From the hill above St Peter's Monastery in Jaffa there is a fine view of the Harbor. For the past 2000 years, this harbor was of great importance but after being superseded by Ashdod and Haifa it is a functioning fishing and boating Harbor and it is possible to buy fresh fish along its wharfs. Round the Harbor are cliffs and isolated rocks, on one of which, according to Greek legend, Andromeda, daughter of the mythical founder of the town, Joppa, was chained until her release by Perseus.
