Jordan Tour: The King’s Highway

Arrival in Amman, meeting with our representative and assistance with customs clearance and other formalities. Transfer to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Culture

50%

History

60%

Adventure

40%

Breakfast and departure towards Petra along the King's Highway. Along the way, stops will be made to visit some of Jordan's most important sites. Visit to Madaba, a small Christian town south of Amman. You will discover splendid Byzantine mosaics, especially the "Madaba Map", preserved in the Church of St. George - the oldest surviving map of the Middle East, and a must-see. Continuation to Mount Nebo. From the site, there is a stunning view of the Dead Sea and the mountains of the Judean desert. It's easy to imagine Moses looking out over the Promised Land from this very spot, knowing he would never enter it. Here, the Franciscans built a structure to protect a Byzantine church dating from the 4th to 6th centuries. Lunch in a local restaurant.
Next, visit to Shobak Castle, built in 1115. It was the first in a long series of fortifications constructed beyond the Jordan River by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem to control the road from Egypt to Damascus. It successfully withstood many attacks until it fell to Saladin's forces in 1189. Arrival in Wadi Musa (Petra), hotel check-in, dinner, and overnight stay.

Culture

40%

History

60%

Adventure

50%

Breakfast at the hotel. Full day dedicated to the visit of Petra, a city carved into the pink-red rocks of the Sharah Mountains by the Nabataeans. This site was rediscovered after many years by the Swiss explorer Burckhardt. Walk through the Siq, a narrow and winding path between the rocks, to reach the Treasury, a building entirely carved into the rock, the Roman Theater, Qasr Bint Pharaoun, the Temple of the Winged Lions, and other monuments. Lunch at a local restaurant. Dinner and overnight stay in Petra.

Culture

40%

Nature

20%

History

60%

Adventure

50%

Breakfast at the hotel. Just a 15-minute drive away is Beida, known as Little Petra, where you can enjoy a pleasant walk through this siq that was once the center of Nabataean trade. Afterwards, departure for the Wadi Rum desert, with its spectacular lunar landscape, where the film Lawrence of Arabia was shot. Then, a 4x4 vehicle excursion to visit some of the most iconic places in Wadi Rum. Lunch at a local restaurant. Dinner and overnight stay in a tented camp in the Wadi Rum desert.

Culture

40%

Nature

50%

History

30%

Relax

40%

Breakfast at the hotel. Passing along the Arabian Road, visit Bethany, the site of the settlement of Saint John the Baptist, where Jesus was baptized, as reported in the Bible (John 1:28 and 10:40) and in Byzantine and medieval texts. Continue to the Dead Sea, a place sunny all year round, located in the Jordan Valley about 422 meters below sea level; it is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world. Lunch at the Dead Sea Spa Hotel on the Dead Sea. Free afternoon available for bathing activities and mud treatments. Return to Amman for dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Breakfast (depending on the departure time) and transfer to Amman airport in time for the return flight to Italy, without a guide.