Jordan, land of timeless landscapes

PLAN

CONDITIONS

PROSSIME PARTENZE:
18-25 LUGLIO 2024
18-25 AGOSTO 2024

Day 1: Italy - Amman

Meeting of the Participants and departure for Tel Aviv with scheduled flight .

Meeting of the participants and handling of the boarding formalities and departure with scheduled flight to Amman.

Upon arrival, meeting with the guide, transfer and accommodation in hotel and accommodation. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Amman

Breakfast. Departure for the so-called Desert Castles, a series of residences built during the Umayyad period. Return to Amman and lunch in a restaurant.

Afternoon visit of Amman, capital of the country, founded by the Semitic tribe of the Ammonites and later occupied by the Greeks who called it Philadelphia: visit to the Citadel Hill with the temple of Hercules, the Umayyad Palace, the Roman theater and the Royal Palace. Lunch during the visit.

Free time in Amman

Return to the hotel. Dinner and Overnight

Day 3: Amman - Jerash

Breakfast. Departure for a visit to the Hellenistic-Roman excavations of Gadara (Umm Qais), from where you can admire a splendid panorama of Lake Tiberias. Continue to Ajloun and visit the castle built by the Arabs to defend against Crusader attacks.

Arrival in Jerash, one of the best preserved Hellenistic-Roman cities in the Middle East and lunch in a restaurant. Visit of the site, characterized by the beautiful elliptical forum and the grandiose colonnaded street around which the most significant monuments stand: the temple of Zeus, the theatre, the nymphaeum, the gate

by Adrian etc. In the upper part of the site are the remains of three Byzantine churches. Return to Amman in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Amman - Petra

Breakfast. Departure for Petra. Stop at Mount Nebo, the place where Moses died, and at Madaba, where you can admire the famous mosaic of Palestine kept inside the orthodox church of S. Giorgio.

We then continue towards Umm El Rasas: an extremely ancient settlement with remains from the Roman and Byzantine periods, famous for its wonderful mosaics, especially those found inside the church of S. Stefano. Lunch during the visit.

Through the evocative landscapes of Wadi Al Mujib, we reach the crusader castle of Shoback. Arrival in Petra.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Petra

Breakfast. Full day dedicated to visiting the capital of the Nabateans, probably the most scenic ancient city in the world. It can be reached after having crossed the "siq", a narrow gorge bordered by very high cliffs, along the way you can see obelisk-shaped sculptures accompanied by various inscriptions, traces of the ancient pavement and remains of the channel dug into the rock. We will visit splendid monuments such as the "Treasure": its name derives from the legend according to which an Egyptian pharaoh decided to hide his treasure here. The most fascinating element is the facade, the interior consists only of an unadorned square room, with a smaller room to the rear.

The "Monastery" is very similar in style to the Treasury, but its dimensions are considerably larger.

The Roman theater, an 8000-seat amphitheater, was originally believed to have been built after the defeat of the Nabataeans by the Romans in 106 BC, while it is now believed that it was the Nabataeans themselves who carved it out of the rock in the time of Christ, destroying many caves and graves during the works. The facade that includes the three vaulted tombs is also called the Wall of the Kings. The tombs were carved directly into the rock and the designs are truly amazing. Lunch

within the site. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Minimum number
participants: 20

Rates starting from
€ 1800.00*

*The fee is indicative and may vary according to the period, conditions and other variables. The exact fare will be communicated for each trip that will be planned from time to time.

** Any changes depending on the change in airport or security taxes or in the cost of fuel will be communicated to the participants within 20 days before departure.

*** For the single room supplement, see the list "the price does not include

Day 6: Petra - Wadi Rum.

Breakfast. In the morning departure for Beida, the "little Petra", a small Nabataean suburb that developed thanks to its position at the center of many of the major caravan routes. Departure for Wadi Rum, within the territory of the Howeitat. Rich in water resources, it was already inhabited 400,000 years ago; the Nabataeans probably arrived there in the 6th century BC. The landscape has reddish hues, vegetation is scarce, while copper mineral veins appear along the lower part of the hills. Lunch. Off-road excursion among splendid panoramas and magical atmospheres at sunset.

Dinner and overnight at the tented camp.

Day 7: Wadi Rum - Dead Sea.

Breakfast. Departure for the Dead Sea. Visit to the “Lowest Spot on Earth Museum”. Lunch in the restaurant. Transfer to the Dead Sea and afternoon a

disposition. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 8: Dead Sea - Italy.

Breakfast and transfer to the airport. Departure with scheduled flight to Rome and continuation by bus