Jordan

Jordan in a Small Group: As-Salt, Jerash, Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea

Twenty travellers at most, from the Ottoman town of As-Salt to a float in the Dead Sea

Jordan

Jordan in a Small Group: As-Salt, Jerash, Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea

Jordan in a group of 20 at most and on full board: As-Salt, a UNESCO site, Jerash and Ajloun, the King's Highway to Petra, a full day in the rose city, Little Petra and a night in Wadi Rum, then Wadi Araba and the Dead Sea. The same tour in a larger group ('Les perles de la Jordanie') from €1,047 per person departing Lyon, or with the desert castles and a night by the Dead Sea ('Secrets de Jordanie') from €1,064.

When

Mar-May, Sept-Nov

Price

From 1 069€ excl. flights

(based on 2 people sharing)

How long

7 nights

Ideal length

Amman, As-Salt and Jerash

Days 1-3

The Ottoman town and the Roman city.

Day 1

Arrival in Amman

Flight to Amman, welcome at the airport, visa formalities and transfer to the hotel.

Day 2

As-Salt

The town of As-Salt, a UNESCO site, its Ottoman houses in yellow stone and the tolerance that has Christians and Muslims living side by side.

Day 3

Jerash and Ajloun

Jerash, ancient Gerasa, one of the best-preserved Roman cities in the Middle East, then the Arab castle of Ajloun.

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Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea

Days 4-8

The King's Highway, the rose city, the desert and the salt sea.

Day 4

The King's Highway – Petra

Along the King's Highway: Madaba and its mosaic map of the Holy Land, Mount Nebo and its view of the Jordan valley, the crusader fortress of Kerak, then Petra.

Day 5

Petra, the rose city

A full day in the old Nabataean capital: the Siq, the Khazneh (the Treasury), the royal tombs, the theatre and, for the bravest, the climb up to the Deir (the Monastery).

Day 6

Little Petra – Wadi Rum

Siq al-Barid, 'Little Petra', then the Wadi Rum desert, a 4x4 safari and a night in a Bedouin camp.