The first remarkable fact about Ashkelon, located 56 km south of Tel Aviv: it is one of the oldest cities on the planet - it is over 5 thousand years old. The second noteworthy fact: a quarter of the local residents are from the former USSR. Fact number three: this is one of the greenest cities in Israel
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How to get here
Get it By train to Ashkelon, you can get from the Tel-Aviv airport "Ben Gurion", Haifa, Beer Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the railway. the station is located on the outskirts of the resort, so it is more convenient to travel by bus: from Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem and Beersheba, which go straight to the center.
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Climate
| Average monthly temperature, ° C | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | june | july | aug | sen | ok | noy | dec | |
| by day | + 18 | + 18 | + 19 | + 23 | + 25 | + 28 | + 29 | + 30 | + 29 | + 27 | + 23 | + 19 |
| at night | + 10 | + 10 | + 12 | + 14 | + 17 | + 21 | + 23 | + 24 | + 23 | + 19 | + 15 | + 11 |
| water | + 18 | + 18 | + 17 | + 20 | + 21 | + 25 | + 28 | + 28 | + 28 | + 25 | + 23 | + 20 |
Districts
The modern Ashkelon includes several independent districts: the shopping Migdal, Afridar - a region of hotels and villas adjacent to the beaches and, finally, Atikot, populated mainly by returnees. The tourist zone stretches for 12 km along the sea coast, where sandy spits form three picturesque lagoons.
Afridar is also famous for the abundance of restaurants, cafes, bars and a large green park . In Migdal you can find excellent shopping, pedestrian streets with many shops , restaurants, cafes and pubs, which operate around the clock . This area was previously a simple Arab village of Majdal, so there are still ancient buildings and shacks . Finally, the Dunes are an area in the south of the city, near the industrial zone, where preserved untouched wild and very picturesque sand dunes, and also there are cute little animals not found in Israeli cities .
Transport
There are several bus routes along the city, public transport hours: from morning to midnight. The fare is about 4 shekels. Also inexpensive taxis, but the cost must be stipulated in advance, if, of course, the driver demonstratively did not turn on the meter. The cost of travel around the resort is approximately 20-25 shekels. However, Ashkelon is rather small, because the city (not the center, but the city!) Can be crossed for a couple of hours during a pleasant walking tour.
Shopping and Shopping
There are three shopping centers in the city. Giron - the oldest, smallest and most unpopular. Nearby is the Concert Hall and the Town Hall. Huzot is located in the north of the city, near the Migdal area, is considered the largest in Ashkelon, there is even a cinema here. Lev is located in the poor outskirts of the Shimshon resort and includes both simple shops and a market that runs every Tuesday
Kitchen and Restaurants
Marina Ashkelon (along the sea near the Holiday Inn) is famous for its mass of cafes and restaurants with adequate prices, which offer wonderful views of the sea. The Hanitzahon restaurant in the pedestrian streets of Migdalah is one of the best in all of Israel, so the prices here are off scale.
You can eat at a budget in one of the eateries that fill the streets of the town: falafels, shawarma. Local prefer Flafel Boaron in Migdal. You can drink beer in Beer Hole in Khan (all the same Migdal). Meet local people and gaze at the Israeli youth - in Hanasi 1 (Ha'nasi st., 1, center of Afridara). Between the quay and the national park there are also two bars - Hofman and Ananas, which are always filled during the summer. Popular clubs can be found in the vicinity of Delila Beach.
Book popular hotels in Ashkelon at the best prices
| Holiday Inn Ashkelon from 6 094 rubles Ashkelon 9 Yekutiel Adam Street, P.O. BOX 944 | Leonardo Hotel Ashkelon from 8 310 rubles Ashkelon 11 Golani St. |
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Ashkelon
Most of Ashkelon's attractions are in Leumi National Park, located on the Mediterranean coast . There you can see the colonnade of the times of King Herod, the Roman amphitheater, where musicians perform today, the statue of the goddess of victory, Nicky. In Afridar there is a cave with ancient tombs, and in Barnea there are ruins of the Byzantine church and a mosaic of the 5th century. Photo of Ashkelon (14)