The Treasury of Petra glowing at the end of the narrow Siq canyon

Petra 𐢛𐢚𐢓𐢈

Every Stone Has a Story

Discover Jordan, from Petra's rose-red valleys to the silence of Wadi Rum, the Dead Sea and the Red Sea.

Al-Khazneh (The Treasury), Petra

A greeting carved in stone

Read from right to left, these three Nabataean letters spell šlm, meaning “peace.” The word opens this inscription from Wadi Hafir, near Aqaba.

𐢝𐢑𐢒 𐢁𐢍𐢅𐢗𐢔 𐢃𐢛 𐢉𐢍𐢅𐢈

“Peace, ʾydʿn son of Zydw.”

Discover Jordan, north to south

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Jerash

The Oval Plaza was the grand entrance to Roman Gerasa, a paved square ringed by 56 Ionic columns. Its streets, temples and theatres make Jerash one of the best-preserved Roman provincial cities anywhere. Look at the paving: the stones curve in rows that follow the oval of the colonnade.

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Amman

The Temple of Hercules crowns Amman’s Citadel hill. It was built between AD 162 and 166, when the city was Roman Philadelphia, on a hill people have lived on for thousands of years. Look up at the two tallest columns, which still carry a carved block of the temple’s upper beam.

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The Dead Sea

Cliffs of the Jordan Rift Valley drop straight into the Dead Sea, whose surface lies about 440 metres below sea level, the lowest place on land. Its water is roughly nine times saltier than the ocean, which is why you float. Look along the waterline for the white bands of salt crusted onto the rocks.

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Petra

Al-Khazneh, the Treasury, was carved straight into the rose sandstone about 2,000 years ago, when Petra was the Nabataean capital and a hub of the incense trade. It was most likely built as a royal tomb. Look between the upper columns for the weathered carved figures, with a female figure at the centre of the round pavilion.

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Wadi Rum

Sandstone mountains rise straight out of the red sand of Wadi Rum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011. Rock carvings and inscriptions here record some 12,000 years of human life. Look at how wind and water have worn the rock into rounded domes, hollows and deep vertical cracks.

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Aqaba

Aqaba sits on Jordan’s only coastline, 27 kilometres of the Gulf of Aqaba with some of the most northerly coral reefs in the world, many starting just metres from the beach. Look for the change in colour from pale turquoise over the shallow reef to deep blue where the seabed drops away.

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The Grand Jordan Tour

Our most complete journey. The north comes first: Jerash, the castle of Ajloun and the basalt ruins of Umm Qais above the Sea of Galilee, then a day for Amman and the Umayyad Desert Castles.

Duration: 8 days · 7 nights
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