Ashkelon Khan and Museum

Local shopping area with walking street, shops, restaurants, caffes and pubs at night. The area was once the Arab village Majdal and many of the buildings still exists, notably The Khan- an old mosque yard.

Restaurants, cafes and bars next to a large green park.

Displays two beautiful Roman sarcophagi made of marble depicting battle and hunting scenes, and famous mythological scenes.

The remains of a 4th-century Byzantine church with marble slab flooring and glass mosaic walls can be seen in the Barnea Quarter.

The site where the head of Husayn ibn Ali is believed to have been buried, discovered on the grounds of the local hospital. With the blessing of the hospital, a marble prayer area was built here for Shiite pilgrims from India and Pakistan.

A 13th-century domed structure, on a hill overlooking Ashkelon’s northern beaches.