The Treasures of Jordan 2026-27

Departure on Royal Jordanian scheduled flights to Amman – meals on board – on arrival, transfer to the hotel – dinner at the hotel - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - departure along the King's Highway, one of the oldest roads in the world, which linked Syria and Arabia – visit to Mount Nebo, from where Moses first saw the Promised Land, and Madaba, home to the Orthodox Church of St George, which houses the famous 6th-century mosaic depicting the map of Palestine – continuation to Kerak, with a stop to visit the fortress, a beautiful example of medieval architecture built in 1149 and later remodelled by the Arabs – lunch in a restaurant – arrival in Petra in the evening – dinner at the hotel - evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - early in the morning we begin our visit of Petra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Through the Siq, the narrow cleft between the mountains that conceals its entrance, we reach this extraordinary city carved entirely out of the rock more than 2,000 years ago by the Nabataeans - we can admire numerous buildings hewn from the multicoloured sandstone, such as the Treasury of the Pharaoh, the Roman Amphitheatre, the Urn, Corinthian and Lion Tombs, the temples and the Monastery – lunch in a restaurant – in the morning the visit is with a guide, in the afternoon with the tour leader - dinner at the hotel - evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Wadi Rum, a desert valley and UNESCO World Heritage Site where erosion has created a unique, captivating landscape, home to numerous Bedouin tribes - jeep tour of around 2 hours to admire Jordan's most spectacular desert (the Nabataean Temple, Lawrence of Arabia's Spring, the Khazali dune, the Khazali Canyon, the small rock bridge) – lunch in a restaurant – then transfer to the Dead Sea at 390 metres below sea level (the lowest point on earth, whose highly saline waters have been used since antiquity to treat numerous ailments) - dinner at the hotel – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Bethany beyond the Jordan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site - According to the Gospel, John the Baptist lived and preached here, and since 1996 excavations have brought to light pottery, coins and architectural remains of a 5th-century Byzantine monastery, as well as an early 3rd-century building with beautiful mosaics and what is now known as the Christian "prayer room" (if this hypothesis is correct, this could have been one of the very first buildings in the world used for Christian prayer) – lunch in a restaurant - in the afternoon, visit of Amman, the capital of Jordan, built on 7 hills (the ancient Roman Theatre dating from the days when Amman was called Philadelphia, the citadel, from which you can admire splendid examples of Roman, Byzantine and Muslim architecture, the Archaeological Museum with finds from all over the country dating from every era, from prehistory to the 15th century, and the Folklore Museum) – dinner in a traditional restaurant – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel - transfer to the airport – departure on a Royal Jordanian scheduled flight for the return to Italy.