Dentist Ramla

About Ramla

Ramla is the only town in the country founded by Arabs in the early Islamic period: the Umayyad caliph Suleiman ibn Abd al-Malik established it around 716 as a provincial capital, and the fourteenth-century White Tower, the Pool of Arches dug in 789 and the Great Mosque survive from that long history. Set on the plain about 20 km south-east of Tel Aviv, almost joined to neighbouring Lod and close to Ben Gurion Airport, it is today a mixed city: Jews from many countries, including immigrants from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union, a Karaite community, and Muslim and Christian Arabs. The Wednesday market fills the centre weekly. Ramla station on the old Jerusalem line is a short walk from the old town; by car, Highways 40, 44 and 431 converge on the city. For an appointment, take the train or park away from the market area on Wednesdays, when the surrounding streets get crowded.