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Jordan Experience
organizes trips
primarily to Jordan.
Next to that we can also
organize overland trips
to Jordan's neighbouring
countries in the
Middle-East. We have
extended knowledge of
the region. We know our
way around Jordan from
our own experience for
years on end. As a
result Jordan Experience
can compose nearly every
program possible,
meeting the customers'
individual needs and
wishes. Travelling to
Jordan with Jordan
Experience will give
travellers an
opportunity to see the
real colourful Jordan.
We take pride in making
every trip we organize a
unique experience for
our clients. We stand
for offering a travel
experience beyond
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WHY JORDAN |
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HISTORY AND CULTURE
The history of Jordan goes back a long
time. Jordan was inhabited as early as
the Stone Age. Throughout the ages it
has been influenced by Persians,
Nabateans, Greeks, Romans, Arabs,
Mamluks and Ottomans.
At the beginning of the twentieth
century the Arab tribes fought for their
independence. The well-known 'Lawrence
of Arabia', the nickname of the English
writer T.E. Lawrence, played an
important role in this battle. As a
result in 1921 Britain recognized
Transjordan as an independent state
under British mandate. After the Second
World War Britain gave up its mandate on
Transjordan and Jordan became the
independent Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Petra and Jerash are the most beautiful
reminders of this rich history. Petra
was the central meeting point of the
Nabatean spice routes, which originated
from the Persian Gulf, Western Arabia
and the Red Sea. About two thousand
years ago Petra became the capital of
the Nabatean empire.
Petra puts your imagination to the test.
It's a mystic and glorious place, an
eternal tribute to a lost civilization.
The natural richness of the mountainous
area combines with the refined culture
and massive architecture of the
Nabateans. They carved their theatre,
temples, façades, tombs, monasteries,
houses and roads entirely into the
natural rose-red sandstone rocks. No
wonder Unesco placed Petra on its World
Heritage List.
One enters
Petra by passing the Siq,
a deep and narrow gorge, at the end of
which all of a sudden dramatically
appears the most famous monument in
Petra: al-Khazneh or the Treasury. Many
people will recognize the Treasury as
the place where the final sequence of
the film 'Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade' was staged. But the Treasury is
just the start. Walking and climbing in
Petra hundreds of buildings carved in
stone and eroded through the centuries
into fabulous multi-coloured walls will
be revealed to you.
North of Amman lies the city of Jerash,
sometimes referred to as the Pompei of
the East. Jerash was part of the Roman
Decapolis, the league of ten cities.
It's one of the best preserved Roman
towns outside Italy. Its colonnaded
streets, baths, theatres, plazas and
arches remain in exceptional condition.
A walk through
Jerash is a journey in
time. Can you imagine yourself being a
Roman commander entering the town while
riding your chariot over the paved
stone? Or perhaps an actor staging a
play in the amphitheatre? Or a priest
leading a procession up the stairs to
the Artemis' temple?
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