Jordan Magic
JORDAN MAGIC 8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS
DAY 1: ARRIVE AMMAN AIRPORT
Meet at the gate by our friendly Airport staff who shall provide full assistance through immigration & customs. Transfer to hotel in Amman for dinner & overnight.
DAY 2: AMMAN => SALT => JORDAN VALLEY => PELLA => UM QEIS => IRBID => AMMAN
Breakfast. Drive to Jordan Valley resonant with historic and religious heritage via Salt, the former capital of Jordan. Visit Pella, rich with ruins from Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times. Continue to Um Qeis, the ancient Greco-Roman City of Gadara, with its panoramic view overlooking the lake of Tiberias, the Jordan Valley and Golan Heights. Drive back to Amman via
Irbid for dinner and vernight.
DAY 3 : AMMAN => DESERT CASTLES => DEAD SEA => AMMAN
After Breakfast. Full day tour to the Desert Castles, built by the Omayyad Caliphs of Damascus in the 8th century A.D. as hunting lodges. Wildly varied in architectural style: Qasr Al-Kharraneh, Qasr Amra and Qasr Al-Azraq. Continue to the Dead
Sea – the lowest spot on earth. Time for bathing and relaxing. Dinner and overnight – Amman.
DAY 4: CITY TOUR OF AMMAN => JERASH => AMMAN
Breakfast. Full day touR through Amman, the ancient and modern capital of Jordan, originally built on seven hills and from the top of the citadel, one of the highest hills, you can have a splendid view of the old city. Visit the Citadel, Roman Theater,
Archeological, Folklore Museums, and King Abdullah Mosque. Drive north of Amman to visit Jerash, the most beautiful and preserved Roman city inexistence. Dinner and overnight-Amman.
DAY 5: AMMAN => MADABA => MOUNT NEBO => KINGS’ HIGHWAY => KERAK => PETRA
After Breakfast, full day visit through King’s Highway, the ancient Silk Road; stop in Madaba, home of the most famous Byzantine Mosaics and most of all the 6th century map of the holy places in the biblical world.Continue to Mount Nebo, with its spectacular view of the Holy Land. Then to Kerak to visit the Crusader Castle from the 12th century. Proceed to Petra for dinner and overnight.
DAY 6 : PETRA
After Breakfast. Full day sightseeing of the unique “rose-red” city of Petra, half as old as time, built by the Arab Nabateans who hewed their monumental tombs, palaces, temples and treasury from the desert rock’s sandstone in its’ natural hues of rose and gold. Dinner and overnight in Petra.
DAY 7 : PETRA => WADI RUM => AQABA => WADI ARABA => AMMAN
After Breakfast. Drive to Wadi Rum the valley of the moon, with a visit by Bedouin Jeeps for 2 hours. Continue to Aqaba for break at the Red Sea. P.M. drive via Wadi
Araba and Dead Sea Coast to Amman for dinner and overnight. OR possibility for extension in Aqaba at the Red-sea
DAY 8: TRANSFER TO AMMAN AIRPORT FOR DEPARTURE
After Breakfast. Transfer to Amman Airport including our assistance during departure formalities.
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