|Jordan River|
AL Kahf (The Cave)|
Herakel Temple| Nuigees
Tomb |
|The Roman Amphitheater
|Dead Sea|Aqaba |King
Hussein Mousqe|
Petra|
|Madaba|Jerash| Hamm'
mat ma'in| Wadi Rum
|Iraq Al- Amir
|
Dar
Al- Emara|
Jordan
Hijaz Railway |Wadi Al- Moujeb
Aqaba
is 360 km south of Amman. In Aqaba a visitor can enjoy the marvelous
beaches and practice his/her favorite water related fun activities:
swimming, waterskiing, fishing or piloting a sailboat. City beaches
are great places to spend hours of relaxation, contemplation and
taking in sunlight, especially that all amenities are within reach.
As an alternative, a visitor can take a stroll down the center of
town and through its market; pick up a traditional handicraft,
whether made of copper, or a hand-made leather piece, for a friend
back home.
Among the most
important tourist attractions in the city are the ruins of the
Islamic city of Ayla, and Aqaba Castle –which was constructed on the
orders of the Mameluke Sultan Qansuh Ghori in early sixteenth
century. Recently, the house in which the leader of the Great Arab
Revolt, Sherif Hussein Bin Ali, once stayed has been restored into a
museum
One
can get to Aqaba from Amman or any other Jordanian city by a private
car or in air-conditioned tourists buses, which run regular trips,
or by airplane as there are daily flights between Aqaba and Amman.
These flights take off from Amman Airport and Queen Alia
International Airport. Also several companies run direct chartered
flights to Aqaba from other airports in the region.
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