Ascalon
Ascalon or Ashkelon was an ancient Near East port city on the Mediterranean coast of the southern Levant of high historical and archaeological significance.
Ascalon or Ashkelon was an ancient Near East port city on the Mediterranean coast of the southern Levant of high historical and archaeological significance. Its remains are located in the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon, within the city limits of the modern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Traces of settlement exist from the 3rd millennium BCE, with evidence of city fortifications emerging in the Middle Bronze Age. During the Late Bronze Age, it was integrated into the Egyptian Empire, before becoming one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis following the migration of the Sea Peoples. The city was later destroyed by the Babylonians but was subsequently rebuilt.
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Worth seeing in and around Ascalon
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.
- 01Sala 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.
2.3 km · football stadium in Ashkelon · Wikipedia - 02Ashkelon 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.
300 m · Burial ground for dogs in Ashkelon · Wikipedia - 03Ashkelon 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.
2.8 km · lighthouse in Israel · Wikipedia - 04Ashkelon 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.
2.5 km · college in Ashkelon, Israel · Wikipedia - 05Ashkelon 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.
3.4 km · lighthouse in Israel · Wikipedia - 06Ashkelon Sports Arena
A.S. Ironi Ashkelon is a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon, south west Israel.
2.5 km · sports stadium in Ashkelon · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ascalon
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 50 km · El Arish (AAC), 96 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 137 km
- Stations
- Ashkelon Railway Station, 5.8 km
- Tel Aviv → Ascalon49 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · ₪19–25
- Eilat → AscalonTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- El Arish → Ascalon94 km · quickest by road, 4h 8m · E£300–400
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Ascalon
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ascalon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are no ferries or cruises to Ashkelon, but you can bring your own boat into the marina.
From Wikivoyage: Ashkelon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Ascalon
Ascalon is 19 km from Gaza, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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