Ma'ale Adumim
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Help for olim · National organisations
Aliyah organisation for North American and UK olim; its community guide has a Ma'ale Adumim page with municipal olim incentives and contacts.
Serves all of Ma'ale Adumim
Beaches · National organisations
Designated Dead Sea beach with lifeguards, showers and shade, part of a holiday village that also has a semi-Olympic pool, about 19 km east of Ma'ale Adumim in a straight line. There is an entrance fee.
Northern Dead Sea, near Lido junction (Megilot regional council)
Beaches · National organisations
Declared Dead Sea beach at the northern end of the sea with changing rooms, showers, shade, mud and a bar, about 19 km east of Ma'ale Adumim in a straight line. The regional council's tourism site puts it about 25 minutes' drive from Jerusalem.
Northern Dead Sea shore, near Kibbutz Kalia (Megilot regional council)
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Beaches · National organisations
Designated Dead Sea beach with mud, swimming pools, lawns and a kosher restaurant, about 19 km east of Ma'ale Adumim in a straight line. There is an entrance fee.
Northern Dead Sea (Megilot regional council)
Day trips nearby · National organisations
Desert oasis on the Dead Sea with the Nahal David and Nahal Arugot streams, ibex and an ancient synagogue site, about 38 km south-east of Ma'ale Adumim in a straight line. After flood damage in May, only the accessible path to the first waterfall in Wadi David is open; check before going.
Road 90, Ein Gedi, Dead Sea
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Day trips nearby · National organisations
The world's lowest nature reserve: spring-fed wading pools, reeds, a Second Temple-period estate and a new visitor centre, about 17 km south-east of Ma'ale Adumim in a straight line. There is no access to the Dead Sea itself from the reserve.
Road 90, about 3 km south of Kibbutz Kalia, northern Dead Sea
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Day trips nearby · National organisations
King Herod's palace-fortress on a cone-shaped hill, with his tomb area, a theatre lookout and a lobby film, about 13 km south of Ma'ale Adumim in a straight line (by road via Har Homa and Road 398). Guided tours Fri and Sat at 12:00.
Off Road 398 / Road 356 near Tekoa junction
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Day trips nearby · National organisations
Herod's desert fortress and the site of the Jewish rebels' last stand against Rome, reached by cable car, the Snake Path or the Roman ramp, about 52 km south of Ma'ale Adumim in a straight line. Reserve ahead.
Road 90, Dead Sea (east entrance); Roman ramp from Arad via Road 3199
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Day trips nearby · National organisations
Christian pilgrimage site on the Jordan River where tradition places the baptism of Jesus, run by the Nature and Parks Authority, about 24 km east of Ma'ale Adumim in a straight line. Drive Route 1 east to Road 90, then north about 5 km to the signed turn-off.
Off Road 90, about 5 km north of the Route 1 / Road 90 junction
Day trips nearby · National organisations
Ruins of the settlement linked to the Dead Sea Scrolls, with a film, a small museum and a view of the caves, about 16 km east of Ma'ale Adumim in a straight line (Route 1 down to Road 90, then south past Kalia). Entry 31 NIS adults, 16 NIS children.
Off Road 90 at Kalia, northern Dead Sea
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Guesthouses & zimmers · National organisations
Rural kibbutz guest house at the northern end of the Dead Sea, about 16 km east of Ma'ale Adumim in a straight line, with Kalia Beach nearby. The regional council's site puts it half an hour from Jerusalem.
Kibbutz Kalia, northern Dead Sea