By Primrose Monteiro DSouza
Oct 14, 2026
1. Petra
Walk through the Siq to come upon the Treasury, then climb up to the Monastery. You’ll learn about Nabataean engineering, trade routes, and stories carved into Petra’s rose-red cliffs and canyon walls.
2. Jerash
Stroll the colonnaded streets, oval forum, and theatres of Roman Gerasa, one of the best-preserved provincial Roman cities.
3. Mount Nebo And Madaba
Gaze toward the Promised Land from Moses’s memorial, then visit the Byzantine mosaic map of Jerusalem in Madaba.
4. Wadi Rum
Take a camel or jeep safari to explore Nabataean temples, Lawrence of Arabia legends, and ancient petroglyphs. You can also spend a night in a Bedouin camp.
5. Amman Citadel and Roman Theatre
Ammonite, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic history unfolds in layers across Amman’s seven hills. Climb to the Temple of Hercules and Umayyad Palace, then come back down to the Roman Theatre.
6. Bethany Beyond the Jordan
This UNESCO-listed baptism site beside the Jordan River hosts early Christian churches and pilgrim pools.
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