Biblical Jordan

Biblical Sites in Jordan

Biblical Jordan

Biblical Sites in Jordan

6 day visit

A 6 day visit gives you the chance to visit most of the main biblical sites in Jordan without rushing too much. 

Below you will find one example of how you might spend a week-long pilgrimage in Jordan which lets you see not only the Holy Sites buts also fits in spectacular sites such as Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea.

Day 1 - Amman- As-Salt

09:00-10:00 – Travel to Salt

10:00-13:00 – Visit Salt (the UNESCO City of Tolerance) – the 1st Catholic church and Mass, the Museum, the Souk

13:00-14:00 – Lunch at Salt

14:00-15:00 – Travel to Amman

15:00-18:00 – Visit Citadel, Roman Theatre, Souk

18:00-22:00 – Dinner and relax in Hotel

Day 2 - Gadara - Anjara

Umm Qais - Gadara

08:00-10:30 – Travel to Umm Qais – Gadara

10:30-12:00 – Visit Um Qais

12:00-13:30 – Lunch at Um Qais

13:30-15:00 – Travel to Tel Mar Elias

15:00-16:30 – Visit Tel Mar Elias and Mass

16:30-18:00 – Travel to Hotel

Day 3 - Jerash- Anjara

09:00-10:00 – Travel to Jerash

10:00-12:00 – Visit Jerash

12:00-12:30 – Travel to Anjara

12:30-15:30 – Lunch and visit Sanctuary and Mass

15:30-17:00 – Travel to Amman

17:00-19:00 – Free time in hotel

19:00-21:30 – Dinner and visit to Mar Yohanna

Day 4 - Baptism Site - Dead Sea - Mukawir

08:00-09:00 – Travel to Baptism site

09:00-11:30 – Walk the John the Baptist Trail and Mass

11:30-12:00 – Travel to Dead Sea Hotel 

12:00-14:30 – Lunch and swim at the Dead Sea

14:30-15:30 – Travel to Mukawir – Herod’s Palace

15:30-16:30 – Visit Mukawir

16:30-17:30 – Travel  to hotel in Petra (Wadi Musa)

Day 5 - Petra - Wadi Rum

Petra - the Treasury

07:00-10:00 – Travel to Petra (Wadi Musa)

10:00-14:00 – Visit Petra – Mass in Byzantine Church

14:00-16:00 – Travel to Wadi Rum (packed lunch on bus)

16:30-18:30 – Sunset Jeep Tour

18:30-22:30 – Dinner and sleep in desert camp

Day 6 - Madaba - Mount Nebo

08:00-09:00 – Breakfast in the desert

09:00-14:00 – Drive towards Madaba, stop for lunch on the way 

14:00-16:00 – visit Madaba

16:00-16:30 – Travel to Mount Nebo

16:30-18:00 – Visit Mount Nebo and Mass

18:00-18:30 – Travel  back to hotel in Madaba