MONKMAN Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 I'll be on the Dead Sea coast for 3 nights in October with a view of heading down to Petra. I know the site's huge and their own website recommends 2 days to fully explore. Is it worth going for more than one day, or is it a case of seeing the same things over again?
doulikefish Posted August 22, 2017 Posted August 22, 2017 15 minutes ago, MONKMAN said: I'll be on the Dead Sea coast for 3 nights in October with a view of heading down to Petra. I know the site's huge and their own website recommends 2 days to fully explore. Is it worth going for more than one day, or is it a case of seeing the same things over again? I did it in a day but i would have liked more time,probably another half day,2 full days will get a bit repetitive but you can waste some time with all the hawkers trying to sell you "genuine" statues n stuff,beautiful place though
happysouth Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 Get there early. Like just after dawn - stay at one of the local hotels if possible. Or hire a personal taxi to take you there. It's amazing when it's quiet and nobody is there. Also a day is more than enough. Don't bother with the horse ride back out.
MONKMAN Posted October 29, 2017 Author Posted October 29, 2017 I hired a taxi to take pick me from the Hilton Resort on the Dead Sea at 4am. Got there just after opening at 6am and was literally the first person through the doors. Seeing the treasury in all its glory, with not another sole around and in utter silence was unbelievable. Put it all into context when I was leaving and there was literally thousands of people queuing up for pictures, and the noisy rabble was almost deafening.
101 Posted October 29, 2017 Posted October 29, 2017 Wow @MONKMAN that looks brilliant, you spending much time in the country or just a quick visit to see that? How are you finding it?
MONKMAN Posted October 30, 2017 Author Posted October 30, 2017 Wow [mention=14746]MONKMAN[/mention] that looks brilliant, you spending much time in the country or just a quick visit to see that? How are you finding it? Here 3 days, although it’s primarily to see Petra. Spent a day in the Wadi Rum desert, one day at Petra and one just chilling in the Resort at the Dead Sea. Petra was amazing, I couldn’t get over the sheer size of the place. I would 100% recommend to anyone going, to go for opening time as I did, it’s a completely different experience to when the Americans and Japanese start flooding in late morning. Walking though the Siq in sheer silence with not a single person about, until you first catch a glimpse of the treasury in all its glory. I then trekked the 3/4 miles and climbed the mountain path up to the monastery, again with nobody around. At that time of the morning, even the hawkers on the stalls are still not around. Fast forward a few hours for the walk back, the place is heaving and you can’t go 10 steps without someone trying to sell you something. The Wadi Rum desert was exactly that, a vast expanse of nothing. The Dead Sea was strange, Resort was very nice but the one thing I could get over was the flies everywhere. Apparently a common problem at he Dead Sea. Spoke to someone at Petra who was staying in a Resort further down the Dead Sea coast and they had the same problems. Heading to Amman this afternoon, before flying back to Abu Dhabi this evening so I’m intrigued to see what the city is like. In all honesty, the drive from the airport to the resort on the Dead Sea shore, the place looked like a complete shithole.
DiegoDiego Posted October 30, 2017 Posted October 30, 2017 Jordan is probably the last Middle Eastern country I'd go back to (well, I might have to wait for Syria to settle down a bit first). There's just really not much going on there. Petra is brilliant, I was there during the Arab Spring and visitor numbers were down 70% on the same time the previous year. Amman is the worst capital in the region by far. Aqaba is nice, to be fair.
quickoverayard Posted December 31, 2017 Posted December 31, 2017 I hired a taxi to take pick me from the Hilton Resort on the Dead Sea at 4am. Got there just after opening at 6am and was literally the first person through the doors. Seeing the treasury in all its glory, with not another sole around and in utter silence was unbelievable. Put it all into context when I was leaving and there was literally thousands of people queuing up for pictures, and the noisy rabble was almost deafening. How did you find the walk to the treasury?
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