A busy capital, Amman is also home to a fascinating citadel and a Roman theatre that are well worth exploring. You'll enjoy the shopping districts and the hubbub of the capital.

Inter-Continental 
Easy walking distance to Amman's main attractions, the Inter-Continental is 40 kilometer from the airport; 30 suites; health spa equipped with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, Jacuzzi, sauna, gym, aerobics, fitness programmes, beauty treatments, massage; coffee shop, snack bar, international, Indian, Mexican restaurants; night club.

Marriott
In Shmeisani business and shopping district, the Amman Marriott is close to the capital's city center; non-smoking floors, standard rooms to executive suites; 1 restaurant, snack shop, indoor and outdoor swimming pools gym tennis court, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam bath, massage.

Raddison SAS 
In the heart of the diplomatic and governmental district, the Raddison SAS is 4 minutes from city center, 35 minutes from the airport; 257 rooms (including 19 suites and 70 royal club rooms), non smoking rooms available; roof top gardens restaurant, piano bar; sunbathe at roof-top gardens, open-air pool.

A paradise for snorkellers and scuba drives, Aqaba provides reefs with excellent marine life.

Hidden among the ancient canyons of Jordan's south, Petra is at once a most mystic and formidable monument, tribute to a lost civilization Sculpted entirely into the site in cludes temples, Roman theatres, monasteries, houses and roads.
As you approach Petra you must pass a narrow wall of cliffs, and then you catch a gimpse of the splendorous before you. You'll be puzzled over the djinn blocks, or place of the scripts, or the funereal obelisk tomb.
Stroll the ancient streets; visit the 7,000-seat theatre or gaze at the 500 royal tombs but the huge urn tomb is the most remarkable. The colorful silk tomb, the patchwork Corinthian, the Sextius Florentinus or the place tombs are each distinctive, too. The colonnaded street was once the very heart of busy Petra. The adventurious will want to climb to place of sacrifice and descended to the Roman soldier's tomb.

Another Roman town, Jarash, with its walls and south gate attesting to its former importance. The oval plaza, the macellum (or marketplace), a picturesque bridge, an Omayyad settlement, an imposing Byzantine "cathedral", the fifth-century church of St. Theorde, the ornamental fountain dedicated to the Nymps and a mosque will all give you pause for thought. Many scholars acknowledge Jarsh as one of the world's best preserved examples of a roman provincial city.

Called the city of Mosaics, Madaba has certainly the world's largest collections of mosaics, most of them atleast 1,400 years old. Arguably the finest among the collection is a superb map of ancient Palestine which depicts vividly the sixth-century Holy Land.
Nearby is Jordan's most venerable site: Mount Nebo where, tradition says, Moses died and was buried. From the church, a breathtaking vista takes in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and even the roof tops of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. 
The archaeological museum posses a valuable collection of equally beautiful mosaics. Avoid visiting Madaba on Sunday since many of the mosaics are in some of the historic churches.

Karak is an imposing Crusader's castle in a region that was said to have been inhabited by Christians long before the crusades. Both mentioned in the Madab mosaic map, Karak was originally constructed in 1142.

Another fortress, Ajoun was built in 1184-85 by Izz ad Din Usama ibn Munqidh to contain the progress of the Latin Kingdom in Trans-jordan and as a reort to the castle of Belvoir on the lake of Tiberias.

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