Tour Itinerary
Day 1:
Arrival to Queen Alia airport, our representative will assist you through passport control formalities, luggage identification & portage will greet you. From the airport you will be transferred by a private A/C car to your hotel in Amman and overnight in Amman.
Day 2:
Breakfast. You will be driven to visit Jerash, which was known as the Pompeii of the east, and also known as the city of 1000 pillars, you will also visit the triple arched gate, the huge hippodrome, the theater and the only roman forum surrounded by 63 ionic columns. Then visit Ajlun, Pella and Umm Qais, back to Amman for overnight
Day 3:
Breakfast. you will visit the Roman Theater, which dates back to the second century AD the Roman ruins of the Citadel Hill, and the archeological museum. Then your adventure will continue with a visit to the Ashrafia Mosque and the King Hussein Sport City. You will end your tour driving throughout modern city. After the sight seeing tour through Amman, you will visit desert castles built by early Islamic Umayyad Caliphs in the seventh and eighth centuries AD.Qasr Amra, Qasr Kharaneh and Qasr Azraq are some of the best preserved examples of Umayyad art and architecture, including castles, baths, mosques, water and agricultural systems, mosaic floors, and painted wall frescoes.
, back to Amman for overnight
Day 4:
After breakfast, you will be driven southward along the King's Highway one of the oldest trade routes in the world runs 200 miles along Jordan's hilly backbone, you will stop at the Byzantine Church of Mt. Nebo, and then proceed to Madaba where you will see a unique map of Palestine. Afterwards you will reach the Dead Sea the lowest spot on earth, 1306 feet below sea level. Enjoy the bizarre but delightful experience of floating on the surface of the buoyant waters, four times saltier than regular seawater. Proceed to Petra, overnight in Petra.
Day 5:
Breakfast. Start your full day tour to visit Petra "the rose red city". The city comprises a complete urban infrastructure which includes temples, baths, private houses, high places, paved streets, public buildings, markets, theaters, reservoirs and cisterns. It's entrance, a one-kilometer long fissure through the towering cliffs, "The Siq", provides a dramatic approach and induction to the city. The narrow winding path through the canyon dramatically opens up to expose the awesome facade of the Elkhazneh, "the treasury", overnight in Petra.
Day 6:
The road south from Petra leads down to Wadi Rum, another of nature's wonderlands that has attracted human beings for thousands of years. Wadi Rum is an unusual desert terrain that resembles a pastel pink lunar landscape, with towering limestone and granite cliffs shooting out of the sandy desert floor. In Wadi Rum which was known as "Lawrence of Arabia Land" time to ride a camel and join a jeep safari, overnight in camp
Day 7:
Transfer to Aqaba, free time at leisure for swimming, overnight in Aqaba.
Day 8:
Breakfast, our representative will transfer you to the airport and assist you at the airport through final departure formalities
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