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Amman
is the modern and ancient capital of Jordan, formerly the Ammonite
capital city of Rabbath Ammon, and later the Graeco-Roman city called
Philadelphia. Originally spread over seven hills like Rome, Amman now
covers at least nineteen hills. It is a city of contrasts, a mixture
of ancient and modern. The city is crowned by citadel, a hill with the
ruins of the Temple of Hercules and a museum with artifact dating back
to the earliest settlement in the region some 7000 years ago.
Jerash/ Half Day tour
Graeco-Roman city, Gerasa in ancient times, known as the Pompeii of
the east for its extraordinary state of preservation.It is considered
the best preserved and most complete city of the Decapolis, a
confederation of ten Roman cities dating from the 1st Century B.C.
within the city's wall have been found the remains of settlements
indicating human occupation of this location for more than 2.500
years.
Madaba & Mount Nebo / Half Day Tour
Madaba of
the bible is today the city of Madaba. It is known for its Byzantine
and Umayyad Mosaics. Visitors may view the earliest surviving original
map of the Holy Land, which was made around B.C 560. Ten Kilometers
west of Madaba is the hilly district of Mount Nebo. It is believed to
be the tomb of Moses. It has the ruins of a 4th and 6th Century church
whose floor is still covered with marvelous mosaics.
Petra / Full day
tour
The most famous
attraction in Jordan is the Nabataean city of Petra, some 262
Kilometers south of Amman.
More than 2.000 Years ago, the Nabataeans Carved a city out of the
Rose-red rock.
To reach the city, the visitor travels through the awesome "Siq" an
immense crack in the Nubian sandstone. It is a wading, one
Kilometer-Long fissure between overhanging lefts that seem to meet
more than 300 feet overhead within Petra you'll see hundreds of curved
and built structures, soaring temples, elaborate royal tombs, Roman
theatre, water channels, arched gates and others.
Dead Sea/
Full day tour
The sunset
touching distant hills with ribbons of fire across the waters of the
Dead Sea brings a sense of unreality to culminate a day's visit to the
lowest point on earth, some 400 meters below the sea level.
As the name suggests, the sea is devoid of life due to an extremely
high content of salts and minerals. But it is these natural elements
which give the waters their curative powers, recognized since the days
of Herod the Great, more than 2.000 years ago.
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