Semel

Semel: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. 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 Semel

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

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

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

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

How to reach Semel — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.85689, 42.84724. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Semel

• Halamata Caves with Assyrian relief carvings · cave · Duhok Governorate · ~11 km · Must-see
• Mosul Dam Lake · lake · Duhok Governorate · ~16 km · Must-see
• zakhiko · fort · Duhok Governorate · ~17 km · Must-see
• Mardaman · fort · Duhok Governorate · ~20 km · Must-see
• Nahum Synagogue · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~32 km · Must-see
• Rabban Hormizd Monastery · Buddhist site · Nineveh Governorate · ~33 km · Must-see
• Dalal Bridge · fort · Duhok Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• Kalha Zakho · fort · Duhok Governorate · ~44 km · Must-see
• Qermez Dere · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~47 km · Must-see
• Eski Mosul Bridge · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~48 km · Must-see
• shabani · viewpoint · Duhok Governorate · ~51 km · Must-see
• Tell Arpachiyah (Tepe Reshwa) · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~52 km · Must-see
• Badush Dam · lake · Nineveh Governorate · ~56 km · Must-see
• Tell Hassuna · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~56 km · Must-see
• Suriya waterfall · waterfall · Duhok Governorate · ~57 km · Must-see
• Dur-Sharrukin · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~64 km · Must-see
• Jirawanah · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~66 km · Must-see
• Tarbisu · fort · Nineveh Governorate · ~67 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Semel

Other churches near Semel

• Al Sa'a Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~78 km · Must-see
• St. Miskenta Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~78 km · Must-see
• Resurrection Church · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~97 km · Must-see
• Mar Behnam Monastery · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~118 km · Must-see
• St. George Cathedral · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~32 km
• Dabur Orphanage · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~34 km
• Mar Gorgis Cathedral · church · Duhok Governorate · ~44 km
• Dayr Mar Awraham · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~55 km
• Mar Kurkis monastery · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~69 km
• Dayr Mikhail · church · Nineveh Governorate · ~70 km

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