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 Overnight Campgrounds
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Old and new side by side on the Mediterranean |
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Level of difficulty: easy |
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Ashkelon National Park, on the southern Mediterranean coast, encompasses history and heritage thousands of years old.
Ashkelon was a thriving commercial center whose star rose highest in the Roman period, and the park showcases impressive remains from that period, among them marble and granite columns and capitals, the Roman basilica and statues of the goddesses who were the patrons of the city.
In the northeastern part of the park is its most outstanding find: the Middle Bronze Age gate, with the earliest arch in the world, dating to approximately 1800 BCE.
The park also contains a system of about 60 wells of different types and borders on a beautiful beach, open during swimming season.
The view from massive ancient glacis, topped by the ruins of a wall from the Fatimid era (mid-12th century) in the eastern part of the park, takes in the park, the dunes to the south and the modern city of Ashkelon.
Overnight Campground at Ashkelon National Park |
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How to get there:
From the northern entrance to Ashkelon drive along Menachem Begin Blvd., Jerusalem Blvd. and Bar Kokhba St., and turn left on HaTayasim St. |
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| Useful information |  | Length of tour: | 30 minutes to 2 hours |  | Best season: | year-round |  | Don't miss: | lawns, picnic tables, barbecues. |  | Other facilities and attractions: | |  | Hours: | year-round 8 A.M.–10 P.M.
Last entry one hour before above closing hour |  | Phone: | 08-673-6444; 08-673-9660 |  | Fax / Email: | 08-673-4227 |  | Entrance fee: | Adult NIS 25; child NIS 13
Israeli senior citizen: 50% discount
Group (over 30 people): Adult: NIS 21; child NIS 12
Ashkelon residents: entrance on foot free of charge;
entrance to vehicle NIS 15 on presentation of identity card of any occupant showing Ashkelon residency.
|  | Entrance to dogs: | |  | Accessibility: | Paths and playgrounds in the heart of the park are handicapped accessible. The beach has a special path and facilities. | | | |
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Main tourist sites in the vicinity:
Water and sand trail; Shikma Reservoir; Karmiya Nature Reserve; Nitsanim Dunes Nature Reserve
Hold your special event in our national park
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