Caesarea
Caesarea, Israel
Caesarea National Park on Israel's coast, halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa, preserves the port city Herod the…
6 tickets & tours
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Ancient sites near Tel Aviv
No ruins on this list are in Tel Aviv itself; the nearest, Caesarea Maritima, is 45 minutes north by car on the coast, and Beit Guvrin-Maresha, with its bell caves, a little over an hour south-east. Masada is about two hours away and is usually paired with the Dead Sea. Jericho, Qumran, Herodium and Hisham's Palace are in the West Bank, and Jerash and the Amman Citadel across the border in Jordan, so most visitors go with an organised tour and a passport. Israeli parks close early on Fridays.
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| # | Site | Distance | Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caesarea · Caesarea, Israel | 47 km away | 6 tickets and tours |
| 2 | Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park · Beit Guvrin, Israel | 54 km away | 2 tickets and tours |
| 3 | Herodium (Herodion) · Bethlehem, Palestine | 64 km away | none listed |
| 4 | Tell es-Sultan (Ancient Jericho) · Jericho, Palestine | 67 km away | 14 tickets and tours |
| 5 | Hisham’s Palace · Jericho, Palestine | 68 km away | none listed |
| 6 | Qumran · Jericho, Palestine | 75 km away | 2 tickets and tours |
| 7 | Masada · Jerusalem, Israel | 101 km away | 20 tickets and tours |
| 8 | Jerash · Jerash, Jordan | 106 km away | 44 tickets and tours |
| 9 | Amman Citadel · Amman, Jordan | 110 km away | 7 tickets and tours |
| 10 | Roman Theatre, Amman · Amman, Jordan | 110 km away | 1 tickets and tours |
Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park
Beit Guvrin, Israel
Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park, in the Judaean foothills of Israel, protects hundreds of man-made caves cut into…
2 tickets & tours
Herodium (Herodion)
Bethlehem, Palestine
Herodium is the fortified palace that Herod the Great built on a cone-shaped hill in the Judaean Desert, about 5 km…
No online ticket
Tell es-Sultan (Ancient Jericho)
Jericho, Palestine
Tell es-Sultan is the mound of ancient Jericho, on the northern edge of the modern Palestinian city, where people…
14 tickets & tours
Hisham’s Palace
Jericho, Palestine
Hisham's Palace, or Khirbat al-Mafjar, is an Umayyad palace and bath complex of the first half of the 8th century,…
No online ticket
Qumran
Jericho, Palestine
Qumran is the ruined settlement on a desert plateau above the Dead Sea nearest to the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls…
2 tickets & tours
Masada
Jerusalem, Israel
Masada is the desert fortress that Herod the Great built on a flat-topped rock above the Dead Sea, and the place where…
20 tickets & tours
Jerash
Jerash, Jordan
Jerash, the Roman city of Gerasa, is one of the best preserved provincial towns of the Roman Empire, 48 km north of…
44 tickets & tours
Amman Citadel
Amman, Jordan
The Amman Citadel crowns Jabal al-Qal'a, the L-shaped hill above downtown Amman that has been lived on since the…
7 tickets & tours
Roman Theatre, Amman
Amman, Jordan
The Roman Theatre of Amman is a steep, 6,000-seat theatre cut into a hillside in the downtown of the Jordanian capital,…
1 ticket or tour