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Insight Vacations - Ancient Civilizations |
Jordan Experience
5 days, Priced from US$1050
Premium Escorted, Departs from & returns to Amman
Tour code I888
Included Premium Highlights
- Journey through the winding dark passageway between rock walls 500 ft high to the ancient hidden city of Petra
Included Additional Excursions & Sights
- Visit Jerash, the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world
- Look down upon Moses's Promised Land from windswept Mount Nebo
- View the mosaic that is believed to be the earliest surviving map of the Holy Land
- Visit the Crusader fortress of Shobak
- See the Roman Amphitheatre and Citadel Hill in Amman
Included First Class Services
- Insight's professional multi-lingual Tour Director accompanies you
- Tour by air-conditioned coach or minibus
- First Class hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Arrival and departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel
Included Quality Dining
- 4 Buffet Breakfasts (BB) and 4 special-menu Dinners, or Buffets (D)
ITINERARY
Day 1 - AMMAN |
Welcome to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan - a landscape that has changed little in the last 2,000 years. On arrival at Amman Airport, you will be met by your Jordanian Tour Director and transferred to your conveniently located hotel.
Hotel: Crowne Plaza (D) |
Day 2 - AMMAN - PETRA |
The trip to Jerash reveals the most beautifully preserved example of a Greco-Roman city in existence. Explore the grand ruins of the temples of Artemis and Zeus, where you can listen to the Whispering Column, and take in the vast oval Forum, Hadrian's triumphal arch and the mile-long Street of Columns. Travel on to Mt Nebo where Moses stood and saw before him the Promised Land. At Madaba, see the amazing mosaic map in St George's Church, which dates from around AD560. Continue to your hotel in Petra in plenty of time for dinner this evening.
Hotel: Crowne Plaza (BB,D) |
Day 3 - PETRA SIGHTSEEING |
Spend the whole day visiting Petra, the rose red city, half as old as time. The approach to this lost city - which is Jordan's most famous attraction - is through a narrow gorge, the Siq, whose walls rise up 200 metres. In ancient days, the Siq was Petra's protection from surprise attack. Emerge from the path to gaze upon the Treasury, the most magnificent of Petra's sights, carved out of solid rock and standing over 40 meters high. Wind your way through the canyon to explore the imposing Roman Amphitheatre which once seated 3,000 spectators, and the ancient tombs. (BB,D) |
Day 4 - PETRA - AMMAN |
Visit an authentic 12th century crusader fortress whose galleries, chapels and ramparts recall the gallantry of the Crusaders themselves. Shobak is perched on the side of a rocky mountain, standing guard over a barren and desolate land. Explore inside the walls to see what remains before driving along the famous Kings Highway back to Amman, Jordan's capital city. Here, see the huge 2nd century Roman Amphitheatre and the Citadel Hill.
Hotel: Crowne Plaza. (BB,D) |
Day 5 - DEPART AMMAN |
Your tour comes to an end after breakfast with a transfer to the airport for your onward flights. (BB) |
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