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Why Amman & Petra?

Hills · ruins · souqs · desert · Dead Sea

Amman sits at around 800 metres, so November days are fresh and sunny and the nights are cool. Down south and at the Dead Sea it is warmer still.

A city of hills and stairs

Amman spreads over its jabals in pale limestone. Old stairways link the hills to downtown, and every terrace has a view.

Rome in the city centre

A 6,000-seat Roman theatre and the Citadel’s temple sit right in the middle of daily life.

Petra, finally comfortable

November’s mild days make the long walk to the Monastery a pleasure rather than an ordeal.

Desert silence

Wadi Rum’s red sand and sandstone mountains are at their best in the cool, clear autumn air.

Easy for Gulf travellers

Arabic everywhere, halal food as the norm, mosques on every street and a short flight from the Gulf.

Jordanian hospitality

Sweet tea, cardamom coffee and generous plates of mansaf. You will be invited to sit more often than you expect.

The lowest place on earth

The Dead Sea is an hour from Amman and still warm enough to float in November.

History at every turn

Roman Jerash, Madaba’s mosaics and the shrines of the Prophet’s Companions are all within a day.

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