Jordan Tours Petra & Wadi Rum Adventure

After breakfast, depart for Jerash, the Pompeii of the East.
Enter through the monumental South Gate and find yourself in a true Roman city. Walk through the Oval Plaza surrounded by columns, visit the Roman Theatre and the Byzantine Churches with their typical mosaic floors. Stroll along Jerash’s main street, called the Cardo, and visit the Nymphaeum.
You will be amazed by the wonderful acoustics of the theatre, which serves as the stage for the annual Jerash Music Festival. You’ll also notice how the Romans were able to build earthquake-resistant columns along the colonnaded street.

After the visit to Jerash, continue to Ajloun, an Islamic military castle used by Saladin’s troops to defend the region against the Crusaders.
Then return to Amman to explore the capital, once known as Rabbat Ammoun. Visit the Citadel, the Roman Ruins, and the Roman Theatre, located in the bustling center of the old souk.

Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Dopo colazione si parte verso Madaba, dove si visita una delle chiese più spettacolari al mondo: la Chiesa di St. Giorgio con il suo pavimento decorato a Mosaico raffigurante la Mappa di Gerusalemme. Terminata la visita, si parte in direzione del Monte Nebo, il luogo dove Mosè venne sepolto. Se sarete fortunati e il cielo sarà limpido, potrete apprezzare una visuale straordinaria sulla Valle del Giordano, il Mar Morto e Gerico dall’altra sponda del fiume Giordano. Si continua poi verso la Strada dei Re per visitare Shoubaked il magnifico castello crociato di Montreal.Successivamente si prosegue verso Petra,per la cena ed il pernottamento in hotel.

After breakfast, depart for Petra. No visit to Jordan is complete without exploring the capital of the ancient Nabatean kingdom, Petra. The lost city of Petra, entirely carved into the rose-red mountains, truly challenges the imagination. The natural beauty of the mountains here combines with the culture and architecture of the Nabateans, who carved their theaters, temples, façades, tombs, monasteries, houses, and streets directly into the pink rock.

It is no wonder that UNESCO has included the city on the World Heritage List! Entry into Petra is through the Siq, a deep and narrow gorge that leads to Petra’s most famous monument: Al-Khazneh, or The Treasury. You may recognize it from the final scene of the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

But The Treasury is just the beginning: as you continue walking, you will see hundreds of buildings carved into the rock, worn by time, with fabulous multi-colored walls. After the guided tour of the site, there will be free time for independent exploration before returning to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

After breakfast, depart for Little Petra. Unlike Petra, where the Nabateans lived and buried their dead, Little Petra was designed to host caravans coming from Arabia and the East, heading toward Syria and Egypt. To provide a stop after crossing the Wadi Rum, the Nabateans first carved small caves into the sandstone and later built larger structures to accommodate the numerous caravan travelers who stayed there.

Continue to Wadi Rum, an ancient passage for caravans carrying precious goods from the Arabian Peninsula northward to the ports of the Mediterranean. Its beauty is characterized by time-worn mountains, dry ancient lakebeds, and towering dunes of intense red color.

In this area, an Italian researcher, Professor Borzatti, discovered some of the oldest known alphabetic inscriptions, the Thamudic script, dating back 6,000 years. The desert is also rich in rock carvings and paintings in the famous “Valley of the Moon.”

Enjoy a 2-hour 4x4 Jeep excursion through the desert. Accommodation at a Bedouin-style camp, with dinner and overnight stay under the desert stars.

After breakfast, depart northward toward the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth at 423 meters below sea level. Enjoy a few hours of free time at the Dead Sea, which lies right on Jordan’s western border. The salty water, unusually rich in minerals, along with its therapeutic muds and natural hot springs, offers a true rejuvenation for body and spirit.

Continue onward to Amman. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast, enjoy a free day for relaxation, shopping, and exploring the capital. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast, meet our assistants at the hotel who will escort you to Queen Alia International Airport for your departure.