Roman Theater & Roman Ruins

This is the main highlight of Amman that was constructed in the 2nd century by cutting the northern edge of a hill. For the same, it is considered to be one of the best places to visit in Jordan. It is an extremely humongous amphitheater with a seating capacity of …

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Wadi Rum

This is a breathtaking desert landscape known for its sand-stone mountains and rich rock formation. It was featured as the backdrop in David Lean’s movie Lawrence of Arabia. This unspoiled wonder is also known as “The Valley of the Moon” because of its otherworldly views.

Dead Sea

This is one of the best places to visit in Jordan, where both international, as well as the local tourists, come here to seek its mineral-rich mud that is known for its therapeutic properties. You’ll be amazed to know that this mud is also used while making cosmetics, and it is …

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The Gulf Of Aqaba

Gulf of Alba is the only seaport of Jordan that is booming as a major center of export for shells and phosphates. It also houses the Aqaba Flagpole, which is the third-largest in the entire world. This is the ultimate chill-out destination for tourists with picturesque mountains and azure blue …

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Jerusalem Old City

04-05-2011 Jerusalem, one of the holiest places in the world,  is a city located in Israel. Human settlements were found here in Bronze Age—somewhere around 3500 B.C. Evidence found that three largest religions: Judaism, Islam and Christianity here and both Israel and Palestine have claimed Jerusalem as a capital city, …

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Jerusalem New City & Tel Aviv

05-05-2011 Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem, Memorial to the Holocaust and the Israel Museum. Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed and the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period, Israel’s Parliament, and Hebrew University. Tel Aviv is Israel’s second …

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Qumran & Massada

06-05-2011 The year was 68 CE and the Romans were coming, tearing through Judea and destroying everything and everyone in their path. An isolated community of 200 Jewish, wrapping hundreds of fragile Dead Sea Scrolls or the Qumran Caves Scrolls, an ancient Jewish religious manuscript they placed them gently inside clay jars …

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Nazareth

07-05-2011 Nazareth is renowned as the childhood home of Jesus and an important pilgrimage site of Christianity and tourists, coming to visit the Basilica of the Annunciation and also bustling mini-metropolis. Nazareth is a stone-paved street with Ottoman-era mansions, and in recent years, has been reinventing itself as a sophisticated …

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