Jordan, plan of journey

After a stay in Egypt time to journey to Jordan. Long holiday by the sea made the more I want to desert climates of Jordan. Jordan has limited access to the sea. In this small space adjoined to the Red Sea is located Aqaba, a beautiful seaside resort, where I plan stop for a moment before I move through the desert up to the Amman.

Jordan is one of the most tourist-friendly countries in the Middle East. Jordanians with great pleasure be our guides and share traditions and history of their country. Jordanians are very open, willing to talk with tourists, you can also count on a Jordanian coffee.

This place is so ancient and contemporary. On the way to the modern and bustling Amman, I plan to visit Petra, the ancient settlement and Bedouin in the desert of Wadi Rum. Jordan can be proud of its cultural diversity.

Jordan as a country created as a result the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. In the first phase, the British formed east of the Jordan Emirate of Transjordan. After the Second World War, Transjordan from the West Bank created the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Everything changed after the war in 1967, when Jordan lost the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

It should be remembered that 80% of the country is desert stretches up to Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Desert landscapes dominate and give character to this country. Access to the sea provides only port in Aqaba, which dates back to X in. BC In Roman times ran here important route from Damascus to Egypt and Palestine. The Crusaders fortified away 7 km from the Ile de Graye-island called in Arabic Pharaoh's Island. On the other side of the bay you can see the Israeli resort Eljat.

Journey plan:

Day 1-2

Aqaba. It is the only seaside town of Jordan. Before continuing my journey once again dive into admiring the coral reefs of the Red Sea. The beaches of Aqaba is divided into three parts: the north - North Beach, where are most of the hotels, including the most luxurious, middle - Middle Beach - the public beach Al-Hafayer and South - South Beach - the main public beach in the water park Aqaba Marina Park and an exclusive beach in Tala Bay resort.

Day 2-3

Wadi Rum. Pink desert. One of the most beautiful places in the Middle East, unusual valley lying among the rocks, inhabited by the hospitable Bedouins. Wadi Rum was inhabited in the prehistoric period by many different cultures, they have left a mark in the form of cave paintings, petroglyphs and temples.

In 2011, the protected area of Wadi Rum has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Day 4-6

Petra. This obligatory punk while exploring the Jordani and one of the most unique places in the world. It is the most valuable architectural monuments of the Kingdom of Haszimit (monument inscribed on the UNESCO list), located in inaccessible mountain valley. The entire city is carved into the rock. There are an incredible, huge temples, palaces, tombs and vaults. The site was probably abandoned in the sixth. A.D. because of numerous strong earthquakes. Re-discovered them in 1812. In 1958. Petra opened for tourists. Some of the buildings are located on the nearby summit.

Day 7-8

Madaba. During my stay I visit Mount Nebo, where is a splendid panorama of the valley of the river Jordan and the Holy Land, as it saw Moses. According to tradition, Mount Nebo, the place where Moses first and last saw the Promised Land.

In Madaba I visit the Orthodox Basilica of Saint George, where the floor is a mosaic map of Palestine and Lower Egypt from the sixth century. Inside the church there is also an icon representing St. George killing the dragon.

In addition, I visit the Church of the Holy Apostles, where in 1902 also discovered a number of mosaics, exposed in a specially built hall at the church

In the city there are the ruins of Roman and Byzantine  buildings.

Day 9-11 

Amman is the capital of the Jordani. In Amman, I plan to visit the citadel of the VIII century, built under the rule of the Arab, the Ethnographic Museum and the Museum of Folk Tradition. Additionally, in the city there are monuments from the Roman forum built in 190 years, and surrounded on three sides by columns, the Odeon amphitheater audience and archways built in the second century.

Worth seeing the Temple of Hercules, built during the reign of Marcus Aurelius and the Ruins of the Umayyad palace of the seventh or eighth century, destroyed by an earthquake in 749 years.

In Amman, there are also beautiful mosques: the mosque of King Hussein in 1924, the mosque of Abu Darwish of black and white facade and the mosque of King Abdullah covered with distinctive blue dome.

Day 12-13

Jarash. The ancient city probably founded in the fourth century BC by Alexander the Great or his general Perdiccas. At the end of the second century BC incorporated by the Maccabees Judah, in 63 BC It was occupied by the Roman army. The development of the town occurred in the reign of Emperor Trajan. In VI. During the reign of the Byzantine Justinian built in at least 7 churches. In 614 Geraz won the Sassanids, and in 636 the Arabs. In the city there are ancient temples of Zeus and Artemidt, theaters, hippodrome and bath complex.

Day 14 

Jericho. Transfer to Israel