Why this ride
319 km from Hebron to Hebron, about 5 h 25 of riding. On the way it passes Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan, Sebastia and back through Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town and Sebastia
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 319 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 25
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town → Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 68 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 79 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Hebron, al-Khalil in Arabic, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Middle East, set in the hills of the southern West Bank. Its heart is the old town, a warren of stone alleys, covered souqs and Mamluk-era houses, grouped around the great mosque built over the Cave of the Patriarchs, where tradition places the tombs of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their wives. The site is holy to Muslims, Jews and Christians, and its name in Arabic, al-Khalil, means the friend, a reference to Abraham as the friend of God.
Read the complete Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town is where the day begins. Next is Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan.
2. Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
Jericho is one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns on earth, and at Tell es-Sultan, on its northern edge, archaeologists have dug down through layers of settlement more than ten thousand years old. Among the finds is a great stone tower, built in the Neolithic, around eleven thousand years ago, long before writing, metal or the wheel, which is often called the oldest such tower in the world. The tell, with its trenches and mud brick walls, was listed as a World Heritage Site in 2023.
Read the complete Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan comes up about 79 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sebastia.
3. Sebastia
Sebastia, Sabastiya in Arabic, is a Palestinian village on a hill north-west of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, surrounded by olive groves and terraced hillsides. It stands on the site of Samaria, the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the ninth and eighth centuries BC, later rebuilt by Herod the Great, who named it Sebaste in honour of the Emperor Augustus. The ruins on the hilltop above the village span a thousand years of history.
Read the complete Sebastia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 160 km into the recorded legs you reach Sebastia. Next is back through Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan.
4. back through Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan, late in the day. Next is Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town.
5. Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town to Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town → Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan is 79 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan to Sebastia
Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan → Sebastia is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Sebastia to back through Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan
Sebastia → back through Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan to Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
back through Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan → Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town is 78 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.