Jordan

• Kaleidoscopic landscape of rich rolling hills, arid desert plains, hot spings, lush valleys
• Magnificent monasteries, ancient mosques, 2000-year old temples, world-famous mosaics
• Traditional Bedouin villages, unchanged over the centuries
• Some of the friendliest people we've ever met

Trying to describe the wonders of Jordan in just a few lines is a task akin to counting the grains of sand in the awesome desert wilderness that has inspired so many of its visitors. From lost cities to Lawrence of Arabia, Jordan is a tantalising cocktail of history and romance, so rich with biblical references (not to mention Hollywood ones!) that it seems almost familiar before you even arrive. Jordan is also an extraordinary catalogue of human evolution and endeavour from the Stone Age to the present day. The ancient Nabatean city of Petra, chiselled with the most primitive tools from sheer rock faces, is surely one of mankind's greatest achievements, where whole mountain tops were levelled off to form terraces to worship the gods, and complex irrigation systems literally altered the course of nature.

Mother Nature may have allowed the Nabateans to tamper with her plans at Petra, but there can be no doubt who's in charge everywhere else. This is a land of truly spectacular landscapes, shaped by the movement of the earth in the creation of the Great Rift Valley, and by millennia of erosion from wind and water. The desert scenery is quite magical and changes by the hour, as the powerful sun alternately bleaches the landscape by day and infuses it with a thousand shades of red and gold as night falls. Jordan's other great asset is her friendly people. Islamic extremism is unknown here and religious tolerance is the norm, so visitors will feel warmly welcomed and entirely safe, making Jordan one of our most interesting and rewarding destinations.

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