A small kingdom holding some of the largest wonders in the world, where a rose-red city is carved into desert cliffs and Roman streets still run straight under the sun. Climb the hilltop Citadel of Amman above its Roman theatre and downtown souks, then take the storied path through the Siq to the Treasury and the high monasteries of Petra, and walk the colonnaded avenues, temples, and theatres of Jerash, one of the best-preserved Roman cities anywhere. Some of the most tour-pressured, bucket-list sites on earth, and all the better taken at your own pace, on your own schedule, lingering or moving on as you please.
