Discover Jordan Tour - 8 days
Group Tour / Guaranteed departures / Every Sunday from
Amman
Accommodation in Standard or Deluxe Hotels
• Amman (4) • Petra (2)
• Amman (1)
Category:
Group cultural tour, roundtrip from Amman,
comprehensive, scenic land journey
Day 1: Arrive Amman
Meet at Amman
International
Airport
(arrivals between the hours of 8.00 AM and 8.00 PM), and
transfer to hotel of choice.
Overnight:
Amman
Day 2: Amman (B, D)
After breakfast, we will begin our
tour in Amman.
We’ll visit the Roman Amphitheater, the Citadel, the
gold bazaar and the modern
Amman. After an
afternoon at leisure, visit
Kan
Zaman
Village
for Dinner, a folklore show and a preview of the many
handicraft ateliers.
Overnight:
Amman
Day 3: Amman - Dead Sea (B)
Today we will drive down to the lowest
spot on earth and experience floating in the waters of
the Dead Sea. Continue
northwards to Pella in
the Jordan
Valley.
Continue to Um Qais, Gedara of the Bible (Mathew
8:28-43), for a spectacular view of the Sea of Galilee,
the Yarmouk
River and the
Golan Heights. Return in the late afternoon
to Amman.
Overnight:
Amman
Day 4: Jerash - Ajloun - Amman
(B)
Today we will visit Jerash, the
best preserved and largest Greco-Roman city in Jordan; we’ll
stroll the stately colonnaded streets past the theater,
the baths, the hill top temple and the triumphal arch.
Then we will continue to Ajloun; here we will see the
medieval
Castle
of Ajloun
which was built by Muslims against crusader invasions.
After the tour we will return to our hotel.
Overnight:
Amman
Day 5: Madaba -
Mount Nebo – Kerak - Petra (B)
After breakfast we will drive along
the King’s Highway, the ancient Silk Road. Our first stop is Madaba, famous with its
Byzantine mosaics. We will visit the Greek Orthodox
Church of St. George to see the earliest surviving
original map of the Holy land
in a mosaic floor dating to 560 A.D. Then we will drive
to Mount
Nebo, one of the most important holy
sites in Jordan, known as the site of the
tomb of Moses. Our last place to visit before arriving
to Petra is Kerak, the city famous with the12th
century hilltop fortress including galleries, towers,
chapels, and ramparts that vividly recall the age of the
Crusaders.
Overnight: Petra
Day 6: Petra (B)
Breakfast and tour to the Red Rose
City Petra, built by the Nabeteans who settled Jordan
2000 years ago, impresses travelers from all over the
world with its desert rock carved monumental tombs, the
Roman Theater, the Courts, Qasr Bint Pharaoun, Temple of
the Winged Lion, palaces, temples and the treasury which
was starred in Indiana Jones. Our guide will give us a
briefing about whole City of
Petra
while we are walking through the 1.2 km canyon to reach
the magnificent treasury; drive back to hotel for
overnight.
Overnight:
Petra
Day 7: Wadi Rum - Aqaba - Amman (B)
Today we will drive to Wadi Rum,
the magnificent vast desert with its sandstone mountains
also known as Valley of the Moon. The landscape of Wadi
Rum, with its immensity, colour and awe-inspiring
shapes, creates an almost supernatural atmosphere. It
was the setting for the film Lawrence of Arabia as most
of our guests would recall. We will explore the area in
4 X 4 vehicles passing by the Bedouin tents and if time
permits we will drive south to Aqaba, the only seaport
city in
Jordan. Return to
Amman
for overnight.
Overnight:
Amman
Day 8: Departure (B)
Transfer to Amman airport for flight
back home (departures between the hours of 8.00 AM and
8.00 PM),. Thank you for visiting
Jordan!
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