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Gan HaDarom

Gan HaDarom is a moshav in southern Israel.

Gan HaDarom
Gan HaDarom · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Gan HaDarom is a moshav in southern Israel. Located on the coastal plain near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gederot Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 658.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gan HaDarom

3 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
    Ad Halom Bridge

    Jisr Isdud or Isdud Bridge, also known as the Ad Halom Bridge, was a 13th century Mamluk bridge built over the Lakhish River. It is located approximately 1.5 km north of the Ad Halom junction.

    3.9 km · bridge in Ashdod, Israel · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Givat Washington

    Givat Washington, also known as Beit Raban is a religious youth village in central Israel. Located near Kvutzat Yavne, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Yavne Regional Council.

    3 km · youth village and an academic college in Israel · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ad Halom

    Ad Halom is a site at the eastern entrance to the city of Ashdod, Israel, where three bridges cross the Lakhish River.

    3.9 km · Historical site in Ashdod, Israel · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Gan HaDarom

Airports
Ben Gurion (TLV), 29 km · El Arish (AAC), 117 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 122 km
  • Eilat → Gan HaDarom
    251 km · quickest by road, 5h 26m · ₪105–140
  • Amman → Gan HaDarom
    119 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · JD6–8
  • El Arish → Gan HaDarom
    114 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · E£330–440
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gan HaDarom

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 Gan HaDarom. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundBy bus, taxi ("moneet" in Hebrew), or minibus ("moneet sherut").

From Wikivoyage: Ashdod, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    180 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    257 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    368 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    675 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,028 km

If you know how people move in Gan HaDarom – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Gan HaDarom

Gan HaDarom is 32 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.