ITINERARY
Jordan belongs to the oldest culture countries of the world and looks back at an over 5000-year story. For 40 years Moses showed the tribe Juda around the rough country Sinai until he finally 120 years oldly was allowed to see the praised country from the mountain Nebo. Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, crusaders, Ottomans, Judaism, Christianity and the Islam left her traces. Only some highlights of this unusual journey are the king street, Aqaba and Amman, the busy capital of Jordan the rock city Petra, once seat of the legendary people the Nabatäer, the cross knight's castle of Kerak, in the past and presence.
1st day: Native country airport, Amman
Schedule flight with Royal Jordania after Amman. Welcoming by our German-speaking couriers and airport assistance for visas, passport and customs check. Transfer to the booked hotel. Dinner and overnight stay in the hotel.
2nd day: Amman - Jerash
In the morning visit to the capital of Jordan, a town in atmosphere of departure, and one of the most modern of the Orient today. Old citadel, Roman theater, Hussein mosque and national museum. In the afternoon excursion to Jerash, the Roman Dekapolisstadt Gerasa, one of the besterhaltesten Roman provincial town worldwide. Return journey after Amman.
3rd day: Desert castles
After the breakfast in the hotel excursion to the desert castles of the Omayyadenkalifen. At first you go to Qasr tbsp Azrak which served Lawrence of Arabia as a base. Far to Qasr Amra, a Jadgschlößchen with rare frescos and Qasr tbsp Kharana, the fortress at the intersection point of old caravan streets. About Qasr tbsp Mushatta, another desert palace, it goes back after Amman. Dinner and overnight stay in the hotel in Amman.
4th day: Amman-bleak sea
A single look about the Jordantal and this drive himself dead man from Amman to the mountain Nebo with one of the most important cloister plants, where sea offers. Visit to the Franciscan cloister with splendid mosaics. Far to Madaba, the Moabiter and Nabatäerstadt. You inspect the mosaics of the Greek-orthodox Georgskirche, among this the famous map of Palestine and Jerusalem, here. Dinner and overnight stay in the hotel at the dead man sea.
5th day: Bleak sea, Kerak, Petra
On the old king road by a terribly romantic mountain and valley to Kerak with the crusader castle from the 12th century continuation of the journey after Petra. Dinner and overnight stay in the hotel.
6th day: Petra
Have breakfast in the hotel. Whole day excursion to the capital of the Nabatäerreichs shrouded in mystery. Rode up to the crevice of the Sik " to the pink town have the Nabatäer pooled here which from the rocks: Treasure house of the Pharao ", Hellenistic rock tombs, rock temple of Ed Deir, ascent to the high victim place, ". In the late afternoon jeep journey by the excellent desert landscape Wadi rum and overnight stay in the desert.
7th day: Wadi rum, Aqaba
After the breakfast journey of along the king road to Aqaba to the red sea. In the afternoon journey with this glass floor journey to the coral-reefs. Dinner and overnight stay in the hotel.
8th day: Aqaba, Amman, native country airport
Transfer to the airport Aqaba and return flight over Amman to Germany.
Reserved for program patches!
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