Must see and do
The Archaeological Museum on Citadel Hill, which houses the Dead Sea Bronze Scroll and other fascinating artefacts dating back to the 15th century.
The impressive Roman Amphitheatre, which once seated 6,000 spectators.
The beautiful traditional handicrafts at the Gold Souk.
A trip to Wadi as-Seer, west of Amman. Don't forget to stop at the Cave of the Prince and the Palace of the Slave.
The world's best-preserved Roman ruins outside Italy in Jerash.
Madaba, the city of mosaics, which is home to the oldest map of the Holy Land.
The stunning panoramic views of the Holy Land from Mount Nebo, the burial place of Moses.
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Amman City Tour (Half Day). After breakfast, transfer to Amman for a half day city tour. Amman is built on seven hills, or jabals, each of which more or less defines a neighborhood. The city is crowned by the Citadel, our first stop and the location of the ruins of the Temple of Hercules Umayyad Palace, visible from most parts of the city. The nearby Umayyad Qasr complex incorporates an audience hall, four vaulted assembly rooms, and a colonnaded street and is believed to have been the city’s administrative centre in the 8th century .Next we visit the Archaeological Museum, built in 1951 on the Citadel Hill and housing artefacts from all the main archaeological sites in the country. Among the most important exhibits in the museum are the plaster statues from ‘Ain Ghazal, dating back to around 6000 BC, and the Dead Sea bronze scroll written in Aramaic characters. After the museum tour, next stop is Downtown Amman with its myriad of souq markets and shops, Five minutes walk east lies our final stop, the Roman Theater, which is the most obvious and impressive relic of ancient Philadelphia. Built during the reign of Antonius Pius (138-161 AD), it is very similar in design to the amphitheater at Jerash. The large and steeply raked structure could seat about 6,000 people: built into the hillside, it was oriented north to keep the sun off the spectators. The Theater was divided into three horizontal sections (diazomata). Side entrances (paradoi) existed at ground level, one leading to the orchestra and the other to the stage. Rooms behind these entrances now house the Jordanian Museum of Popular Traditions on the one side, and the Amman Folklore Museum on the other side. The theater is still used periodically for sporting and cultural events.