This young resort on the Red Sea coast is located in the most northern part of the Gulf of Aqaba, 335 km from Amman. There crystal clear water and good conditions for recreation. Thanks to the mountains in Aqaba - a special microclimate: you can swim all year round, in the winter months the water temperature does not fall below +22 ° C, in summer the real heat comes only in the afternoon hours.
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Jerusalem and Bethlehem from Jordan
Excursion to Petra from 170 USD from the group
Hot Springs Ma in Hot Springs from 50 USD from the group
To the place of the baptism of Jesus Christ on the Jordan River from 60 USD from the group
"2 seas + Petra" - from 76 900 rubles / person
"Classical Jordan" - from 94 900 rubles / person
"The Oriental Tale" - from 98 900 rubles per person
Rest on the Red and Dead Sea in the best hotels!
How to get
From Aqaba you can easily get to Amman by comfortable buses JETT or private Trust. The stop of both companies is in front of their offices. JETT is located at King Hussein St, just behind the Mövenpick hotel, a 10-minute walk from the center. They send flights 5 times a day to Amman (JD 4.300, 4 hours). Trust International Transport is located on Just off An-Nahda St. From there, six flights are sent to Amman (JD5, four hours), the first at 7.30 and the last at 18:00. Just follow the buses to Irbid (JD8, 5½ hours) and twice a day to Egypt's Nuweiba.
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Transport
Hundreds of yellow private taxis run through the streets and drive tourists and locals alike, they are almost the same, apart from the fact that some cars are equipped with air conditioning. It is better to negotiate the fare in advance, before landing. Most trips cost between 500 fils and JD1.
Minibases connect the residential quarters of Aqaba with the city center. The fare is 170 Fils (0.17 JD). Passengers can board and disembark at any point of the road, stopping at Aqaba on demand. The central station is opposite the police office on King Talal street, less than 10 minutes walk from the center (Ayla square, Al-Hussein Bin Ali Mosque).
Climate of Aqaba
Clearly +25 ° С in the afternoon +13 ° С at night ° С water |
Clearly +23 ° С in the day +11 ° С at night ° С water |
Clearly +22 ° С in the day +12 ° С at night ° С water |
| Aqaba weather forecast for 10 days | ||
| Average monthly temperature, ° C | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| in the daytime | + 21 | + 22 | + 26 | + 31 | + 35 | + 38 | + 39 | + 39 | + 36 | + 33 | + 27 | + 22 |
| night | + 9 | + 10 | + 13 | + 17 | + 21 | + 24 | + 25 | + 25 | + 23 | + 20 | + 15 | + 10 |
| of water | + 21 | + 20 | + 20 | + 22 | + 24 | + 26 | + 27 | + 28 | + 28 | + 27 | + 25 | + 23 |
Kitchen and restaurants
The Italian restaurant Casalingo at the Mövenpick Resort & Spa Tala Bay (South Beach Road - Tala Bay Area, opening hours: 18.30-23.30) with a modern design in the Mediterranean style attracts the attention of a pizza oven on wood. Casalingo serves traditional Italian dishes, seasonal dishes, excellent pizza and a fine selection of wines. Dishes are prepared by the chef - Italian. Guests can eat on the terrace or in the air-conditioned room.
The Red Sea Grill restaurant at Mövenpick Resort & Residence Aqaba (not to be confused with the first, located at King Hussein Street, P, opening hours: 19.00 - midnight) is open only during the summer and offers fresh seafood. Such as grilled fish and shellfish in combination with Afro-Arab cuisine. Add to this a wonderful view of the Gulf of Aqaba from the terrace of the restaurant.
Alerzal or Al-Erzal (Aqaba Gate complex) is a Lebanese restaurant that offers its guests national cuisine and Mezza in combination with seafood and grilled meats. This is the best Lebanese restaurant in Aqaba, which has two halls - on "water" and on land. The specially equipped boat Harmattan Boat offers an exquisite boat trip during lunch or dinner on the bay, where you can see the beautiful coral of the Red Sea (there is a dive instructor on board).
One of the most famous restaurants of the city is in the Royal Yacht Club (The Royal Yacht Club). Here, sea food at prices comparable to Western. The service is fast. Open only for dinner.
Not far from the Yacht Club, behind McDonald's, there is excellent. 35 Degrees East (longitude of Aqaba), which opens in the afternoon. Very good prepared European food, including steaks and seafood. The prices are European, higher than in other restaurants in Jordan. Also noteworthy is the restaurant Syrian Palace (Raghadan Street, Hayl al madina, on the right side of the hotel Al Shuala).
In the center of the city you can find a takeaway food - hummus, falafel, shavermu. Prices from 1.5 JD.
Beaches of Aqaba
Most of the beaches belong to hotels, the rest are generally accessible, and mostly locals rest on them. In the northern part of the city beaches are sandy, closer to the south - stony, with coral reefs near the coast.
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Aqaba hotels
The most fashionable hotels in Aqaba, with international public and cuisine - Movenpick Resort and Intercontinental. But the resort also has many budget hotels - without much glamor and glitz, but the clean room and a hearty breakfast there will be guaranteed tourists.
At 9 km from Aqaba, the luxury complex "Tala Bay" was opened with its 2 km beach, private property, infrastructure and hotels. One of them and already in operation - Radisson SAS Tala Bay.
Book popular Aqaba hotels at the best prices
| InterContinental Aqaba from 7 467 rubles Aqaba Beach Front, Hotels street | Kempinski Hotel Aqaba from 9 985 rubles Aqaba King Hussein Street | DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Aqaba from 6 599 rubles Aqaba Al-Hammamat Al-Tunisyya Street |
| Marina Plaza Hotel Tala Bay from 5 817 rubles Aqaba South Coast | Golden Tulip Aqaba from 3,473 rubles Aqaba Al Saada Street | Days Inn Hotel & Suites, Aqaba from 5 644 rubles Aqaba Al Saada Street, Hotels Area |
| Al Qidra Hotel & Suites Aqaba from 2 952 rubles Aqaba City Center, Alsaada st. | My Hotel from 4 081 rubles Aqaba Al Nahda Street | Cedar Hotel from 3,907 rubles Aqaba Aqaba, Eshbeliah st. Building20 |
| Golden Rose Hotel from 2 258 rubles Aqaba Al Reem Street | Al Marsa Hotel from 2 345 rubles Aqaba Downtown, facing Jet Bus Station | Jardaneh Hotel from 3 039 rubles Aqaba Aqaba- Princess Haya Roundabout |
Diving in Aqaba
There are six diving centers in Aqaba offering training according to the standards of PADI, SSI or BS-AC associations. Underwater visibility is 35-40 m on average. During the flowering of plankton (April-May) visibility can decrease to 10-15 m, but at the height of summer it reaches 50 meters and even more.
The most popular diving center The Royal Diving Center, located 15 km south of the city, has its own sandy beach with one of the most interesting dive sites. The Sea Star Dive Center at Al-Kazar Hotel offers beginners training and night dives on request. Al Morjan Club has showers, a snack bar, equipment rental and a swimming pool, you can get there by taxi or by a free shuttle bus from the diving center at Al-Kazar Hotel. In total, the resort has about thirty noteworthy dive sites, which are easily accessible by boat.
In total, the resort has about thirty noteworthy dive sites, which are easily accessible by boat. Many reefs are very close to the shore, so you can enjoy the underwater world lightly, armed with just a mask and snorkel. Even beginners can find there for themselves an interesting and uncomplicated dive.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Aqaba
The fortress near the embankment in the center of the city, the archaeological excavations on the hill of Tell-al-Khalifa, the Aquarium of the Aqaba Science Station, the Museum of Antiquities adjacent to the Fort, and the museum in the home of Hussein Ben Ali, King Hussein's great-grandfather.
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