Fantasy of Jordan
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From Amman to the Dead Sea, Jordan will surprise you in just 7 days with an itinerary full of history, culture and natural beauties.
Read moreFrom Amman to the Dead Sea, Jordan will surprise you in just 7 days with an itinerary full of history, culture and natural beauties.
After two days in Amman, you'll get to the desert passing from mount Nebo and arriving at Petra, part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
After Petra you'll get to Wadi Rum and then to the Dead Sea for a last day of relax.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Remember that this is a tour with a guaranteed departure at least for 2 persons, it means that the customers with other operators will be grouped together during the arrival to Amman, then they will go for the tour all together with touristic transportation (car, minivan, van, minibus, or bus depending on the number of participants) and with different categories of hotels.
Meet up and assistance at Queen Alia international airport by one of our representatives before the immigration point to get the visa.
Transfer to the hotel in Amman for overnight.
Breakfast – depart to Ajloun, the Islamic castle Ajloun stands on top of the 1123 meter high Jabel Auf and is embedded in a nice environment.
It was built on 1185 by a general of the famous sultan Salah ad-Din to protect the country against the Crusader attacks and to secure the pilgrim routes & re-built on XIII century after Mongol destruction.
Continue driving the one of Decapolis City, Jerash, the best example of a Roman provincial city in the Middle East. Only 50 km north of Amman. It was initially built by Alexander the Great in 332 BC and started to prosper after the Roman conquest in 63 BC. The Artemis Temple, the theatres, the Colonnaded Street and many other ancient buildings give you the feeling of the great civilization and the history of the region.
Finalizing the visit, return back to Amman. Dinner and Overnight.
Breakfast in hotel. Visit Amman, a city full of monuments such as the citadel that is located in the heart of the city.
The first glance leads to the temple of Hercules, majestic dimensions, the remains of a basilica from the byzantine era and those from the Omayyade Palace, a fantastic architectural example of the Islamic era, then we visit the Archeological Museum, full of works coming from all over the country.
After that we head from Amman for 35 km to visit Madaba, where to admire the famous mosaic of Palestine that’s kept inside st. George Orthodox Church; it is probably the most ancient map exists in the world. It has represented Palestine in details, with the villages, city and the surrounding regions starting with Jordan and ending with the delta of Nile.
Then we go to Mount Nebo 9 km, the place where Moses died after having seen the Promised Land. The mount’s height reaches 800 miters that dominates the Valley of Jordan and the Dead Sea. On the top there are the remains of the 6th century’s basilica (closed in these days for works since 8 years), and this one was built on the foundations of the ancient chapel dedicated to St. moses.
Departure to Petra – 280km. dinner and overnight in hotel.
Full day to visit the Pink City, the capital of the Nabataeans. During the visit, know the most important and representative monuments carved into the rock by the Nabataeans.
The Treasury, famous and internationally known monument made into a film in one of the Indiana Jones movies, the Tombs of colors, the Royal Tombs, the Monastery.
Petra is one of those places in the world where you have to go at least once in the life. After the visit, return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
After breakfast drive to a nearby town in the desert, which known as the Little Petra, visit this caravanserais, continuation to Wadi Rum, after 1 hour and half driving, we arrive to Wadi Rum in Jordan's south you find this dramatic desert landscape with its beautiful rock formations. Visitors can enjoy a Jeep tour in peculiars vehicle coaching by Bedouins. In our tour we will visit, beautiful landscape built by the action of the erosion on the mountain’s rocky and the fine red tonalities – colored-sands. Continue to the camp. Dinner and Overnight.
After breakfast transfer through the desert road to the hill, to reach the Jordan Valley , is located the Dead Sea, the salt lake between Israel and Jordan is the lowest point on earth with about 400 m below sea level.
The Dead Sea is mainly supplied by water from the Jordan River. It is an experience to bath without being able to sink. But the mineral-rich Dead Sea offers more; it was one of the first spas in the world. Herod the Great, king of Judaea already used it in the 1st century BC as health treatment. The water and the special conditions of the area have positive effects on dermatological and rheumatic diseases. Free time at leisure.
Dinner and overnight.
After breakfast transfer to airport for departure.