Jerash
Around 7km from Jerash on the road to Ajloun, this hilltop hotel is situated amid olive groves and pine trees. Refurbished rooms are neat and spacious, some with balconies, others in a separate annexe below the gardens. Country fare is served in the airy restaurant.
Unstructured camping is possible in the grounds. Call ahead for bookings, as the hotel is popular for NGO and business retreats.
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The area known as the Citadel sits on the highest hill in Amman, Jebel Al Qala’a (about 850m above sea level), and is the site of ancient Rabbath-Ammon…
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Beit She’an’s extraordinary Roman ruins are the best place in Israel to get a sense of what it was like to live, work and shop in the Roman Empire…
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On the hillside to the north of the downtown area, this cultural haven is dedicated to contemporary art. The main building features an excellent art…
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You really don't have to be a car enthusiast to enjoy this museum, which displays more than 70 classic cars and motorbikes from the personal collection of…
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The Jordan Museum, located next to the City Hall, is one of the best in the Middle East. Housed in a grand modern building, a series of beautifully…
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This brilliantly designed hands-on museum for kids is a complete joy. In its many zones, young visitors can play and learn about everything from the…
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This historic castle was built atop Mt ‘Auf (1250m) between 1184 and 1188 by one of Saladin’s generals, ‘Izz ad Din Usama bin Munqidh (who was also…
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Dedicated to Artemis, the goddess of hunting and fertility and the daughter of Zeus and Leto, this temple was built between AD 150 and 170, and flanked by…
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These ruins of a former church are extremely modest, but they're pretty when overgrown with spring wildflowers.
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These ruins of a former church are one of the only sites in Jerash to have a few fragments of Byzantine mosaic in situ.
3. Church of St Cosmos & St Damianus
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When Christianity became the state religion under Emperor Constantine in 324, all Roman monuments that were tainted by so-called pagan practices were…
4. Church of St John the Baptist
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The circular ruins of this church contain patches of original floor mosaics.
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This ancient fountain was once fed by a local reservoir. When it was dedicated to Dionysus, it was alleged that the god would turn its water into wine,…
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Dedicated to Artemis, the goddess of hunting and fertility and the daughter of Zeus and Leto, this temple was built between AD 150 and 170, and flanked by…
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Little remains of this church apart from the twin colonnades (picturesquely overgrown with wildflowers in spring) and the apse, which overlooks the…
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The unassuming walls of these buildings don't look especially noteworthy, but they're interesting for adding another level of historical accretion in…