DISCOVER JORDAN

9 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS CLASSICAL JORDAN TOUR

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Day 1:  Departure                                                                Flight from the U.S to Jordan                 

Day 2: Arrival in Amman Jordan

Upon arrival at the Amman airport our representative will meet

and assist you through immigration and transfer you to the hotel

in Amman. The rest of the day is free.Overnight: Amman

Day 3: Amman City Tour - Desert Castles

In the morning you get to know Amman, the capital of

theHashemite Kingdom, during a city tour. You visit the Citadel

with its remains from the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods

as well as the Archaeological Museum. You head for the Roman Theater in Downtown, where also the Al Hussein Mosque is located and you can stroll a little bit through the suq.  In the afternoon you can make an excursion to the Desert Castles in the east of Jordan. You will view Qasr Kharanah, Qasr Amra, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the black castle in Azraq, where Lawrence of Arabia planned his attacks against the Ottomans. Overnight: Amman

Day 4: Amman – Jerash – Dead Sea – Amman

In the morning you drive to Jerash, located in the hills of Gilead, and the best preserved Roman provincial city in the whole Middle East. You visit the Forum, Colonnaded Street, the Hippodrome, the Temple of Artemis and Zeus and also some early Christian churches.  The afternoon you can spend at the Dead Sea. You make the unique experience in the saltiest water and the lowest point on earth to bath without being able to sink. After sunset we drive back to Amman. Overnight: Amman

Day 5: Amman – Mount Nebo – Madaba – Kerak – Petra

Today you drive along the King's Highway, an old caravan route, in the south to Jordan's biggest attraction Petra. En route you visit Mount Nebo, from where already Prophet Moses glanced at the promised land. Besides you find here Byzantine mosaic art in a church from the 4th century. Famous for its mosaics is also the town Madaba. You view the map of Palestine from the 6th century in St. George's Church and the Archaeological Park with old mosaic treasures. The King's Highway leads you also to the Crusader Castle Kerak, built in 1142 by the lord of the province Oultrejourdain Payen le Bouteiller. Worth seeing are here the underground halls. Overnight in Petra.

Day 6 - Petra

Today you will discover one of the New Seven Wonders of the World: the red-rose rock city Petra. Around the 6th century BC the Nabataeans settled down in the area and carved  unique temple and house facades in the sandstone. You enter Petra through an 1.2 km long and narrow canyon, the Siq. Then you stand in front of the 40 meter high Treasury, the most beautiful building. Further you go to the Amphitheatre, the Streets of Facades, the Royal Tombs and after a break to the impressing Monastery El Deir.

Overnight in Petra.

Day 7: Petra – Wadi Rum – Petra

This day is for your own and if you want to visit Petra once again. In the afternoon you make a trip to the Wadi Rum desert. During a two hour Jeep tour you drive off-road to the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a pregnant rock formation, canyons and sand dunes. You experience a sunset in the desert and the hospitality of the Bedouins as we have dinner under the starry sky in their camp. Overnight in Petra.

Day 8 : Petra – Amman

Via Desert Highway you drive in the morning back to Amman where you can spend the rest of the day on your own and enjoy the atmosphere of the so-called white city. Overnight in Amman. 

Day 9 - Departure from Amman

Transfer to Amman International Airport to board your international flight back to the U.S or continue on

a tour to Israel and/or Egypt.