After breakfast Guests will have Amman city tour where they will visit Amman Citadel 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. Occupied since the Bronze Age, it's surrounded by a 1700 m-long
wall, which was rebuilt many times during the Bronze and Iron Ages, as well as the Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad periods. There's plenty to see in this Amman city tour, but the Citadel's most striking sights are the Temple of Hercules and the Ummayad Palace, the next stop will be The Roman Theater This magnificently restored theater is the most obvious and impressive remnant of Roman Philadelphia, and is the highlight of Amman for most foreign visitors. The theater itself is cut into the northern side of a hill, and has a seating capacity of 6000. The best time for photographs is the morning, when the light is soft – although the views from the top tiers just before sunset are also superb, at last guests will visit the Folklore museum where they will discover more about the Jordanian traditional life style .
After the Amman city tour Guests will be heading to Jerash, located 48 km north of Amman and nestled in a quiet valley among the mountains of Gilead, is the grandeur of Imperial Rome being one of the largest and most well preserved sites of Roman architecture in the World outside Italy. To this day, its paved and colonnaded streets, soaring hilltop temples, handsome theaters, spacious public squares and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls pierced by towers and gates remain in exceptional condition.
This fascinating city makes a great day-trip from Amman, particularly in spring, when the wildflowers are in bloom. The drive for the Jerash tour will take you less than an hour, but will transport you 2000 years back in time.
After this long Roman Day Guests will head back to Amman Hotel for overnight preparing for the Petra tour the following day.
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