Ashdod Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Israel
About Ashdod
Ashdod has a long history, and was inhabited in the times of the Bible by the Philistines. When the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant from the Israelites, they brought it here before being forced to return it. However, few traces remains nowadays of the ancient city. Modern Ashdod is known for its diverse population, with each wave of Jewish immigration represented. Jews from former Soviet Union make up roughly a third of the city's 235,000 residents. Ashdod is also home to large numbers of Moroccan, Georgian and Ethiopian Jews, along with recent arrivals from France and Argentina. It also has the third largest charedi (ultra-Orthodox) population in Israel, after Jerusalem andBnei Brak. Ashdod is on the meeting point of the yellow sand dunes from the south, the green lowland fro
Top Attractions in Ashdod
Explore the best things to see and do in Ashdod:
- ★Ad Halom Memorial Park
- ★Ashdod Museum of Art
- ★Ashdod Sand Dune
- ★Ashdod Yam ruins
- ★Buffalo Farm
- ★Corinne Mamane Museum of Philistine Culture
- ★Givat Yonah
- ★Israeli Andalusian Orchestra
Ashdod Travel Guide Sections
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