Jordan Tour (Amman - Amman)

We meet at Istanbul Airport at 03:45 and depart for Amman on Turkish Airlines flight TK816. Upon our arrival, we leave the airport by our private vehicle and transfer to our hotel. After the breakfast we will have at the hotel, Amman, Jordan’s modern capital, was built in the past like Rome on 7 hills and today spans 19 hills. In this city, which is a blend of modern and ancient, the Roman Theater, still used for cultural and artistic events with a capacity of six thousand people; the Amman Citadel atop one of the 7 hills that make up Amman; the Umayyad Palace, consisting of ancient city ruins; and the National Museum are among the places we will see panoramically. Then we depart for our Jerash Ancient City tour. During our visit to Jerash Ancient City, known in the Ancient Roman period as “Geresa,” whose ruins date back to 6500 B.C. and which hosted many civilizations for a long time, and which has managed to remain intact from the Romans to the present day, we will take a short journey into the past. After our tour, we head to our hotel. Dinner and accommodation.

After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for our Medeba & Nebo Mountain tour. First, we head to Medeba, the city of churches located southwest of Amman. St. George Greek Orthodox Church is known for the Madaba mosaic map, the oldest known map of the Holy Land. Dating back to the 6th century AD, this map, measuring 21.5x7 cm, covers the region extending from ancient Byblos (today Jbeil, Lebanon) to Thebes (Egypt). Then we proceed to Mount Nebo. Nebo is approximately 817 meters above sea level in Jordan and is the highest point of the Abarim Mountains, of which it is a part. In the Tanakh, it is mentioned as the place where the Promised Land was shown to Moses. We depart for Petra. Arrival at our hotel, dinner, and accommodation.

After breakfast at the hotel, we head to the city of Petra. Among the places we will see on the Petra city tour are the Ancient city of Petra, considered one of the 7 wonders of the world with its rose-pink color, built by the Nabataeans, regarded as the ancestors of the Arabs, located in Wadi Musa, where the people of Salih (a.s.) were destroyed; the Treasury, the Palace, the Royal Tombs, the Council Building, the Colonnaded Street, and the Amphitheater. After the tour, transfer to Wadi Rum. Dinner and accommodation.

After the breakfast we will have at the hotel, we are carrying out our 2-hour safari tour in Wadi Rum with 4x4 vehicles. On our safari tour, with vehicles suitable for desert terrain, we will see red sand dunes, massive rocks reaching heights of 1750 meters, and 4,000-year-old rock paintings. After the tour, transfer to Amman. After dinner, overnight at our hotel in Amman.

After breakfast, which we will have very early at the hotel, we will depart for the airport. Flight to Istanbul with THY’s scheduled service and the end of our tour.