Jordan

Sunset in the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan From the outset I must admit that until my trip to Jordan I had not had the opportunity to know any great desert, an experience that many of us want to enjoy sometime. For friends who have visited them, he knew about the special sensations that a desert causes and spend the night in it.

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Petra's treasure in Jordan Jordan is one of those countries that has great appeal for those of us who like to travel. To a large extent it is a dream destination because it contains some places that surely we all want to know, such as the lost city of Petra. Despite that special halo that surrounds the destination, it is best that once you have the opportunity to travel to Jordan, not only will it not disappoint you, but you will discover corners whose charm you could not imagine.

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Temple of Hercules in the Citadel of Amman in Jordan The visit of Amman is not going to be the reason that encourages you to make a trip to Jordan, where it will be other places that arouse your main interest. How to visit the lost city of Petra, the Wadi Rum desert, or the remains of the Roman city of Jerash or take a bath in the Red Sea or the Dead Sea.

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Royal Nabatean tombs in Petra in Jordan It is one of the great wonders of the world, of those places that if you can afford it, you must visit at least once in a lifetime. I am talking about Petra, Jordan's historical enclave that I have had the opportunity to visit, and which still surprises you still from what you can imagine seeing photos of its famous corners, especially, of the Treasury.

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Bathing in the Dead Sea in Jordan One of the attractions of the trip to Jordan that I have recently had occasion to enjoy is the possibility of bathing in the Dead Sea. Is it true that you float in the Dead Sea and there is no way to drown? That is a curiosity that we all undoubtedly have before going to Jordan and having the opportunity to take a bath.

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Day 10: Aqaba - Amman Friday, May 8, 2009 Today we have the transfer bus from Aqaba to Amman at 11.30 in the morning, so we get up a little later than these days behind the trip to Jordan for free and go to have breakfast at the lounge of the Captain's Hotel in Aqaba where we have stayed tonight.

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Day 1: Barcelona - Amman Airport - Amman Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Today we leave home early, at 14.10h we have our flight from Barcelona to Amman, the capital of Jordan, which will take us to the destination where we will pass the next 11 days. On this occasion we flew with Royal Jordanian, previously we had already traveled with them and we can really say that it is a good company.

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Day 7: Petra: The Altar of Sacrifices Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Today we got up again at 5.30 in the morning and at 6:30 we are already having breakfast in the lounge of the Petra Palace Hotel. The route we have planned for today is a little lighter than we did yesterday on the first day of the visit to Petra in two days and includes: the Altar of Sacrifices, the Treasury, to see it with the light of 10 The morning they say is very good, and then a couple of interesting graves that we left yesterday to visit.

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Day 6: Petra Monday, May 4, 2009 Today we start the day a little earlier, although we can visit Petra in two days, at 6.30 in the morning we are having breakfast at the Petra Palace Hotel, a fairly complete breakfast including toast, which almost They make me excited after not seeing them since we started this trip to Jordan for free.

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Day 8: Petra - Wadi Rum Desert Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Today we have already started the day badly and perhaps this is the reason why the rest of the day has gone half crooked. After having breakfast at the Petra Palace Hotel we have been waiting for the taxi driver we hired yesterday after climbing to the Altar of the Sacrifices of Petra, for almost half an hour and no trace of it, so we had to go find another one, almost running for Arrive on time to Wadi Rum.

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Day 4: Madaba - Monte Nebo - Betania Beyond the Jordan - Dead Sea - Madaba Saturday, May 02, 2009 We start the day having breakfast at the Marian Hotel, the truth is that breakfast is quite short, but it is already good for us start the day and be able to tour the biblical places of Jordan: Mount Nebo and Bethany, which will be the places we travel today, after arriving yesterday in Madaba through the Desert Castles.

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Day 3: Amman - Desert Castles (Qusair Amra and Qasar Al Azraq) - Madaba Friday, May 1, 2009 We start the day at 7 am, going down to breakfast at the Toledo Hotel breakfast room and at 8 o'clock The taxi that took us yesterday to visit Ajlun and Jerash Castle in one day is already waiting for us, to make the journey today through the little known Desert Castles of Jordan until we reach Madaba, one of the best known cities in Jordan thanks to his amazing Mosaic.

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Day 2: Amman - Ajlun Castle - Jerash - Amman Thursday, April 30, 2009 Today we have met at 8 in the morning to start the excursion to Ajlun and Jerash Castle on a day with taxi that we hired yesterday after arriving with Amman airport transfer to the hotel. A good option is to book this excursion to Jerash and Ajlun Castle with a guide in Spanish, where you will be picked up at the hotel and you will also take a tour of Amman.

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Day 9: Wadi Rum - Aqaba Thursday, May 7, 2009 We woke up at 5.30 to see the sunrise and as it happened last night, the sky was quite covered and we could hardly enjoy the sunrise. Today we have to collect everything after sleeping in the desert of Wadi Rum and take a taxi to take us to Aqaba from Wadi Rum.

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Day 11: Amman - Barcelona Saturday, May 9, 2009 We are already on the plane that will take us from Amman to Barcelona and we have 1 hour left to get back home. Our trip to Jordan for free is over. This morning we left at 5.15 in the room of the Toledo Hotel and our taxi was already waiting at the door, telling us that he had not slept to come looking for us.

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Day 5: Madaba - Wadi Mujib Gorge - Kerak Castle - Petra Sunday, May 3, 2009 We start the day at 7.30 having breakfast at the Marian Hotel and like the day before we spent in the biblical places of Jordan like Mount Nebo and Bethany beyond the Jordan, breakfast is quite "poor."

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Toledo Hotel This was the first of the hotels in Jordan we stayed at. A good hotel in Amman, located in the upper part of the city. The rooms are spacious, very comfortable and clean. The restaurant is very good as is the breakfast, which is very complete and varied. Amman from Hotel Toledo Make your reservation here: Hotel Toledo Hotel Marian Hotel in Madaba, with very good opinions in the travel forums.

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This trip to Jordan for free in 11 days led us to know one of the most incredible countries we have ever been to. The best time to travel to Jordan is spring and autumn, in summer it is too hot and winter is cold with strong winds and rain. We flew from Barcelona to Amman where we slept the first night to start a travel route on the second day with a taxi in which we met Ajlun Castle and the incredible Jerash.

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