The Centre (Amman, Madaba & Nebo)2 places
- Madaba & Mount NeboA town whose churches hold the oldest surviving map of the Holy Land, laid out in Byzantine mosaic on a floor, beside…
- The Dead SeaThe lowest point on the surface of the earth, a salt lake so dense you cannot sink, where the novelty is bobbing on…
The South (Petra & Wadi Rum)2 places
- PetraA whole city carved into rose-coloured sandstone cliffs by an ancient desert trading people, entered through a long…
- Wadi RumA desert of red sand and towering sandstone and granite mountains, so otherworldly it stands in for Mars in the movies…
The North (Jerash & the hills)1 place
- JerashOne of the best-preserved Roman provincial cities anywhere, where you walk an intact colonnaded main street rutted by…