Itinerary
Day 1: Sheikh Hussein Bridge - Jerash - Amman
• Drive from Tel Aviv or Jerusalem to the Sheikh Hussein border crossing for procedures to enter Jordan.
• Proceed to Jerash - city of the Decapolis, located about 45km north of Amman in the fertile heights of the Gilad. Visit the ancient Roman city with colonnaded streets, the baths and the hill of the top Temple.
• Drive to Amman for a panoramic city tour of the Jordanian capital including the Citadel and Roman Amphitheatre.
• Overnight in Amman.
Hotels (or similar):
Tourist Class - Liwan
First Class - Grand Palace
Superior Class - Regency Palace
Day 2: Amman - Petra
• After early breakfast, leave the hotel and travel south on the road to Wadi Musa, the modern village of Petra.
• Enter the site of Petra and walk, or ride on horseback, to the "Siq" (Canyon).
• Walk through the "Siq" to the red rock city, the ancient capital of the Nabateans from 3rd Century BC to 2nd Century AD.
• Visit the most interesting carved monuments such as the Treasury (El Khazneh - a tomb of a Nabatean king) then the field of tombs, obelisks and the altar. From this point you can view the whole of the rock city.
• After the visit, return to Wadi Musa for overnight.
• Overnight in Petra.
Hotels (or similar):
Tourist Class - Amra Palace
First Class - Petra Moon
Superior Class - Old Village Resort
Day 3: Petra - Madaba - Mount Nebo - Allenby Bridge - Jerusalem - Tel Aviv
• Drive to Madaba to visit the remains of the Byzantine church with its ancient mosaic floor map, the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the mosaic map of the Holy Land and Jerusalem.
• Continue to Mount Nebo, from where Moses viewed the Promised Land. From there you will see the Jordan Valley, Jericho and the Dead Sea.
• Drive to the border and onwards to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.
Please note that the sequence of the tour and sites visited may be amended due to circumstances at the company’s or the guide’s discretion.