Lost cities, bible stories and Lawrence of Arabia, Jordan has to show of captivating history. Hi, I’m Rebecca Britain and welcome to Watchmojo.com and we’ll be continuing our travel series with the look of the top five sites you need to see when traveling in Jordan.
The first location on our list is one of Jordan’s most famous tourist site, the ancient city of Petra located near the Wadi Musa mountains. The site is renowned for its rock cut architecture. Existing only in legend for over 7 centuries, this lost city was finally rediscovered in 1812 and the secret of Petra was revealed to the modern western world.
Since then, Petra has been the backdrop for several Hollywood movies, most notably Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. The most direct route into Petra is to the sea canyon, the path in which narrows to 16 feet while the wall’s tower over 650 feet above. The Canyon eventually opens on to their most present monument in Petra. Carved that of solid rock from the side of a mountain and sending over 130 feet high. The treasure was originally built as world tomb.
The city of Petra is now one of the new Seven Wonders of the World and has been a UNESCO world heritage site since 1985.
At number, two on our list is the largest valley in Jordan, the Wadi Rum. Wadi Rum was made famous in the book, the seven healers of wisdom by British officer TE Lawrence. The valley is cut into sandstone and granite rock and its stunning and its natural beauty. Surrounding cliffs attract climbers while the vast empty desert draws hikers.
With its sands cape of ancient valley and towering Sandstone Mountains rising out of descend, Wadi Rum is also home of several Bedouin Tribes who lived in the scattered camps throughout the area.
Our number three location is the lowest point on earth, the Dead Sea, lying 7378 feet below sea level. The dead is over 45 miles long and as it name suggest, the sea has no plant or animal life because of an extremely high content of salt and other minerals.
Visitors to the Dead Sea get an unforgettable swimming experience, both swimming and sinking is made virtually impossible by the high density of the water and therefore reclining in the water is the most common post.
The City of Jerash comes in at number four on our list. Jerash is considered one of the largest and most well preserved sites at Roman architecture in the world outside Italy. Even today, its collimated streets, plazas and arches remain in exceptional condition.
Finally, number five on our list is the City Oman. Oman has built on the seven hills and each of those hills more or less defines the neighborhood. The ancient city though is an important military and religious sites that towers over the city. Much of the city’s tourism is centered in the older down town area. Sites, such as the old Souk, which is a colorful traditional market and they came to say mosque are popular to its locations.
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