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Al 'Arja Destination Guide

Delve into Al 'Arja in Jordan

Al 'Arja in the region of Ma’an is a city in Jordan - some 111 mi or ( 178 km ) South of Amman , the country's capital .

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Current time in Al 'Arja is now 11:19 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Amman " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Damascus, Umm Sawwanah, Sihan, Shammakh, and At Tayyibah. While being here, make sure to check out Damascus . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Al 'Arja ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Petra

5:50 min by Ryan Lewis
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Travel video over Petra, Jordan. The Rose-red City. ..

Guest House Captain's Desert Camp - Wadi Rum ( Jordania - Jordan )

2:50 min by brunooq7
Views: 1632 Rating: 5.00

Wadi Rum (The Sound of Silence) is a journey to another world, a vast silent place, timeless and starkly beautiful Wadi Rum is one of Jordan's main tourist attractions being the most stunning desert l ..


Wadi Mousa وادي موسى - Jordan

5:00 min by rndomn8
Views: 730 Rating: 5.00

Travelling through Wadi Musa (The Valley of Moses) in Jordan. Home to Petra and to one of the rocks that Moses struck to get water from (Ain Musa or Moses's Well). ..

Shobak Castle - Wadi Musa, Jordan

1:29 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWa
Views: 509 Rating: 5.00

tripwow.tripadvisor.com - Created at TripWow by TravelPod Attractions (a TripAdvisor™ company) Shobak Castle Wadi Musa Read more at: www.travelpod.com Travel blogs from Shobak Castle: - "... Today, we ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Vaux Moise

Vaux Moise, also Li Vaux Moise (The Valley of Moses) is a small crusader castle close to Wadi Musa in Jordan). It was founded by Baldwin I of Jerusalem as an outpost of the larger crusader castle at Montreal.

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Located at 30.33 35.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Castles in Jordan, Crusader castles

Wadi Musa

Wadi Musa, ("وادي موسى" in Arabic, translated as "Valley of Moses"), is the name of a town located in the Ma'an Governorate in southern Jordan east of Petra at latitude 30.317N and longitude 35.483E. It is the nearest town to the archaeological site of Petra and hosts many hotels and restaurants for tourists visiting this place. Approximately 2 kilometers from the main town, there is an important Bedouin settlement.

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Located at 30.32 35.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Ma'an Governorate

Al Khazneh

"The Treasury" redirects here, for other uses see The Treasury (disambiguation) Al Khazneh is one of the most elaborate temples in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. As with most of the other buildings in this ancient town, including the Monastery, this structure was also carved out of a sandstone rock face. It has classical Greek-influenced architecture, and it is a popular tourist attraction.

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Located at 30.32 35.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Arabic architecture, Archaeological sites in Jordan, Buildings and structures in Jordan, Petra, Rock cut architecture, Tourism in Jordan

Ad Deir

Ad Deir is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. Built by the Nabataeans in the 1st century and measuring 50 metres wide by approximately 45 meters high, architecturally the Monastery is an example of the Nabatean Classical style. It is the second most visited building in Petra after Al Khazneh. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:30|20|16|N|35|25|52|E|region:JO_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki |primary |name= }}

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Located at 30.34 35.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Monuments and memorials in Jordan, Nabataean sites in Jordan, Rock cut architecture

Mount Hor

Mount Hor is the name given in the Old Testament to two distinct mountains. One is in the Land of Edom on the East shore of the Dead Sea (currently, the country of Jordan), the other by the Mediterranean Sea at the Northern border of the Land of Israel.

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Located at 30.32 35.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Hebrew Bible mountains

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