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Books : Travel : Middle East : Jordan
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Ancient cities, desert landscapes and the most intriguing sea in the world: Lonely Planet’s Jordan covers them all. But venture beyond Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea for activities coverage you won’t find in any other guidebook. Hiking, scrambling, rock climbing, camel trekking, 4WD excursions – there’s more adventure here than Lawrence of Arabia had time for.
Petra In Depth – highlights, hiking routes and how to get off the beaten path
Ecotourism Options – extensive coverage of the flagship Dana Nature Reserve, plus hints on how to spend your money to make a difference
Relax like Cleopatra and Herod the Great, who knew a great Dead Sea spa treatment when they saw it.
Sleep Under The Stars and experience legendary Bedouin hospitality, or opt for roofed comfort: every accommodation review packed with opinion
Get Organized – tips on border crossings, Internet access, digital photography and transport routes
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The Rough Guide to Jordan is the essential guide to the Middle East’s most fascinating destination. The guide opens with a 24-page, full-colour section showcasing Jordan’s highlights, from the wilderness of Wadi Run and the magic of Petra to the new developments in Aqaba and Amman’s sophisticated dining scene. The main heart of the guide includes detailed reviews on all the best hotels, cafés and restaurants, whether you’re travelling on a budget or travelling in style. There is plenty of practical tips for adventure activities, including diving, camping, camel treks and balloon trips. The guide also takes a thorough look at Jordan’s colourful background with unique features on literature, art and women in Jordanian society. There are also detailed maps and plans for all regions.
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The purpose of How to Walk in the Footsteps of Jesus and the Prophets is to enable the Christian pilgrim and tourist to look up a Biblical site quickly in its alphabetical form, read the Biblical references, and travel to the sites throughout Israel and the Kingdom of Jordan.
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On the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Pittsburgh native and graduate student Ben Orbach traveled to the Middle East to experience the region first-hand. Despite having a degree in Middle Eastern studies, he was completely unprepared for what he discovered. Beyond the anti-American sentiment he expected, he found a complex, curious people whose lives were made even more difficult by an overwhelming feeling of powerlessness. "Live from Jordan" is the story, told via his letters home, of Orbach's one year trip through Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, and Turkey. As he begins his unforgettable journey which takes him from bustling bazaars to underground brothels, he meets all kinds of characters: a falafel cook who hates Americans because they 'have no mercy', a kindly baker who wishes him 'peace and blessings' every time he buys pita bread, and the curious, impassioned 21-year-old medical student with a penchant for debating U.S. foreign policy.From the angry streets of Cairo to the living rooms of ordinary people in Jordan and Palestine, Orbach offers an honest, balanced portrait of a region in turmoil and the vivid, misunderstood, and often welcoming people who inhabit it. With humor and wit, he sheds new light on a culture that few Americans understand. Engaging and evocative, "Live from Jordan" is a myth-breaking book that combines the lyricism of a travelogue with the insight of reportage.
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The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by color photographs, charts and maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights that Jordan has to offer. This travel book surpasses other guides in that it incorporates essential information in an easy-to-carry and easy-to-read format that is attractive and
useful at the same time. It provides a visitor with an invaluable introduction to Jordan by concisely highlighting the region’s ‘must see’ areas in a practical and user-friendly format, thus encouraging the tourist to make the most of his/her available time. All the essential information you need to get around an unfamiliar region is compacted into useful and practical ‘At-a-Glance’ sections at the end of each chapter. The fold-out map of Jordan is ideal for tourists and visitors. In addition to the main map of Jordan, which highlights scenic routes, it features 3 detailed area maps and 7 town plans.
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The highly successful Globetrotter Travel series, which includes guides, maps and atlases, presently covers more than 80 destinations worldwide. The large fold out travel maps allow the traveler to locate cities, towns, major roads and scenic routes, airports, hotels, golf courses, holiday resorts, parks and nature reserves. In addition, the reverse sides incorporate area maps and town and city plans of the major centers.
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A comprehensive guide with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of Jordan's diverse wonders. This compact book is for locals and visitors alike to identify, learn about, and enjoy:- Jordan's wildlife habitats, parks and reserves, canyons, and deserts;
- a large selection of Jordan's mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, fish, and plants;
- Jordan's rich archaeological treasures, including Petra, Jerash, desert castles, and prehistoric sites;
- Jordan's fascinating geological history, including the Great Rift Valley, volcanos, rocks, and much more.
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Folded road and travel map in color. Scale 1:700,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from motorways to desert roads. Legend shows railways, cableways, state boundaries, border crossings, regions of Palestinian Autonomy, cease-fire lines, international airports, airfields, dolmen, antique sites, churches, monasteries, mosques, synagogues, ruins, castle ruins, caves, monuments, tourist sights, scenic spots, nature reserves, panorama/scenic viewpoints, camping sites, beaches, spas, oasis, waterfalls, periodical rivers, salt pans/sabkhas, lava fields, sand deserts, coral reefs.Legend in 4 languages, including English. Index on back of map.
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"Spectrum Guide to Jordan" delivers--in words and more than 200 full-color photos--a comprehensive and detailed description of the country together with all the essential data that tourists, business visitors, or students are likely to require. Color photos and maps.
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The Jordanian Dead Sea Rift includes some of the world’s most rugged and colorful desert landscapes. Its dramatic canyons are only now beginning to be revealed offering the trekker untamed desert wilderness.The guidebook is based on 12 months of thorough, day-to-day landscape survey of the Jordanian Rift, as well as on 6 years of leading trekking expeditions in Jordan. It is written from the perspective of an experienced hiker and guide who is also an environmentalist and geologist.
The book describes 68 routes ranging from one to six days. Among the routes are easy walks for dayhikers as well as challenging treks. 12 canyoning routes demand abseiling skills. The book is 264 pages long including 41 detailed maps, 3 true-color satellite images and 24 color pages. It is amazing that a region as spectacular as the Jordanian Dead Sea Rift remained unknown to hikers for so many years – the vast majority of the routes were never described anywhere before! Background information include geography, history, flora, fauna, people and culture, nature conservation and language as well as practical information about when to trek, how to get there, what to take etc.
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It is rare for a book of this nature to describe such a wealth of previously unknown and varied terrain. But here in Walking in Jordan the authors' discoveries reveal an unexpected land of forested hills, beautiful dales carpeted in flowers, huge canyons sometimes with fast-flowing rivers, recently discovered caves, perfect limestone cliffs in wooded valleys, and high mountains with lunar landscapes.This book not only gives descriptions to well over 100 routes-almost all previously unknown-but also indicates many still unexplored areas for those who wish to make their own discoveries. It gives detailed information on how to get there, when to go, what to take, and everything you need to know about the routes. In so doing, it offers visitors an opportunity to see and experience a country of great antiquity and previously unsuspected remarkable beauty, making a plea to respect the land and its people, both largely unspoiled by tourism. Di Taylor and Tony Howard have been climbing and trekking in the mountains of North Africa and the Middle East for well over 30 years. They were responsible for the discovery in 1984 of the Wadi Rum in south Jordan as a climbing and trekking area. Since then they have returned to Jordan every year, always managing to find some time to explore other parts of the country between world famous sites of Petra, Pella, Ajlun, and Kerak. They were also invited to document the superlative routes to be found in Jordan's recently formed Nature Reserves, in particular the mountains and canyons of Dana and Mujib and once again in their favorite desert area of Wadi Rum, which was declared a National Park in 1998-a status they had long fought for, in support of the local Bedouin people.
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This completely updated and revised third edition includes: detailed maps of walks around the city; comprehensive tours of monuments, tombs and ancient religious sites; practical advice on where to stay and what to take; and a complete account of the city s Nabatean, biblical and Roman history Petra is a symbol of the hidden treasures of the Near East and one of the world s most spectacular and popular travel destinations. Its famous rose-red cliffs in which its ancient inhabitants carved lavish funeral monuments were hidden for many centuries, until their rediscovery in 1812. This long desertion means that the ruins are well preserved, and the visitor can now enjoy exploring the many hectares covered by the city. The Nabateans remarkable civilization was enriched by their sustained power in commerce and war, and was reflected in their capital. The Romans added to Petra s glory by building a theatre, an aqueduct and colonnades. With the help of this guidebook, the visitor can relive the wonder Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, the discoverer of Petra, must have felt when he looked for the first time on this most famous lost city.
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Jordan has it all: the extraordinary carved city of Petra, Roman ruins, stark desert landscapes and a thriving capital. Delve into Jordan's rich culture with this comprehensive guide.
- Stay in Bedouin tents or splash out on a beach-front hotel – all the options you need
- See the best of Jordan's ancient heritage – let our section on Biblical Jordan guide you
- Dive & snorkel, take a hike, camel trek or float on the Dead Sea – we'll tell you how
- Get talking – use our handy Arabic chapter to mix with the locals
- Get around – 31 detailed maps and a full-colour country map will show you the way
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Wadi Rum is tucked away in the south of Jordan, close to the Red Sea port of Aqaba, remote and splendid in both landscape and culture, yet only a five-hour flight and a short onward journey from Europe. The first edition of this guide, published in 1987, contained about 140 routes. Since then the number of climbs has doubled. Here are detailed descriptions and 'topos' of all the known routes to date, from short walks, camel treks and 4WD journeys through to sports climbs and major 'big walls' of the highest technical difficulty. Additionally, the author gives information on sites of antiquity, flora and fauna and life with the Bedouin. It is their roguish humour and warm hospitality as much as the magnificence of these deserts and mountains that make a visit to Rum a unique experience. This book tells you everything you need to know.
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Small, unassuming and all too often overlooked, Jordan is a country brimming with historic attractions and Natural beauty. But more than anything else, it is the legendary hospitality of the Jordanian people which makes travelling here such a rewarding ex
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These three countries are gold mines of interest, from the world famous Nabatean city ruins of Petra and natural wonders of Wadi Rum in Jordan to the glorious Roman ruins of Palmyra and formidable Crusader castle of Crac des Chevaliers in Syria. Lebanon combines a different slice of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean life wit ha wealth of important historical sites.
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Neil Folberg's images of the wilderness of Israel, Egypt, and Jordan are as triumphant as Ansel Adams's depiction of the American West -- with the added dimension of color. These places are among the most beautiful on earth -- the deserts of the Middle East, the Dead Sea coast, the ancient splendor of Luxor, the pyramids at Giza, and the eternal presence of Jerusalem itself -- and their beauty is all the more intense because of their rich historical and religious association. Breathtaking folio-sized reproductions of Folberg's Ektachrome originals capture sacred vistas, images of awe, serenity, and ravishing beauty: the Oasis of Ain Umm-Ahmed, the view from the summit of Mount Sinai, a Bedouin orchard in the midst of a desert wadi, the dusty life of village and town, the Temple Mount, and the Wailing Wall. Accompanying these photographs are Neil Folberg's delightful firsthand narratives recounting the humorous and harrowing adventures of a photographer in a politically troubled and naturally formidable land. While Folberg entreats only that readers follow him into the landscape of his vision and derive pleasure wandering and wondering, the photographs of In a Desert Land -- celebrations of beauty both sacred and natural -- are in fact moving prayers and persuasive arguments for sanity and peace in a reckless region and a volatile world. "Folberg captures with his camera to create -- the awe-inspiring configurations of nature, the sweeping vistas, the colors... Although one may never walk in these desert lands, one is drawn into the images as one is drawn to an altar -- as a place to seek peace". -- Artweek