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USD $144.00
Private Half-Day Jerash and Amman City Sightseeing Tour
Amman, Jordan
See the best of Jordan’s capital and ancient city of Jerash on this private half-day tour from Amman! Admire the impressive hilltop Citadel and Roman Theater in Amman, and travel to Jerash, one of the best-preserved Roman cities in the Middle East. View its temples, monuments and Oval Plaza; and trace the footsteps of its long-ago citizens as you walk its colonnaded street. On this private tour, you enjoy the comfort of your own private vehicle and driver, and personalized attention from local guides at Amman Citadel and Jerash.
Start your tour with a pickup from your Amman hotel and head for the hilltop Citadel. This collection of Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic ruins offers sweeping views over Amman below. Admire the Roman temple and colonnaded streets as a guide explains how the site evolved through the ages.
Next, travel to the Roman Theater, cut into a hill in the city centre. Built in around the 2nd century AD, this stunning arena is the finest remnant of the Roman city of Philadelphia where Amman stands. Marvel at its symmetry and imagine the cheers of the 6,000 spectators who once sat here to watch plays and entertainment.
Leave Amman for your approximate 1.5-hour drive to Jerash. Travel north in your air-conditioned vehicle and absorb the views over the passing towns and desert landscapes. Then, on arrival in Jerash, head into this archaeological jewel through the ancient city gate.
Here, drink in the spectacular ruins spread before you. Founded by Alexander the Great in the 2nd century AD and known as Gerasa, this provincial city was one of the wealthiest in the Roman Empire. Stroll around as your guide tells you fascinating stories about the city in its heyday. See its arches, theaters and magnificent colonnaded street, and take photos of the Oval Plaza, an intriguing oval-shaped forum, as you conjure up images of the people who once lived here.
After your walking tour finishes, return to your vehicle and travel back to Amman. Your excursion ends with a hotel drop-off in the afternoon.
Must see! Highly recommended. However tourism board's guide at the site was only interested in tips and started discussing tips right from the start of the tour.
Review by: Karen K, July 2017
What an amazing historical site! Absolutely amazing.....beautiful!
Review by: Ed, April 2017
Tour driver was more than a half hour late picking me up, and when I called the local tour operator number it was out of service, I had to call Viator for help. When I asked the driver how long it would take to drive to Jerash he told me a landslide had blocked the main road and it would take 2-1/2 hours each way, well more than the time I had just to drive to and from. I wondered if, had I not inquired, he would have just started driving me there anyway! He took me on a tour of Amman and some locations south of Amman toward the airport, from which he had picked me up on a private arrangement. The driver was not knowledgeable of the places he took me and I mainly figured out what I was seeing myself. Driver spent a lot of time on what appeared to be personal cell phone calls. While taking me back to the airport the driver pressured me to write, sign and give to him an evaluation while I was still dependent on him getting mew back to the airport in time for my connecting flight, so if he shows that as proof what a great job he did, it was coerced. I made the best of a bad situation. I still have confidence in Viator but would not recommend this driver or this local provider.
Review by: John B, February 2016
This tour was very expensive.
Review by: Lorenext, May 2014
Excellent tour! This reminded me of Pompeii, but in the middle of the dessert! great tour guide!
Review by: Adam T, January 2014
The Amman City part of this tour was not too great but Jerash made up for that. One of the better things to see in Jordan.
Review by: Vojtech C, November 2012
Top rating for such experience, one of the best guide and highly professional drive. Impressive historical site in perfect condition.
Review by: Kartika C, April 2012
You get the loveliest travel guide if you manage to get Shaadi, in saying that Jerash is lovely, you will get a guide who expects a tip (as do most people in Jordan) but Amman, not much to see and glad we left it to the last day as we were a tad exhausted by that stage. Shaadi was accoomodating of our request to see the experience the real food of Jordan, went to a lovely restaurant serving local food and eating with the locals.
Review by: Prabhu Kannan, January 2012
It was an Amazing, But I did not like the Tour Guide telling me he depends on tips to survive and demanding a tip from me. Very unprofessional and a complete turn off.
Review by: NKR Prabhu, January 2012
It was an Amazing, But I did not like the Tour Guide telling me he depends on tips to survive and demanding a tip from me. Very unprofessional and a complete turn off.
Review by: Graham Walker, November 2011
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Review by: Natalie M, August 2011
I saw a lot and it was a good tour.
Review by: Natalie M, June 2011
I saw a lot and it was a good tour.
Review by: Trina S, United Arab Emirates, June 2010
This was a nice tour of the ancient site of Jarash.. the city tour was good as well.
Review by: Anonymous, June 2010
This was a nice tour of the ancient site of Jarash.. the city tour was good as well.
Review by: , June 2010
This was a nice tour of the ancient site of Jarash.. the city tour was good as well.
Review by: Christine K, July 2009
The driver picked us up on time and spoke good English. We loved Jerash and had a good guide, loved the chariot race and Roman legion show. I felt that everytime we passed something interesting in Amman our driver was on his cell phone. I guess they have 2 jobs.
Review by: Cheryl W, July 2009
We travelled throughout the Middle East and thought these were among the best preserved Roman ruins we saw. The gladiator show is billed as the only one actually held in a real hippodrome--extra charge. DO note that the driver is NOT your guide, and if you want a guide you will need to be prepared to pay a fee. Our driver selected an excellent guide for us. Not much to see in Amman City, however, so you might want to do that on your own.
Review by: Christine K, United States of America, May 2009
The driver picked us up on time and spoke good English. We loved Jerash and had a good guide, loved the chariot race and Roman legion show. I felt that everytime we passed something interesting in Amman our driver was on his cell phone. I guess they have 2 jobs.
Review by: Cheryl W, United States of America, May 2008
We travelled throughout the Middle East and thought these were among the best preserved Roman ruins we saw. The gladiator show is billed as the only one actually held in a real hippodrome--extra charge. DO note that the driver is NOT your guide, and if you want a guide you will need to be prepared to pay a fee. Our driver selected an excellent guide for us. Not much to see in Amman City, however, so you might want to do that on your own.
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