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Petra – ancient desert city

The fabled “rose-red city, half as old as time”, Petra is the well known ancient Nabataean city in the south of Jordan, recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985. Chosen in July 2007 as one of the New Seven Wonders and what may be one of the most expensive admissions to any archaeological site […]

Dana Village and Biosphere Nature Reserve

Founded in 1989 in the area in and around the Dana village and Wadi Dana, the Dana Biosphere Reserve is Jordan‘s largest nature reserve. The village itself is a sight of sorts, being constructed mostly from traditional stone and mud houses. It is very small, however. Mostly rubble and fallen, but there were little signs of renewal in what […]

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Inside the canyon of Wadi Mujib

Wadi Mujib, historically known as Arnon, is a gorge in Jordan which enters the Dead Sea at 410 metres (1,350 ft) below sea level. The Mujib Reserve of Wadi Mujib is located in the mountainous landscape to the east of the Dead Sea, approximately 90 km south of Amman. The Mujib Biosphere Reserve consists of mountainous, […]

Banned items in Jordan

Möevenpick Resort and Spa Dead Sea

Within a village setting, Mövenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea offers direct access to the unsinkable waters of the Dead Sea with all the luxury of a top class hotel and resort. A swanky place after you pass the strict security entrance if you have a reservation and airport bag screening. Once inside it is as flashy […]

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Unsinkable waters of the Dead Sea

On the eastern coast of Jordan, the Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth at 394.6 m (1269 ft) below sea level. The water in the Dead Sea is extremely salty. Its name is derived from the fact that the water is far too salinated for marine inhabitation. It is nearly impossible to sink in the waters […]

Ajlun and the hilltop castle

Ajlun Castle, also Rabadh Castle, an Islamic fortress, built during the period of the Crusades. The castle is located on the top of a mountain just outside the small city of Ajlun. The castle is one of the best-preserved and most complete examples of medieval Arab-Islamic military architecture. The castle is an un-interesting maze of […]

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Jerash Archaeological Site

Jerash, a city in northern Jordan, famous for its Roman ruins. The archaeological site is popular for tourists, second only to Petra. Located some 48 km (30 miles) north of the capital Amman, Jerash is known for the ruins of the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa. It is sometimes misleadingly referred to as the “Pompeii of […]

Toledo Amman Hotel

Just a 20 minute walk to downtown Amman, the Toledo Amman Hotel is a great value budget place to stay. With an excellent location within reach to downtown Amman, easily walkable or a cheap 2JD taxi ride away. Jett buses also located just minutes away for travelling to other parts of Jordan. This top-down style where the hotel […]

Books @ Cafe

Books@Cafe is a quirky place with a bookshop on main entrance with a restaurant above offering decent views of the hillside city of Amman, and a licensed place to drink alcohol and hang out. An outdoor terrace and indoor seating, sheesha pipes and swinging lights. With great views and artsy interiors, this is the place […]

Dubrovnik among 10 best medieval walled cities

Dubrovnik is among the 10 best medieval walled cities in the world. The city is completely pedestrianised and easily small enough to get around on foot, with some of the streets are a little steep and many stairs to climb. Dubrovnik was heavily bombed during the Croatian War of Independence from 1991 to 1995, but almost all […]

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Dubrovnik – Croatia

Dubrovnik is an old city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the south of Croatia, nicknamed “Pearl of the Adriatic” and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Dubrovnik is among the 10 best medieval walled cities in the world. The city is completely pedestrianised and easily small enough to get around […]

Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik

Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik, the beginning of tourism in Dubrovnik is associated with the construction of the Hotel Imperial in 1897. Today part of the Hilton Group and listed as a 5-star hotel. Elegant interiors with large rooms and an excellent location near Pile Gate, the entrance to the old town of Dubrovnik. The welcome is professional as […]

Cavtat town in Croatia

Pronounced ‘tsav-tat’, Cavtat is a town in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea coast 15 kilometres (9 miles) south of Dubrovnik. Cavtat is a popular tourist destination with many hotels and private households that rent rooms and apartments. The seafront is filled with shops and restaurants. A ferry-boat connects the town to neighbouring Mlini and Dubrovnik (about 50 minutes). The […]

Poklisar Restaurant

At the old port of Dubrovnik sits Poklisar Restaurant, this restaurant-pizzeria-cafe, a family-owned business that serves un-modified items with genuine dishes of the region. Poklisar Restaurant is about simplicity in meals, no need to over flavour or decorates dishes, let the ingredients and items deliver the taste as they are naturally. Leave high expectations behind, this is […]

Phone Booth Book Exchange

The Phone Booth Book Exchange is a disused red telephone box converted into a community micro-library. There was something new that appeared on Lewisham Way in south London, a unique utilisation of a telephone box which was converted into a book sharing box, open to the community with only a request to take a book and leave […]