Parc écologique Forteresse-Yam d'Ashdod

All the information about the Ecological Park, Ashdod-ים Fortress The ecological park, Ashdod-ים Fortress, covers an area of over 300 dunams between the Ashdod-ים Fortress and the "T" (Taw) beach strip in Ashdod. It was built around the ecological environment of the shoreline strip in collaboration between Ashdod Tourism and the Environmental Quality Division of the Ashdod Municipality, the Israel Lands Authority (rmi) Open Spaces Fund, and the planning by Liev Shalem, who specializes in landscape architecture and ecology. For your convenience there are three walking paths—the Seashore Path, the Orchard Path, and the Deer Path—which will take you to hidden gems in the park, to observation terraces over the sea and over unique vegetation and animals, which turned the park into their habitat. Along the paths you will find information signs describing the unique habitat of the seashore and the adjacent sand area. Among the plants you can see tamarisk trees, remnants of vineyards/terraced orchards, and ancient irrigated crop vegetation that thrives on high groundwater characteristic of the sands area close to the sea. Near the seashore there are areas for sea turtle egg-laying, under the supervision of the Nature and Parks Authority. A family of deer also found a place to live here. You can see them at sunrise—before they go for their walk as far as Nitzanim Beach—or toward sunset when they return to the park. If you choose to walk along the Deer Path, you will see along it water troughs intended for the animals that frequent the park. Want to stop for rest or enjoy the beauty around you? Throughout the park you will find shaded seating areas, alongside the natural vegetation. Entrance to the ecological park from the fortress side is blocked. When: Every day of the week, 24/7 Cost: Free entry