THE SPLENDOR OF JORDAN 8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS Amman – Amman

ARRIVE AMMAN AIRPORT Meet at the gate by our friendly Airport staff who
 shall provide full assistance through immigration & customs. Transfer to
 hotel in Amman for dinner & overnight.

CITY TOUR OF AMMAN / DESERT CASTLES / AMMAN Breakfast.
 Sightseeing tour through Amman, the ancient and modern capital of Jordan,
 originally built on seven hills and from the top of the citadel, one of the
 highest hills, you can have a splendid view of the old city. Visit the Citadel,
 Roman Theater, Archeological, Folklore Museums, and King Abdullah
 Mosque. Continue to the Desert Castles, built by the Omayyad Caliphs of
 Damascus in the 8^th century A.D. as hunting lodges. Wildly varied in
 architectural style: Qasr Al-Kharraneh, Qasr Amra and Qasr Al-Azraq..
 Back to Amman for dinner and overnight.

AMMAN / MADABA / MOUNT NEBO / BETHANY / DEAD SEA / AMMAN
 Breakfast, Visit  Madaba, home of the most famous Byzantine Mosaics and
 most of all the 6^th century map of the holy places in the biblical world.
 Continue to Mount Nebo, with its spectacular view of the Holy Land. Then to
  Bethany, beyond the Jordan, the large loop in the Jordan River opposite
 Jericho which has long been identified as the spot, where Jesus Christ was
 baptized by John the Baptist. It is called Al-Maghtas in Arabic. Less than
 two kilometers East of the river is another important place associated with
 the lives of Jesus and John the Baptist  -- the settlement of Bethany, where
 John lived and baptized. The Baptism site at Bethany beyond the Jordan is
 one of the most recent significant archeological and religious discoveries.
 Proceed to the Dead Sea – the lowest spot on earth. Time for bathing and
 relaxing. Back to Amman for dinner and overnight.

AMMAN / JERASH / UM QEIS / AMMAN Breakfast. Drive north of Amman to visit Jerash, the most beautiful and preserved Roman city in existence. Continue to Um Qeis, the ancient Greco-Roman city of Gadara, with its panoramic view overlooking the lake of Tiberias, the Jordan Valley and Golan Heights. Dinner and overnight-Amman.

AMMAN / KINGS’ HIGHWAY / KERAK / PETRA Breakfast, Drive through
 King’s Highway, the ancient Silk Road; stop in Kerak to visit the Crusader
 Castle from the 12^th century. Proceed to Petra for dinner and overnight.

PETRA Breakfast. Full day sightseeing of the unique “rose-red” city of Petra,
 half as old as time, built by the Arab Nabateans who hewed their
 monumental tombs, palaces, temples and treasury from the desert rock’s
 sandstone in its’ natural hues of rose and gold. Dinner and overnight in
 Petra.

PETRA / WADI RUM / AQABA / WADI ARABA / AMMAN Breakfast. Drive
 to Wadi Rum the valley of the moon, with a visit by Bedouin Jeeps for 2
 hours. Continue to Aqaba for break at the Red Sea. P.M. drive via Wadi
 Araba and Dead Sea Coast to Amman for dinner and overnight.

TRANSFER TO AMMAN AIRPORT FOR DEPARTURE Breakfast. Transfer
 to Amman Airport including our assistance during departure formalities.