Atlit Beach
Atlit Beach is a beach in Haifa District, Israel. Atlit Beach is situated nearby to the cemetery בית קברות צלבני, as well as near the archaeological site Le Destroit.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Le Destroit and Pelegrin Fortress.
Le Destroit
Archaeological site
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Destroit is a ruined medieval fortified road station, built by the Templars of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the early 12th century CE, located on the Mediterranean shore near a site where they later built the Chateau Pelerin castle, today close to the modern town of Atlit, Israel. Le Destroit is situated 490 metres east of Atlit Beach.
Pelegrin Fortress
Archaeological site
Photo: Golf Bravo, Public domain.
Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2 kilometres north of the modern Israeli town of Atlit on the northern coast of Israel, about 13 kilometres south of Haifa. Pelegrin Fortress is situated 740 metres southwest of Atlit Beach.
Atlit Yam
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Atlit Yam is a submerged Pre Pottery Neolithic C archaeological site located 300–400 meters off the coast of Atlit, Israel. Dating from the late 7th to the early 6th millennia BCE, Atlit Yam provides the earliest known evidence for a community relying on pastoralism, agriculture, and fishing as subsistence systems on the Levantine coast. Atlit Yam is situated 690 metres northwest of Atlit Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Atlit and Megadim.
Atlit
Town
Photo: Iliakriv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Atlit is a coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel. The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the Haifa District of Israel. Off the coast of Atlit is a submerged Neolithic village.
Megadim
Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Megadim is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the Mediterranean coast near Atlit and Highway 4, about 12 kilometres south of Haifa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,215. Megadim is situated 3 km northeast of Atlit Beach.
Neve Yam
Village
Atlit Beach
- Type: Beach
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.70831° or 32° 42′ 30″ northLongitude
34.94094° or 34° 56′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8G4PPW5R+89OpenStreetMap ID
node 14200636660OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
“Atlit Beach” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “חוף עתלית”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include בית קברות צלבני and Limor lookout.
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