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The Mövenpick Dead Sea Spa and Resort is a luxury resort hotel on the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest location on Earth. It was opened in 1999 by Zara Investment Holding, Jordan's largest operator of five-star hotels. Condé Nast has classified it as the best resort in Jordan and one of the best in the Middle East for several years. [1]
The desert is near the Saudi Arabia border and Lawrence of Arabia passed through more than a century ago. Read more: Underground Amman: Exploring Jordan’s little-known hip-hop scene Go diving in ...
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Tripadvisor has been the subject of controversy for allowing unsubstantiated anonymous reviews to be posted about any hotel, bed and breakfast, inn, or restaurant. [64]In May 2021, Tripadvisor was criticized for allowing an offensive review to be posted about the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in which a visitor described bringing a baby to the gas chambers.
Situated in southern Jordan, Wadi Rum features a great variety of desert landforms including sandstone valleys, natural arches, gorges, cliffs, landslides and caverns. The site also contains extensive rock art, inscriptions and archaeological remains, bearing witness to more than 12,000 years of continuous human habitation. [10]
Bethany Beyond Jordan is located along the east bank of the Jordan River. [25] It is believed to be the original location where John the Baptist baptised Jesus . The two areas of the site which give it such archeological significance are the remains of churches and baptism ponds and the remnants of the Jabal Mar-Elias which was a monastery also ...
Azraq has long been an important settlement in a remote and now-arid desert area of Jordan. The strategic value of the town and its castle is that it lies in the middle of the Azraq oasis, the only permanent source of fresh water in approximately 12,000 km 2 (4,600 sq mi) of desert. The town is also located on a major desert route that would ...
The palace is located along the Al-Azraq Highway in a remote area of the Jordanian desert, isolated from human settlement. It is located about 65 kilometers (40 miles) east-south-east of Amman, Jordan, the capital city. The castle has an expansive view in all directions — twelve kilometers (7.5 miles) to the south, 30 kilometers (18.5 miles ...