Tourism in Jordan

Jordan enjoys the benefits and elements of geographical, historical and natural make it a tourist country in all seasons of the year and meet most of the goals sought by tourists. Where there are religious sites, archaeological sites, resorts and Almcati and natural springs, forests, deserts and beaches.
And can be summed types of tourism in Jordan in the following points:

1 cultural tourism: 
And include a visit to the archaeological sites to see them and see civilizations and traditions of the peoples who lived in the region during the ancient times. There are thousands of historical and archaeological sites in Jordan and most important cities of Petra and Jerash, and Karak Castle, and Rabd, Umm Qais and the Roman amphitheater and a cave in which they occurred Inscription story of the cave which was mentioned in the Koran.

2 Medical Tourism: 
It means the natural mineral springs for physical and psychological comfort and visit clinics and places of hospitalization is the most important beaches of Aqaba and the Dead Sea and Ma'in Spa and Ofra and sulfur water in the Jordan Valley and especially in the Hamma area.
There are in Jordan many modern hospitals equipped with equipment developed and supervised by doctors Jordanian distinguished in their clinical skills and specialize in all types of treatments, whether they are in government hospitals or private, and receives Jordan annually more than one hundred thousand Arab citizens of the treatment was conducted for each open heart surgeries, and transfer kidneys and treat infertility .. etc..

And means to visit historical places of religious, and there are in Jordan, many of these places and shrines, particularly in the areas of Karak, Ma'an and the Jordan Valley, and Salt, such as the tombs of companions Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and Abdullah bin Rawahah and Zaid bin Haritha and Abu Abeida and Sharhabeel bin good and Dirar bin Azores, God bless them .

4 Tourism summer: 
The diversity of climate zones in Jordan grace of God, many of the tourists coming to Jordan for a summer holiday in the airspace such as the picturesque forests and mountains of Ajloun and Dibeen. The atmosphere in the capital nice and refreshing, especially in the mountainous areas where there are gardens and parks.

5 sports tourism: 
Where tourists practiced many types of granulocytes their sport such as water skiing, swimming, fishing and hunting, especially in the areas of Aqaba and Wadi Rum and blue.

6 - winter tourism: 
Include spend the winter or part of it in places of natural warmth, especially in the areas of the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea and Aqaba. There are other types of tourism.


Tourist areas: 
Oman: 
Amman, Jordan, located in the northwestern part of Jordan toward the «90» km from Jerusalem. The modern city of Amman in almost the same position, which was occupied by the ancient city «Ammon». It also names the old «Philadelphia» which means brotherly love among the Romans. During her long historical underwent Oman Assyrians, Chaldeans, and the Hyksos, Persians, Greeks and Romans, has left behind a lot of effects, most notably «Roman amphitheater» which can accommodate up to five thousand spectators

Between nineteen mountain, and sits on the slopes Amman the capital of Jordan since time immemorial. It is the goddess of Ammon that Chadha Ammonites ancient capital of them, a city that flourished in the days of the Greeks and Romans, and bore the name of Philadelphia (City of Brotherly Love).

Everyone is the house, and a fellow visitor, and where the old meets the talk, and meet lovers of life, work, and recreation, and science, where the seat of government and administration, and ministries of state, it is also the commercial center of the kingdom.

Is a city of small and large, men and women, family and friends, unmarried and married, and where the appeal of the researcher from the bustle and researcher for calm .. It is a city for all, opens its arms and doors of houses built with stone white Per guests Jordan coming across land borders or arriving by air to airport Queen Alia International Airport (35 kilometers south of the capital).

Archaeological sites 

Enjoy Oman with a wealth of monuments timeless, For Mount castle rises the Temple of Hercules, along with the Museum of Antiquities, which the visitor can watch the tools represent human life in the age immemorial, and in the center of the city is located, for nymphs, and close to the way stands the Roman amphitheater large which can accommodate five thousand spectators.

Roman amphitheater is located at the foot of Mount Joufeh in the city of Amman. Indicate Greek writing on one of the existing platforms columns that this runway was built in honor of the emperor, who visited Oman Maderjnos year 130 AD to launch a route from Basra and Elmar e Jerash and Amman to the Dead Sea. Runway accommodates six thousand scenes and consists of three layers separating each layer and the other two meters convergence threshold. It also permeates these layers corridors totaling eight in each layer.

This temple dates back to the Roman era in the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelbus (180 _161) and is similar to the model of the Temple of Artemis in Jerash and represent the image restoration and installation of the columns that were progressing Alchorntah temple has been the maintenance and restoration of the temple.

Nbeys shrine and is sometimes called Nbeys Palace, located 100 meters south of the intersection of town and Tariq Highway Amman - blue. And a Roman shrine dates back to the second century AD, an area of ​​12 square meters and surface mount dome stands brackets, it is known that in the Roman era tombs are the tombs of the rich families and is one of the various methods of burial, which proliferated in that era.

Markets 

Oman is characterized by large souks products that combine traditional and modern goods imported and domestic. The visitor finds the capital's all he needs and wants its procurement, both products of traditional crafts and popular souvenirs sold in the old markets in the center of the capital, and in the shops competent deployed in west Amman, or from the modern cargo different like clothes Arab and European countries, and leather products, electrical appliances and other .

In the downtown area, located the largest and most comprehensive market where every visitor finds what he wants, and close to the city center is located Jabal Al Hussein, which is characterized by large salons, clothing that displays various kinds. It also spread large stores in the suburbs of the capital markets as markets Abdoun, Sweifieh, Shmeisani, the visitor finds the stores a lot of goods and luxuries from various world famous brands.

Gardens 

Spread public parks in different areas of the capital and its suburbs, and these gardens are considered suitable places for family picnics, there is a bird park in the suburb of Shmeisani, where the entire family can enjoy watching the different birds. And after about fifteen kilometers from the center of the capital is located park Oman National (airport road) in a large forest carpeted with trees over a wide area of land, and this is the park a favorite place for families seeking tranquility away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and are available at the park all the services and facilities necessary . It also spreads the gardens of the Greater Amman Municipality in various suburbs of the capital.

Recreation facilities 

In the suburb of Shmeisani near downtown complex is located King Abdullah Gardens where entertainment places are available for the whole family, especially children who can spend quality time in the play and leadership of small cars and practice bowling game and walk on wheels. The spread in this tourist complex restaurants and sidewalk cafes, and all the necessary facilities.

And close to the city center in Jabal Al Hussein no amusement park for children. There is also a large city in the suburb of recreational Jbaiha Tamha large numbers of tourists in the summer months. In Oman spread entertainment centers that offer children's electronic games and boys.

Hotels 

Experiencing Oman since a few years spree in building big hotels and medium enterprises, and in the capital, a large number of star hotels world-famous, as there are a lot of hotels four-star and three-star and below, and submit these hotels in addition to hotel services familiar, different types of Oriental cuisine and Western, also organizes trips domestic tourism guests. And spread the majority of these hotels in the west of the capital, and there are a number of hotels in Amman East.

Apartments and furnished apartments 

There are in the capital, many of the buildings serviced apartments that are available where all necessities of life easy, and allows the family visiting her freedom fully in the selection and preparation of what you want him to eat, in addition to the enjoyment of privacy Alcamlh.kma spread in Amman furnished apartments that lease their owners to visitors Arabs at moderate prices. Visitors can rent a hotel or apartments furnished apartments for short-term or long-term, according to their stay in Jordan.

Restaurants 

Mansaf popular dish is the first in Jordan, and often provides a banquet held in honor of the guests, is not limited to the preparation of Mansaf in homes but also offers restaurants in the capital to various degrees. In Amman, the spread restaurants that offer many varieties of popular diets, and those that offer dishes of Arab and foreign countries.

There are restaurants in the capital, competent Chinese food, and Indian food, and European cuisine, and restaurants, especially fish and seafood, as there are branches of the global fast-food restaurants, restaurants and grilled meats.

For transportation 

Considers transportation in Amman easy and convenient, where available in the streets of the capital, thousands of taxis that operate according to the law, which imposed run counter to calculate the fare each trip, and can find a taxi easily in different streets of the capital and its suburbs, can also request a taxi through the dial the offices of the taxi.

And can arrivals through the airport to reach any place in the capital by car Airport, which operates according to the booking system for the immediate and controlled, and there at the airport, a special office to book a taxi, as the visitor can board a bus private or public, which flies regularly between the airport and the Abdali area in the center of Amman, it is movement in the prices of these air-conditioned buses and symbolic comfortable and inexpensive.

For those interested in the use of private cars during their stay in Jordan, the tourist car rental service available in Oman, where the visitor can hire a car of the type that wants to and for the period during which wants the car rental companies in the capital.

It can move between Amman and Zarqa city by train, which is based daily flights between the two cities, as there are regular flights by train between Amman and Damascus.

Jerash: 
Is a city of monuments Romania, with cultural heritage heritage, and one of the ancient cities the few in the world that has maintained all its features even today, Fmasalt town squares and streets and their columns and their suburbs archaeological witness to the covenants of Greek and Romanian in (Pompey Middle) Gracia old .. Jerash Jordan's beautiful.

High Jursc her name in the Hellenistic period became a bell, as reported in some Nabatean inscriptions, one of the most important cities of the Decapolis (ten cities), founded by Pompey in 63 BC northern Jordan to face the power of the Nabateans in the south, and flourished in the Umayyad period.

South Stage: built in the late first century AD

For nymphs: a building featuring NOAA Fair held water to the water nymphs in the late second century AD

South Gate: Built in the second century AD and 268 AD destroyed year period of the wars of Palmyra
Street columns: a main street in the city of Jerash Romania and length of 800 m

The northern runway: the most important buildings of the northern part of the city where construction has been completed Sna164_165

Madaba: 
Mosaic Jordanian capital, and the city of churches, said in an obelisk Micha, when it was in the hands of the Moabites, Ammonites, recovered, and then came under the rule of the Nabateans flourished as a prosperous city in the Byzantine and Umayyad Covenants.

Greek Orthodox Church: Built on the remains of a Byzantine church chronicle of the sixth century AD, decorated mosaic floor map representing Jordan, Palestine and Egypt.

Mount Nebo: A standings, which is set up to Moses

Micha Obelisk: Obelisk of basalt stone found in the Theban at the end of the nineteenth century and now housed in the Louvre Museum, talked about the king of Moab Micha and many of his works and his cities and wars

Ajloun: 
Ajloun is located north of the capital Amman, a famous historic citadel called Castle Rabd. This castle, attract large numbers of visitors because of its historical value. Was built by one of the leaders of Saladin between the years 1148 - 1185 AD to stand in the face of the expansion of the Frankish Crusader and maintain roads with Damascus and northern Syria.

Umm Qais: 
In the north, near the city of Irbid is the city of Umm Qais archaeological, and overlooking their effects on the valley of the Yarmouk and the Jordan Valley and the Sea of ​​Galilee and the offset of the Golan Heights, has built its facilities Romania from the streets, theaters, pools of basalt black, also characterized the city Bodharanha luxury markets and gates, churches and the tunnel which is considered a masterpiece in irrigation engineering.

Dead Sea: 
To the south-west of Amman, and at a distance of 55 kilometers of which are located more parts of the earth decrease from sea level .. It is the Dead Sea, who lived through the historical periods of successive, to become one of the most attractive areas for tourists seeking warmth in the winter, and beautiful nature, and strangeness embodied in the sea does not object when alive because of the intensity of its salts, but in its salty waters for the treatment of many diseases, and people still see signs in these waters for thousands of years. The Dead Sea salts are raw materials for the production of potash and therapeutic bath salts, and cosmetic products which are marketed throughout the world.

River Jordan: 
Some consider the Jordan River Gaulinaa rivers, especially the tributaries of the Hasbani and Wazzani and the Banias and Alldan, all stem from the slopes of Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights and moving adjacent to the western side of the plateau. And these tributaries converge with the Yarmouk River begins where the Jordan River waters that have become profusely source must for all water projects in Jordan and Palestine.

Karak: 

Karak is located south of the kingdom known for the hospitality of its people, and still sounds echo between the walls and the walls echoing the name of Saladin, who liberated after the defeat of the Crusaders in the battle of Hittin, and remained a witness to a watershed in the history of the region.

The Crusaders built a castle to be a big point of contact between the medium strategy Shawbak and Jerusalem, during the period of control over the way that the Royal castles spread on plateaus overlooking it. In the castle secret passages leading to the underground halls fortified towers, the castle, it gives the viewer through which naturally fascinating spectacle of the surrounding area.

Petra: 
Petra is the most famous monuments in Jordan, a city carved into the rock, the Nabataeans Arabs filed by more than two thousand years to be the capital of their state, and has been a witness to the miracle of human cities, which graduated from the wombs of the mountains. Known Zaúrōha and Readers in the name of (pink city) relative to the color of the rocks that formed to build unique, a city more like a castle, located Petra, just 262 kilometers south of Amman, is one of the most important sites and attractions in Jordan, where Tamha regiments tourists from all corners of the Earth, and researchers for vocations manifestations of human history, and wishing invoking bygone eras, a journey which mixes fun with knowledge.

Visitor arrives to the heart of Petra and passes through the Siq, a fissure terrible with a length of more than 1,000 meters and rising edges of rock 300 meters, and when it reaches the Siq to an end, it bends in the rotated sideways, then dissipate the shadows to show the greatest effects splendor (Treasury) one wonders unique universe, a rock-hewn deaf on the front of the mountain, and Ska pink shine under the light of the sun, an increase of 140 meters and width of 90 meters.

In the center of the city seen visiting hundreds of parameters that excavated and established rights, of the structures tall, and the tombs of ownership Bazjh, to the runway considerable room for seven thousand spectators, and houses large and small, and lounges, and banquet halls, channels and water cisterns and baths, as well as the ranks of the stairs ornate, and markets , gates Almksosh, and is the monastery of the largest archaeological sites in Petra, where the subject of 50 meters, and a height of 45 meters, and a height of up to 8 meters, is likely to be the monastery was built in the third century AD, on top of the monastery extends Nadhar Basra to the fullest extent , sees Palestinian land and the entire Sinai

Aqaba: 
On the edge of the rocks, the sun and water meet with picturesque views of nature in the city of Aqaba, the city of golden sand, palm trees and Albasag, and crystalline water in the Gulf, which embraces the port of Jordan and maritime bomber, and the most beautiful winter tourism resorts on the shores of the Red Sea.

The city date back to the era of the Edomites were called at that time (doomed) and then ruled the Nabataeans and Romans, and popped the importance of Aqaba in the Byzantine period in the fourth century AD and turned into an important religious center, and became a Muslim city after the Battle of Tabuk in 630 AD. Then under the reign of the Mamluks and Crusaders and Ottomans, respectively, and the sons of the Mamluks Aqaba Castle in 1320 and taken by Sharif Hussein bin Ali Base inception to fight the Ottomans.

Aqaba is located at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba, 360 kilometers south of Amman, and where enjoy visiting the world of the sea is amazing, and can exercise his hobbies such as swimming or water skiing, or fishing, or the leadership of sailing, or any kind of marine sports.

Those who want to enjoy the sun, the beach clean Akabawy is an attractive place to spend hours in quiet meditation and relaxation. In Aqaba available winter warmth, do not drop the temperature of the water in which about 20 degrees, and in addition to being a tourist town as well as the port of Jordan, where the only issue on the way phosphate and potash, and up to thousands of ships laden with goods different.

Wadi Rum: 

Between dream and reality, serving tourist his time in Wadi Rum, which is also called the Valley of the Moon, due to the similarity of topography with the topography of the moon, and the towering mountains that stands in the region, the visitor can touch the purity of nature in the Arabian desert, especially in the spring.

Area is Wadi Rum, about 40 km from the city of Aqaba, and the highest mountain peaks in the south of the Levant and considered Mountains Rum exciting challenge for climbing enthusiasts, and visitors can walk in the paths of the valley, and the incursion away in Mudaraba spacious, or take trips collectively on camels, camping in the valley, in a special camp provider everything necessary for a comfortable bed, also attracts visitor car trips SUV, and held in this region offers the balloons and blimps, decorated with bright colors the sky.

Wadi Mujib: 

Wadi Mujib is the jewel of Jordan time filled houses spiders and birds nests. And see the fish swim in front of you and can be picked up by hand. At the end of the corridor impressed when you see the rock formations like it has not seen in your life. It is an enchanting place to discover and try to get to the waterfall, and a wonderful place low hard to reach him, but prior training. And holds a private site aesthetic and is one of the best secrets of Jordan saved. And a waterfall that flows into the valley of this wonderful part of nature.

Religious places: 

In Jordan, the land of Edom, and Moab, and Ammon, and Gilead, a lot of shrines and holy places of Islamic and Christian, and come to this land, researchers from the sites and the effects of the prophets and Companions. Jordan was the door of the Islamic conquests, and on the ground Jordanian There was some major historical battles, most notably the Yarmouk Mutah .. and .. and .. stallion

To perpetuate the memory of the martyrs and companions, erected shrines and mosques and shrines, which keeps alive the Islamic victories in the contemporary mind, Muta In no tomb of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, and the shrine of Zaid bin Haritha, and Abdullah bin Rawahah God bless them. The Jordan Valley Faihtdhan a number of shrines, including the venerable companions: Dirar bin Azores shrine and the shrine «Abu Ubaida» Amer bin Jarrah, and serves as a good Sharhabeel bin, and the shrine Maaz bin Jabal, and the shrine Amer bin Abi Waqas.