Visitors
Visiting Kfar Saba: start here
Kfar Saba is a green Sharon city of about 100,000 people, 20-30 minutes from Tel Aviv by train. It has no hotel of its own, so most visitors stay with family or in Ra'anana or Herzliya, and come for the city park, the old moshava's heritage sites and the culture hall.
Visitors
Start here
7 steps, in the order most people take them.
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Arrive by train
Kfar Saba - Nordau station sits at the city's southern edge on Route 531; Hod HaSharon - Sokolov is one stop away. Trains run towards Herzliya and through Tel Aviv to Be'er Sheva, Ashdod and Ashkelon.
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Pick a place to stay
We found no hotel inside Kfar Saba. The nearest is the Prima Millennium in Ra'anana (2 HaTidhar St); the Herzliya Pituach hotels are about 12 km west.
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Walk the Founders' Trail
A signposted walk from Beit Sapir (33 Jerusalem St) past the moshava's first well, the khan, the Shoemaker's Hut and the Baron Menashe garden. The museum office is open Sun-Thu 08:00-16:00 and Fri 08:00-14:00.
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Spend a morning in Kfar Saba Park
The big city park (Yitzhak Wald Park) is free and open every day, Shabbat included, 05:30-23:00, with playgrounds, fountains, a ninja course and the Chai Park animal corner.
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See a show
The city culture hall in Kiryat Sapir sells tickets online for plays, concerts and children's shows (box office *6775). Most shows are in Hebrew.
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Take a day trip
Yarkon National Park at Tel Afek (about 9 km south) and Apollonia National Park on the Herzliya cliffs (about 12 km west) are run by the Nature and Parks Authority; both charge entry.
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Plan for Shabbat
Most buses stop from Friday afternoon to Saturday night. Check the timetables on bus.gov.il before you travel on a Friday.
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Guides
Read next
- Getting around Kfar Saba: trains, buses, Shabbat and parkingKfar Saba's two railway stations, the main bus lines to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and the airport with real trip counts, the busiest city lines, Rav-Kav and journey planners, Shabbat, e-bike rules and resident parking.
- Where to stay in and near Kfar SabaKfar Saba has no hotel of its own: the nearest are the Prima Millennium in Ra'anana and the Herzliya Pituach hotels. Which neighbourhood to pick for a short-term rental, rent levels for longer stays, and Shabbat tips.
- Shopping and kosher food in Kfar Saba: malls, supermarkets and how to check a hechsherHow kashrut works in Kfar Saba (194 certified businesses, 18 mehadrin), which supermarkets are on the list, the four shopping areas and their hours, and the ESRA charity shop.
- Shabbat and shuls in Kfar Saba: candle lighting, about 100 synagogues, mikvaotCandle-lighting times for Kfar Saba, the religious council, how to find a shul among about 100, the honest picture on English- and French-speaking minyanim, mikvaot and what is open on Shabbat.
Good to know
The museum's sites keep office hours (Sun-Thu 08:00-16:00, Fri to 14:00; Shabbat by arrangement), so call 09-7640868 before planning a visit around them.
Community groups
Where people talk
- Heichal HaTarbut Kfar Saba on FacebookFacebook · Kfar Saba culture hall
- Kfar Saba Municipality WhatsApp channelWhatsApp · Kfar Saba Municipality
- Kfar Saba Museum - culture and performancesWhatsApp · Kfar Saba Museum
- Kfar Saba Museum - familiesWhatsApp · Kfar Saba Museum
From our network
Good people I work with
A few organisations from the Consult With Ari network whose work reaches people in Kfar Saba.
These are not paid listings, and they are separate from the checked directory.
Source
- rail.co.il (opens in a new tab)
- prima-hotels-israel.com (opens in a new tab)
- kfar-saba-museum.org (opens in a new tab)
- kfar-saba.muni.il (opens in a new tab)
- ksaba.smarticket.co.il (opens in a new tab)
- en.parks.org.il (opens in a new tab)
- bus.gov.il (opens in a new tab)
This page was written for Kfar Saba from the sources above.
