Day 1: Amman APT / Amman HTL
Meet and assist at Amman APT – Transfer to Amman hotel – overnight.
Day 2: Amman City Tour / Jerash / Amman
Departure
for the City Tour of Amman, visit of the Citadel, the Roman Theatre
& the Museum – Then transfer to the modern side of Amman.
Proceed
to Jerash: One of the most
beautiful archaeological sites in Jordan located at 46 km of Amman. The oval
place, the Cardo-Maximus, the nymphaeum, the temples of Zeus and Artemis... and
much more monuments testify the majesty of the builders, and the genius of the
Greco-Romans. The know-how of the Greco-Romans and the charm of the site make
of Jerash an imposing city to visit.
Back to Amman – dinner
and overnight at hotel.
Day 3: Amman /Allenby / Jerusalem / Bethlehem
Transfer to King
Hussein Bridge (Allenby) for departure to Jerusalem.
Meet and assistance on
the western side of the Bridge with the guide - direct transfer to Mount of
Olives, then to Gethsemane, Arrival at the Lamentation Wall, from where we take
the direction towards the City Via Dolorosa then the tomb of Jesus. Then have a
walk in the old city.
Transfer to Bethlehem;
visit the Nativity Church, free lunch & free time for shopping.
Back to your hotel in Jerusalem,
dinner
and overnight.
Day 4: Jerusalem /Jericho/Allenby Bridge /Madaba
Breakfast, then transfer to Jericho: The
"city of palms" this is how Jericho, located in the middle of an
oasis, is sometimes called in the Old Testament. The vegetation also
inspired the Hebrew name of the city, "Jericho", which has
substantially the same meaning as the name given to it by the Arabs, Ar-Riha,
"the perfume".
Transfer to Allenby Bridge, meet
and assist on the Jordanian side, transfer to Madaba: Containing the greatest Christian community, Madaba
always preserves a very important Byzantine archaeological park. More than 150
churches, in the city and its surroundings, trace the history of the Byzantine
occupation and its evolution.
Dinner and overnight in Madaba hotel.
Day 5: Madaba / Mount Nebo / Kerak / Petra
Breakfast at hotel,
then visit St. Georges Church in Madaba: The Map of Palestine in Madaba represents a priceless interest for the
study of the topography of Palestine and the countries of vicinity.
Proceed to Mount
Nebo: At 46 km only to the
West of Amman, at 838 m of altitude, is the place where God had ordered Moses
to go to the top of the Arabot mountains, to mount Nebo, in the country of
Moab, opposite to Jericho, to see the Promised Land and to die on the mountain
where he will go.
Continue to Kerak:
This city at 1000 m of altitude and 120 km
from Amman is the old capital of the country of Moab, it appears in the bible
under the name of Qir-Heres. Moreover, it is crowned by the ruins of a fortress
built by the Crusaders. A worthy work of art that competes with the famous
"Crac des Chevaliers". A lordship of Montreal since 1140, this one
falls to Renault de Chatillon after its arranged marriage with Etiennette de
Milly.
Arrival to Petra – dinner and overnight.
Day 6: Petra / Wadi Rum
A full day visit of
Petra: located at 235 km of
Amman. Mentioned in the bible under the name of Reqem (the "Multi-colored
one"), Petra offers to you the occasion to admire the beauty of nature, to
go back in condition, and to live the history through its monuments. A visit of
one or several days can only create a love relationship giving you the desire
for returning or for sending somebody from your side.
Late afternoon back transfer
to Wadi Rum, dinner and overnight in the camp.
Day 7: Wadi Rum / Amman:
After breakfast start a 4x4
tour in the desert of Wadi Rum for 2 hours: Wadi Rum is a valley of the Saharan type which you will reach by
traversing through astonishing sandy plain, where the road comes very close to
some of these innumerable and strange rock formations that you will have seen
since the balcony Ras Al Naqab. At sunset, all these petrified fantasizes and
the sand beaches take admirable and delicate colors.
Transfer back to Amman
– dinner
and overnight at hotel.
Day 8: Amman hotel / Amman Airport
Transfer to Amman APT
and assist for final departure.
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