Celebrate your togetherness with a perfect honeymoon destination – Jordan. With nature reserves, ancient monuments, desert valley, adventure activities, and secluded places to let you enjoy some romantic moments, this place has so much to keep you excited.
Arrive Queen Alia International Airport, clear immigration and customs with assistance from our Royal Tours representative, take a city tour of Amman, visiting the old city and newer neighborhood transfer to Amman for an overnight stay.
Amman
The capital, Amman, known in history as Rabbit-Ammon and in Greco-Roman times as Philadelphia, High above the city, at the ancient Citadel, study the traces of Amman’s many lives: the regal columns of a roman temple in silhouette against the sky, the elegant capitals of a Byzantine church, endlessly inventive carvings in the Omayyad Palace, fascinating displays in the Archaeological Museum, and digs and ruins everywhere you step. At the foot of the Citadel, take a seat in the Roman Theatre, a deep- Sided bowl carved into the hill and still used for cultural events
After breakfast, tour Jerash and Ajloun before Um Qais. Return to Amman for overnight.
Jerash
Where the Romans had a great time, The Roman excavations are of about the same size as the modern part of the town. It is really amazing to see so many columns. You can imagine Jerash is sometimes called the Pompeii of the East
Um Qais
Ancient ruins accentuated by glorious landscapes make this tour in Jordan perfect for nature and history enthusiasts. Jordan’s archaeological jewels, Umm Qais and Pella ruins, also find mention in the Biblical texts. Explore 6000 years of history excavated at the ancient city. Admire the entrancing canvas of the Golan Heights in Syria, the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) in Israel, the Palestinian Territories in the north and the Jordan Valley in the south at Umm Qais, one of the most magnificent ancient Greco-Roman cities of the Decapolis.
Ajloun: 73 km north of Amman, and a short journey northwest from Jerash, through a beautiful pine-forest and olive groves, brings you to the town of Ajloun, where Hadrian stayed over the winter of 129-30 AD, and built himself an arch well outside the town, leaving unbounded its sides for future city walls to come out to meet it.
After breakfast, travel to Petra via the King’s Highway visiting Madaba, Mount Nebo and Kerak on the way, check-in at the hotel in Petra and stay overnight.
MADABA
South of Amman proudly stands the “City of Mosaics”, Madaba, perched on an archaeological site with more than 4000 years of history buried beneath it. The quality and quantity of mosaic flooring has made Madaba one of the most prominent cities in the world for mosaics. St. George’s Church houses the world famous mosaic floor depicting a large mosaic map of Palestine. Centrally located on this mosaic floor is a detailed map of Jerusalem as it was during the sixth century AD. At the Church of the Apostles, at the south end of the city, is a mosaic floor attributed to the craftsman Salamanios, depicting the Sea, with the central figure of a woman encircled with a selection of creatures, vegetation and an inscription
MOUNT NEBO
Mount Nebo is the mountain where Moses was allowed to see the Holy Land, and not allowed to enter it. Nowadays the mountain is a memorial site. Here is the “Church of Moses”, built by the first Christians. Ever since the first days of Christianity this mountain has been a holy place and a destination for pilgrimage. Like Moses, you can have a great view over Jordan, the Dead Sea and Israel.
After breakfast, tour Petra before heading back to Amman for overnight.
PETRA
The ancient city of Petra was built from 800 BC to 100 AD by Nabetean Arabs. In this era Petra was a fortress, carved out Of craggy rocks in an area, which was virtually inaccessible, In the first and second century, after the Romans took over, The city reached the Peak of its fame, Petra covers an area of about 100Square km, where over 800 monuments can be found. When shipping slowly displaced caravan routes, the city’s importance gradually dwindled; it fell into disuse and was lost to the world until 1812, when it was Re-discovered by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. Nowadays Petra is Jordan’s number 1 tourist attraction, known as the “rose-red city half as old as time”. The Khazneh (the treasury) starred in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Breakfast, and then proceed to the lowest point in earth dead sea and overnight.
DEAD SEA
At 400 meter’s below sea Level, the Dead Sea is infinite in what it has to offer.
Ever since the days of Herod the Great, People have flocked to the Dead Sea in search of its
Curative secrets, Due to high annual temperatures, Low humidity and high atmospheric pressure, the air Extremely exogenous, and the high content of And magnesium in the air makes breathing a lot With the highest content of minerals and salts in the world, the Dead Sea water possesses anti-inflammatory properties, and the dark mud found on The shores have been used for over 2000 years for therapeutic purposes.
Transfer to Amman QAIA Airport for final departure.
