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Aggregate Jordan 6 days / 5 nights

13
Apr 2011

 D1: ARRIVAL QUEEN ALIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Meet and assist at Airport, finish formalities (Entry Visa, Immigration counter, Luggage & Customs check point, transfer to hotel for overnight.
 D2: AMMAN CITY TOUR – JERASH – AMMAN

After breakfast, visit Amman, known in history as Rabbath-Ammon and in Graeco-Roman times as Philadelphia High above the city, at the ancient Citadel, study the traces of Amman's many lives: the regal columns of a Roman temple in silhouette against the sky, the elegant capitals of a Byzantine church, endlessly inventive carvings in the Umayyad Palace, fascinating displays in the Archaeological Museum... and digs and ruins everywhere you step. At the foot of the Citadel, take a seat in the Roman Theatre, a deep-sided bowl carved into the hill and still used for cultural events.

Then visit to the ancient city of Jarash is remarkable for its long chain of human occupation. Here at a well-watered site in the hills of Gilead, remains from Neolithic times have been found, as well as Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad and others. Jarash's golden age, however, arrived with Roman rule. Today it is acknowledged as one of the best-preserved province cities of the Roman Empire. Jarash was a member of the Decapolis, a dynamic commercial league of ten Graeco-Roman cities.

Back to Amman for overnight at Hotel

 D3: MADABA – MT. NEBO – DEAD SEA

After breakfast, visit Madaba the city of Mosaics in the contemporary Greek Orthodox church of St. George - is a wonderfully vivid, 6th century Byzantine mosaic map showing Jerusalem and other holy sites. With two million pieces of coloured stone and a full 25 x 5 metres in its original state - most of which can still be seen today - the map depicts hills and valleys, villages and towns, as far away as the Nile Delta.

Then visit Mt. Nebo the memorial of Prophet Moses, continue to the Dead Sea of 400 meters below sea level, which is the lowest point on the surface of the earth and some of the world's oldest civilizations sprang from this soil. The "Salt Sea," as it was referred to in the Bible, rich source of minerals essential for agricultural and industrial development, as well as for the treatment of various medical conditions such as psoriasis.

Overnight at Hotel

 D4: DEAD SEA – WADI ALMUJEB - KERAK – PETRA

After breakfast, Visit Kerak Crusader Castle legend and lore, canyon l,000 meters deep, guaranteed to set the mood for your visit. The fort itself is a dark maze of stone-vaulted halls and endless passageways. The castle in itself is more imposing than beautiful, though it is all the more impressive as an example of the Crusaders' architectural military genius. Then drive to Petra city

Overnight at Hotel

 D5: PETRA - WADI RUM – AMMAN

After breakfast, visit ancient city of Petra the legacy of the Nabataens, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2000 years ago. The site is accessed by walking through a kilometre long chasm (siq), the walls of which soar 200 meters upwards, the Treasury, appears dramatically at the end of the (siq). Various walks and climbs reveal literally hundreds of buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, arched gateways, colonnaded streets and haunting rock drawings - as well as a 3000 seat open air amphitheatre circa, a gigantic first century Monastery. A modest shrine commemorating the death of Aaron, brother of Moses, was built in the 13th century by the Mamluke Sultan, high a top mount Aaron in the Sharah range.

Then visit Landscape of Wadi Rum "Vast, echoing and God-like" - these are the words T. E. Lawrence used in describing Wadi Rum. Beauty can only be described as breathtaking. the area is spotted with fascinating sandstone Mountains decorated with an array of colors, explored on 4x4 vehicle tours with Bedouin driver that take you deep into the heart of the desert. The magnificent colors of the mountains spill into the sandstone dunes scattered all over the reserve. Then drive back to Amman

Overnight at Hotel

 D6: DEPARTURE JORDAN
Breakfast and check out from Hotel, Free time until flight time – Transfer from Hotel to Airport
 END OF PROGRAM AND SERVICES
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