly Maronite Catholic and Melkite Greek Catholic Christians, with a Sunni Muslim Arab minority.
Museum, History museumDubrovin Farm
185 min walk • Dubrovin Farm was one of the first farms in the Hulah Valley. It was established by Andrey Dubrovin who moved to Ottoman Palestine with his family in 1903.
SynagogueBar'am National Park
168 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.
SynagogueAbuhav synagogue, Safed
45 min walk • Nestled in the mystical city of Safed, Israel, the Abuhav Synagogue stands as a beacon of spiritual heritage and architectural beauty. This historic synagogue is one of the oldest and most significant in the city, which is renowned for its ancient synagogues and as a...
Archaeological siteKafr Bir'im
167 min walk • Kafr Bir'im, also Kefr Berem, was a former village in Mandatory Palestine, located in modern-day northern Israel, 4 kilometers south of the Lebanese border and 11.5 kilometers northwest of Safed. The village was situated 750 meters above sea level.
Village, Archaeological siteChorazin
162 min walk • Chorazin or Korazim was an ancient village in the Roman and Byzantine periods, best known from the Christian Gospels. It stood on the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on a hill above the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, 2.5 mi from Capernaum in what is now the territory of modern Israel.
Archaeological siteJubb Yussef
132 min walk • Jubb Yussef, also known as "Joseph's Well" in English, is an archaeological site in Ramat Korazim in the Galilee, Israel. It is believed by Muslims to be the site of the pit in Dothan, into which the Biblical figure Joseph was cast into by his brothers and later sold to a caravan of Midianites on its way to Egypt.
SynagogueAri Ashkenazi Synagogue, Safed
50 min walk • The Ashkenazi Ari Synagogue, located in Safed, Israel, was built in memory of Rabbi Isaac Luria, who was known by the Hebrew acronym "the ARI".
Neighbourhood, HotelAmirim
127 min walk • Amirim is a moshav in northern Israel. Located 550 metres above sea level on a hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee, it embraces organic farming and vegetarianism. In 2019 it had a population of 866.
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