Tal Al-Farani

#307 among destinations in Israel

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Tal Al-Farani, a place mentioned in the Torah located in Israel, about 3.5 km to the east of the Mediterranean Sea, between Ashdod and Ashkelon, and an area of about 10 hectares, was inhabited and populated during the first three stages of the ancient Bronze Age and only during the third phase of Ancient Bronze Age. ()

Coordinates: 31°42'29"N, 34°36'44"E

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Tal Al-Farani – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ashkelon National Park, Minat al-Qal'a, Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light, Ad Halom.

5 miSW
National park, Park, Sculpture
Ashkelon National Park, Ashkelon
127 min walk • Ashkelon National Park is an Israeli national park along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea southwest of the city of Ashkelon. The national park is situated in the heart of ancient Ashkelon.
5 miN
Archaeological site
Minat al-Qal'a, Ashdod
128 min walk • Minat al-Qal'a, sometimes wrongly named Qal'at al-Mina, is a medieval coastal fort protecting the port known as Ashdod-Yam, which was historically separate from Ashdod proper but whose archaeological remains are today located on the southern beach of the sprawling modern city of Ashdod.
3.7 miSW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light, Ashkelon
94 min walk • Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Marina. The site is accessible by walking the pier, but the tower is closed to the public.
6.1 miNE
Bridge
Ad Halom, Ashdod
156 min walk • Ad Halom is a site at the eastern entrance to the city of Ashdod, Israel.
3.7 miN
Sand dune, Nature
Ashdod Sand Dune, Ashdod
95 min walk • Ashdod Sand Dune is a psammosere ecosystem close to the city of Ashdod on the Israeli Coastal Plain near the Mediterranean sea. It is south of Tel Aviv.
7.2 miSW
Lighthouse
Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light, Ashkelon
183 min walk • Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Port Coal Jetty, in the Ashkelon Oil Port operated by the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company, near the Trans-Israel pipeline.
5 miN
Ruins
Ashdod-Sea, Ashdod
129 min walk • Ashdod-Yam is an archaeological site on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. It is located in the southern part of the modern city of Ashdod, and about 5 kilometres northwest of Tel Ashdod where Ashdod stood in the time of the Philistines.
4 miSW
Neighbourhood
Ashkelon Subdistrict, Ashkelon
102 min walk • The Ashkelon subdistrict is one of Israel's sub-districts in Southern District. The subdistrict consists of the merger of all of Mandatory Gaza Subdistrict that was occupied by Israel in 1948, as well as the southern half of what was occupied from Mandatory Hebron Subdistrict in the same year.
3.6 miSW
Universities and schools
Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon
91 min walk • Ashkelon Academic College is a public college in Ashkelon, Israel which is qualified to grant Bachelor's degrees from Bar-Ilan University.
3.9 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Ashkelon Sports Arena, Ashkelon
100 min walk • The Ashkelon Sport Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Ashkelon, Israel. The arena opened in 1999 and is home to the Ironi Ashkelon Basketball Club and Hapoel Ashkelon fencing and rhythmic gymnastics teams.
3.9 miSW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Sala Stadium, Ashkelon
99 min walk • The Sala Stadium is a sports stadium in Ashkelon, Israel. The stadium has a 5,250 capacity, and is the home ground of Hapoel Ashkelon. On 29 December 2008, shortly before a training session, the stadium was hit by a Grad rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. The rocket landed in the penalty area.