Top 5 Best Places To Visit In Jordan From Petra To The Dead Sea
Just say it right away Jordan dazzled me. I did not expect such a flood of sites and landscapes as beautiful as each other, all with a fascinating history and culture, a sincere and honest hospitality, an incredibly varied and delicious gastronomy Small country of seven million inhabitants, wedged between Israel, Palestine, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Jordan conceals everything a traveler dreams of discovering. Away from the tensions that agitate this part of the world, it is a land of peace in a region where conflicts are numerous. A place of welcome for very many refugees. A country that you can not fail to discover, at least once in your life. Jordan Tours indelibly marks those who have the chance to go Attention love at first sight!
1. Jerash one of the best preserved Roman cities
50 km north of Amman, Jerash is one of the best preserved Roman cities in the world. The city experienced its golden age between the 1st and the 3rd century AD. We enter under the arch of Hadrian. Just after, we come across the racetrack, where the legendary chariot races and gladiator fights took place. Follow the theaters, beautifully restored to host, each summer, the festival of Jerash, then the temple of Zeus, the forum with its oval square surrounded by columns ...
2. The Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is the lowest point in the world 400 meters below sea level, 417 meters exactly at its lowest point! From the shores of Jordan, it is Palestine that can be seen opposite with the West Bank, and even the towers of Jerusalem that can be seen at the top of the mountains. Explore best Dead sea tours and travel packages from here.
Dead Sea water is ten times saltier than seawater, and rich in magnesium chloride, sodium, potassium, iodine and bromide. It floats like a real cork! It's amazing to swim there! It really feels like a kind of buoy around the pool. It's even difficult to dive your shoulders to fully immerse yourself. The photos say true! You can really swim while reading a book. In this photo, there is at least a meter of deep water.
By cons, pay attention to the eyes! It is absolutely necessary to avoid taking water in the eyes, otherwise, it is necessary to darken with the direct shower to rinse. And difficult to stay there too long. The water is so salty that it stings the skin and after ten minutes, we are happy to leave. Moreover, I advise against bathing in the Dead Sea on a "wild" beach, outside a resort hotel ... Leaving the water, we really need to take a shower to rinse the skin.
3. Petra - one of the seven wonders of the world
Petra is Jordan's flagship landmark, the historic gem among the Seven Wonders of the World, the lost city found by Indiana Jones in his Last Crusade. A vast city cut in stone by the Nabataeans, an arable people who lived more than 2000 years ago, Petra lives up to this legend. To access it, take the Siq, a narrow gorge of over a mile bordered by high cliffs carved by man and nature. A real initiatory path at the end of which we come to Al-Khazneh, the treasure of Petra, majestic tomb with the world famous facade. It is called the treasure, because according to legend, a pharaoh would have hidden his wealth in the stone urn that overlooks the rotunda on the upper level.
4. The desert of Wadi Rum
Described as an "open-air cathedral" by Lawrence of Arabia, who participated here in the Arab uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1917, Wadi Rum is one of the most beautiful deserts I have seen in my life. Its landscapes of red sandstone cliffs and sand dunes have been made famous by the beautiful film Lawrence of Arabia.
5. The Red Sea and its coral gardens
At this stage of the trip to Jordan, after Jerash, Petra, the Dead Sea and Wadi Rum, so many great cultural sites and landscapes of unreal beauty, hard to believe that we can once again "fall backwards In Jordan Well, yes! On the shores of the Red Sea, in Aqaba , in the extreme south of the country. Nothing less than among the most beautiful diving and snorkeling sites in the world, with coral gardens of exceptional richness.
1. Jerash one of the best preserved Roman cities
50 km north of Amman, Jerash is one of the best preserved Roman cities in the world. The city experienced its golden age between the 1st and the 3rd century AD. We enter under the arch of Hadrian. Just after, we come across the racetrack, where the legendary chariot races and gladiator fights took place. Follow the theaters, beautifully restored to host, each summer, the festival of Jerash, then the temple of Zeus, the forum with its oval square surrounded by columns ...
2. The Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is the lowest point in the world 400 meters below sea level, 417 meters exactly at its lowest point! From the shores of Jordan, it is Palestine that can be seen opposite with the West Bank, and even the towers of Jerusalem that can be seen at the top of the mountains. Explore best Dead sea tours and travel packages from here.
Dead Sea water is ten times saltier than seawater, and rich in magnesium chloride, sodium, potassium, iodine and bromide. It floats like a real cork! It's amazing to swim there! It really feels like a kind of buoy around the pool. It's even difficult to dive your shoulders to fully immerse yourself. The photos say true! You can really swim while reading a book. In this photo, there is at least a meter of deep water.
By cons, pay attention to the eyes! It is absolutely necessary to avoid taking water in the eyes, otherwise, it is necessary to darken with the direct shower to rinse. And difficult to stay there too long. The water is so salty that it stings the skin and after ten minutes, we are happy to leave. Moreover, I advise against bathing in the Dead Sea on a "wild" beach, outside a resort hotel ... Leaving the water, we really need to take a shower to rinse the skin.
3. Petra - one of the seven wonders of the world
Petra is Jordan's flagship landmark, the historic gem among the Seven Wonders of the World, the lost city found by Indiana Jones in his Last Crusade. A vast city cut in stone by the Nabataeans, an arable people who lived more than 2000 years ago, Petra lives up to this legend. To access it, take the Siq, a narrow gorge of over a mile bordered by high cliffs carved by man and nature. A real initiatory path at the end of which we come to Al-Khazneh, the treasure of Petra, majestic tomb with the world famous facade. It is called the treasure, because according to legend, a pharaoh would have hidden his wealth in the stone urn that overlooks the rotunda on the upper level.
4. The desert of Wadi Rum
Described as an "open-air cathedral" by Lawrence of Arabia, who participated here in the Arab uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1917, Wadi Rum is one of the most beautiful deserts I have seen in my life. Its landscapes of red sandstone cliffs and sand dunes have been made famous by the beautiful film Lawrence of Arabia.
5. The Red Sea and its coral gardens
At this stage of the trip to Jordan, after Jerash, Petra, the Dead Sea and Wadi Rum, so many great cultural sites and landscapes of unreal beauty, hard to believe that we can once again "fall backwards In Jordan Well, yes! On the shores of the Red Sea, in Aqaba , in the extreme south of the country. Nothing less than among the most beautiful diving and snorkeling sites in the world, with coral gardens of exceptional richness.
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