Mar Behnam Monastery

Mar Behnam Monastery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this church: Open, normal crowd · Very crowded today · Festival / special day · Closed today.

Best time to visit Mar Behnam Monastery

Season: Year-round; Christmas and Easter week are busiest.

Busiest days: Sunday services; Christmas, Good Friday and Easter.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Mar Behnam Monastery — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.13829, 43.40554. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mar Behnam Monastery

• Nimrud · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~10 km · Must-see
• Imgur-Enlil · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~12 km · Must-see
• Resurrection Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~23 km · Must-see
• Mount Mar Daniel · viewpoint · Nineveh Governorate · ~33 km · Must-see
• Dair Mar Elia · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~38 km · Must-see
• Qasr Shemamok · fort · Erbil Governorate · ~39 km · Must-see
• Nebi Yunus · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~40 km · Must-see
• Mosque of Prophet Yunus A.S. (Jonah) · dargah · Nineveh Governorate · ~40 km · Must-see
• Nineveh · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~41 km · Must-see
• Mosul Museum · museum · Nineveh Governorate · ~41 km · Must-see
• Tell Billa · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• Imam Awn Al Din shrine · dargah · Nineveh Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• St. Miskenta Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• Al Sa'a Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• Great Mosque of al-Nuri · dargah · Nineveh Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• Mosul Grand Mosque · dargah · Nineveh Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• Bashtabya Castle · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~44 km · Must-see
• Yahya Al-Taleb Mosque · dargah · Nineveh Governorate · ~46 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Mar Behnam Monastery

Other churches near Mar Behnam Monastery

• Resurrection Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~23 km · Must-see
• St. Miskenta Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• Al Sa'a Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• St Mary al-Tahira Church, Bakhdida · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~19 km
• Shamoon Al Safa Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~42 km
• St. Thomas Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~42 km
• Mar Kurkis monastery · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~49 km
• Dayr Mikhail · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~51 km
• Dayr Mar Awraham · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~64 km
• Mart Shmoni · church · Erbil Governorate · ~67 km

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