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Travel Guides to Jordan’s Ancient Sites

Practical guides to Jordan’s castles, ancient cities, temples and nature reserves: what to see, tickets and opening hours, how to get there, and the tours that visit them.

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The Treasury seen from the end of the Siq, Petra, Jordan

Petra & the South

Petra

Jordan's Top 5 Tourist Attractions

Jerash

Jerash (Gerasa)

Qasr Amra

Eastern Desert

Qasr Amra

Camels on the desert plain, Wadi Rum, Jordan

Wadi Rum & Aqaba

Wadi Rum Protected Area

Karak Castle above the valley, Jordan

Karak & King’s Highway

Karak Castle

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Ajloun Castle and its gate tower, Jordan

North & Jordan Valley

Ajloun Castle

Cabins at dusk, Ajloun Forest Reserve, Jordan

North & Jordan Valley

Ajloun Forest Biosphere Reserve

The summit of al-Habis above Petra, Jordan

Petra & the South

Al-Habis

Azraq Wetland Reserve

Azraq Wetland Reserve

Wadi Dana from the village, Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan

Petra & the South

Dana Biosphere Reserve

Hammam As-Sarah, an Umayyad bathhouse near Qasr Al-Hallabat, Jordan

Hammam As-Sarah

The basalt ruins of Jawa in the black desert, Jordan

Jawa

Jordan's Top 5 Tourist Attractions

Jerash (Gerasa)

Karak Castle above the valley, Jordan

Karak & King’s Highway

Karak Castle

Column bases and walls of the Nabataean temple at Khirbet edh-Dharih, Jordan

Karak & King’s Highway

Khirbet edh-Dharih

The isolated hill of Khirbet et-Tannur, with the Nabataean temple on its summit, under a blue sky, Jordan

Karak & King’s Highway

Khirbet et-Tannur

The valley of Wadi Jirm, Pella, Jordan

North & Jordan Valley

Pella (Tabqet Fahel)

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