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The "land of a thousand caves": bell caves, burial caves, a Roman amphitheatre and Crusader remains in the Judean lowlands, about 45 km east of Ashkelon. Booking ahead through the INPA system is recommended.
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Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park
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Biblical city mound with the Assyrian siege ramp, city gates, palace remains and a 44 m well, plus a new visitor centre whose 12-minute film has Russian subtitles (and French subtitles on the English version).
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Reserve of shifting and semi-stable dunes, kurkar ridges and old orchards between Ashkelon and Ashdod, with a day/night camping area at the gate; vehicles are banned and the area south of the Nitzanim beach road is an IDF firing zone.
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Museum on Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, about 10 km south of Ashkelon, with a reconstruction of the 18 Mila Street bunker of the Warsaw Ghetto, the 1948 battle site and the Anielewicz memorial; visits are by advance booking, with guiding in Hebrew, English, Russian, French and Spanish.
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