Cities in Middle East
Salt, Jordan
Salt is an ancient agricultural town and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem.
Zarqa, Jordan
Az-Zarqā is a city in Jordan located to the northeast of Amman. Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate. Its name means "the blue one".
Jerash, Jordan
Jerash, the Gerasa of Antiquity, is the capital and largest city of Jerash Governorate, which is situated in the north of Jordan, 48 kilometres north of the ...
Ajloun, Jordan
Ajloun, Jordan is a lush, green highland region known for the historic Ajloun Castle and dense oak forests. A short drive from Amman, it offers hiking trails, ... more
Irbid, Jordan
Irbid, known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela, is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan ... more
Dead Sea, Jordan
Dead Sea, Jordan is the world's lowest point on earth and a natural spa destination famed for its mineral-rich, buoyant waters and therapeutic mud. Easily ... more
Qasr Al Hallabat, Jordan
Qasr al Hallabat is a town in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan.[1] The town is named after the Umayyad castle located there. Also located in the ... more
Umm Ar Rasas, Jordan
Umm ar-Rasas (Arabic: أم الرّصاص) (Kastrom Mefa'a, Kastron Mefa'a) is an archeological site in Jordan which contains ruins from the Roman, Byzantine, and early... more
Ar Ramtha, Jordan
Ar Ramtha, also known as Al-Ramtha (Arabic: الرمثا) is a city situated in the far northwest of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It covers 40 km, and has a ...
Umm Qays, Jordan
Umm Qais (Arabic: أم قيس, also transliterated as Umm Qays) is a town in northern Jordan near the site of the ancient town of Gadara. It is situated in the ... more
As Salt, Jordan
Salt (Arabic: السلط Al-Salt — pronounced Es-Sult or Es-Salt) is an ancient agricultural town and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old... more
Aqaba, Jordan
The air shimmers with desert heat, scented with salt and cardamom, as you wander Aqaba’s softly humming streets. Early mornings bring a gentle glow over ... more
Al Karak, Jordan
Al Karak, also known as Kerak, is a city in Jordan known for its Crusader castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region... more
Wadi Musa, Jordan
Wadi Musa, (Arabic: وادي موسى, literally ‘Valley of Moses’), is the name of a town located in the Ma'an Governorate in southern Jordan east of Petra at ...
Amman, Jordan
Sunlight spills over Amman’s rolling hills, the call to prayer drifting on a breeze thick with cardamom and grilling lamb. Tiled rooftops and limestone facades ... more
Petra, Jordan
The light here arrives softly, stretching gold and rose across sheer sandstone cliffs as dawn stirs the ancient city. A breeze hints at wild thyme in the ... more
Wadi Rum, Jordan
Wadi Rum stretches out in silent grandeur beneath an endless sky, the ochre sand warmed by the sun and cooled in the hush of early evening. The wind teases at ... more
Qasr Al Azraq, Jordan
Qasr al-Azraq is a large fortress located in present-day eastern Jordan . It is one of the desert castles , located on the outskirts of present-day Azraq , ... more
Qasr At Tubah, Jordan
Qasr Tuba is a castle in the Amman Governorate of northern Jordan . Like Qasr Mshatta , it was built using a combination of limestone bricks. The ... more
Qasr Al Kharanah, Jordan
Qasr Kharana, sometimes Qasr al Harrana, Qasr al Kharanah, Kharaneh or Hraneh, is one of the best-known of the desert castles located in present-day eastern ... more
Madaba, Jordan
Madaba is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000. It is best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, ... more