Ashkelon

Worth seeing in and around Ashkelon

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Sala Stadium

   The Sala Stadium is a sports stadium in Ashkelon, Israel. The stadium has a capacity of 5,250 people and is the home ground of Maccabi Ashkelon.

   400 m · football stadium in Ashkelon · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Ashkelon dog cemetery

   The Ashkelon dog cemetery is an ancient burial site in today's Ashkelon National Park, Israel, where possibly thousands of dogs were interred between the 5th century BC and the 3rd century BC. The majority of these dogs were puppies; all had similarities to the modern Canaan dog, perhaps representing the ancestral population from which the modern breed is descended. It is the largest known animal cemetery of this kind in the ancient world.

   2.6 km · Burial ground for dogs in Ashkelon · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light

   Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Marina.

   2.3 km · lighthouse in Israel · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Ashkelon Academic College

   Ashkelon Academic College is a public college in Ashkelon, Israel. The college has two faculties, the School of Economics and Social Work, for management, logistics, banking, and accounting, in which undergraduate and graduate studies take place, as well as the School of Health Sciences, for undergraduate studies in nutrition, nursing, and public health.

   0 m · college in Ashkelon, Israel · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light

   Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Port Coal Jetty, in the Ashkelon Oil Port operated by the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company, near the Trans-Israel pipeline.

   5.8 km · lighthouse in Israel · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Ashkelon Sports Arena

   A.S. Ironi Ashkelon is a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon, south west Israel.

   800 m · sports stadium in Ashkelon · Wikipedia

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Getting to Ashkelon

Airports

Ben Gurion (TLV), 48 km · El Arish (AAC), 98 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 135 km

Stations

Ashkelon Railway Station, 3.2 km

• Tel Aviv → Ashkelon

  50 km · quickest by road, 54 min · ₪19–25
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• Eilat → Ashkelon

  238 km · quickest by air, 3h 59m · ₪390–590
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• El Arish → Ashkelon

  95 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · E£300–400
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