Apollonia National Park — Attraction in Herzliya

All in all this is a very nice place, especially if you read background information before you go there. I went there with my family and friends, told them about the background, which my son love and the rest of family less :) Told the kids stories about the birth of Apollo and how he came to be. I told them about Reshef, the Phoenician God of fire (and how it was mixed with Apollo). The kids and let's face it, men, love the ruins and the weapons and to imagine how stuff worked. You can also find scattered around the remains of many urns and other clay tools. Please enjoy them and take a picture of them, but don't take them. Leave them where you've found them. If everyone would have taken away, there will be nothing left. I enjoyed because I love history and ruins. My kids loved it because of the ruins and the sea and the stories. Go there if you love history, or ruins of old forts, or just stories (those you'll have to prepare...

It was a bloody war. The crusaders fought bravely to defend the castle walls but eventually after 40 days of long siege it fell into the hands of the enemy. The Mameluke army took the city and destroyed it. The year was 1265 and it concluded more than 700 years the city of Arsuf had stood there. Today we can visit the remains of the castle at Apollonia National Park and look into the green grove around it that was once the city. A military weapon factory claimed the area more than 60 years ago and got blown in a deadly accident in the early 90th. The factory was evacuated and left the toxic land for the nature to take in. If you'll master enough patience you can spot there all sorts of wild animals from Israeli gazelles, jackals, porcupines and wild boars. Watch the Israeli feature film Land of the Little People (Medinat Hagamadim) if you want to experience what has...

I go to many locations of Israel Nature and Parks Authority with my 4 year old son. This place is OK but a bit lacking IMO. There are nice ruins and text explaining what you see. There is the sea to look at with boats sailing and airplanes constantly taking off and landing in the nearby airport. But there aren't too many ruins, so there isn't much for a 4 year old to admire. Not many stairs to run up an down, no tunnels to speak of. And even for the grown up I feel not enough of the story of the place is told. They need to somehow liven it up. For example by adding a video that explains about the place (like most places have). So if you want to go see some cool ruins with your children there are better places than this. But if you are an archaeology buff then maybe you'll get more out of it. Overall nice place but no...