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Amman
begin your stay in the capital, Amman, known in history as Rabbath-Ammon
and in Graeco-Roman times as Philadelphia. No more than five hours drive
from anywhere in the country, it is a convenient base for your tour.
Business and the arts are thriving, and there are first-rate hotels,
restaurants, galleries and shops to enjoy. Add to this energetic mix the
mystique of old Amman, and all your expectations will be surpassed.
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Petra,
the rose-red city, 262 km south of Amman. This Nabatean city is the most
famous attraction to Jordan. Dean Burgon, gave Petra the description which
holds to this day: "match me such a marvel save in eastern claim a
Rose-Red city half as old as time". Petra was used as a refuge by nomadic
Nabatean Arabs- Bedouin, who came north, Petra still forms part of the
domain of the bedouin. Visitors can reach this marvel through the
awesome "Siq" an immense crack in the nabatean sandstone. It is a winding
one km long fissure between overhaning cliffs that seem to meet more than
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Jerash, about one hours drive from
Amman. This "Greco-Roman" city is known as the best preserved and most
intact city of the Decapolis, a confederation of ten roman cities dating
from the B.C. Visitors may wonder through the temple of Artemis, the
Theatres, Plazas, Bath and Colonnaded streets, all enclosed within the
city walls of Jerash. Within these walls have been found the remains of
settlements dating from the bronze age. In the month of July, sound and
light performances bring the ancient to life, with its cultural festival,
provdes a stage and meeting place for artists and performers world
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Madaba
The trip south from Amman along the 5,000-year-old King's Highway is
one of the most memorable journeys in the Holy Land, passing through a
string of ancients sites. The first city you come upon is Madaba, "the
City of Mosaics". Madaba's chief attraction -in the contemporary Greek
Orthodox church of St.George- is a wonderfully vivid, sixth-century
Byzantine mosaic map showing Jerusalem and other holy sites. Ten minutes
to the west is the most revered site in Jordan: Mount Nebo, the memorial
of Moses, the presumed site of the prophet's death and burial place. A
small, square church was built on the spot by early Byzantine Christians,
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Mount
Nebo, not far away from Madaba, on the top of the hill, a spectacular
view across the Jordan Valley, and the Dead sea. On a clear day the spires
of the churches in Jerusalem are visible in the distance, and at night the
lights of the city are visible too. Mount Nebo is believed to be the tomb
of Moses, a lonely, windswept hill, protecting the ruins of a 4th and 6th
century church, whose floor is still covered with marvelous
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