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Directions
to Taybeh
At all times ask for Taybeh-Ramallah (there are four Taybehs’
in the Middle East)
From
Ramallah:
Exit Kalandia
before checkpoint to Jerusalem by staying on left side
of the road and curve around by taking left to Jabba checkpoint
where Road 60 leads to Ramallah (Bet El)
Stay on the main road; travel straight (approximately
12 minutes)
Take right onto Road 457 (sign should say Maale Mikhmas/Rimmonim)
Stay on main road; travel straight follow curvy mountain
road (about 6 minutes)
At the first major intersection, Israeli military camp,
take left into Taybeh. (To your right would be road to
Jericho, straight leads to Nablus and passing Rimmonim
settlement)
Travel straight 5 minutes to village center. Take left
after clock tower church, Latin Patriarchate Church. Stay
straight to see St. George Greek Orthodox Church with
gold dome on your right.
Exit Beit El Checkpoint (diplomatic
road only) and follow winding road taking a right on
Road 60 to Jerusalem. Travel straight (about ten minutes),
the first major left, take left onto Road 457 (sign
should say Maale Mikhmas/Rimmonim) and travel straight
(about six minutes) on winding curvy road until the
first major intersection, Israeli military camp, take
left into Taybeh. (To your right would be road to Jericho,
straight leads to Nablus and passing Rimmonim settlement)
Travel straight 5 minutes to village center. Take left
after clock tower church, Latin Patriarchate Church.
Stay straight to see St. George Greek Orthodox Church
with gold dome on your right.
From Jerusalem:
Follow signs to Ramallah Bypass Road or Bet El. Do not
take exit into Pigot Zev settlement but exit right after
Pigot Zev sign.
Exit Jerusalem Hizma checkpoint, take first left
Go straight up winding road (about 10 minutes) until
you reach a type of rotary
Take right onto road 60 towards Bet El (if you take
a left you will go to Kalandia)
Stay on the main road; travel straight (approximately
10 minutes)
Take right onto Road 457 (sign should say Maale Mikhmas/Rimmonim)
Stay on main road; travel straight follow curvy mountain
road (about 6 minutes)
At the first major intersect, Israeli military camp,
take left into Taybeh. Travel straight 5 minutes to
see village center.
Public Transportation:
From Damascus Gate but in front of the Jerusalem Hotel
take public shared taxi to Ramallah. Take second taxi
from Ramallah to Taybeh at the “Mouzhamah Al Malki”
close to “Abdel Nasser Mosque” This taxi
station building is between the Lions’ square
(center of Ramallah) on your right hand side before
you reach the Friends Boys School in El Bireh/Ramallah.
Semi-public transportation (save half hour not entering
Ramallah)
From Damascus Gate but in front of the Jerusalem Hotel
take public shared taxi to Kalandia. At Kalandia Checkpoint
if there are no public shared taxis, a private taxi
should be about 50 nis from Kalandia to Taybeh. (Taybeh
is between villages of Ramoon and Deir Ejreer)
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