Attractions & sights
Bronze memorial by sculptor Baruch Wind to two refugee ships sunk in the Black Sea: the Struma, with 770 aboard and one survivor, and the Mefkura, with 310 aboard and five survivors.
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Struma and Mefkura memorial
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Attractions & sights
Free 800-metre sound-and-light trail with video mapping, lasers, water screens and holograms, starting at City Hall and ending at Ashdod Yam Park. The tourism site asks visitors to check with the 106 hotline that it is running.
Attractions & sights · Marina
Upgraded marina with an artificial lake, wide promenade and sea-view seating, with boat trips for families and couples. It is busiest at sunset.
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Attractions & sights
Memorial built in 1972 for the 47 crew lost when the destroyer INS Eilat sank in October 1967; a year later it became the central memorial for all fallen of the Israeli Navy.
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