Activities in The Dead Sea & Around
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Amman Beach
This newly upgraded public facility goes under the full title of Amman BeachTourism Resort, Restaurant & Pools. The beach, 2km south of the main resort strip, is run by Amman municipality to give affordable access to the Dead Sea. The grounds are attractively landscaped and the beach is clean, with sun umbrellas, freshwater showers and a vibrant local flavour, making it a great place to strike up conversation with a Jordanian family. There are also a number of swimming pools, a restaurant (JD10 buffet), some drinks stalls, basketball courts and an amusement park next door. It gets very busy at weekends (especially Thursday night and Friday). Locals will generally sw…
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Al-Wadi Resort
Newly opened, this public resort has a variety of water games, including a wave machine and slides, in pleasantly landscaped surroundings. There are two restaurants (open 9am to midnight), one selling snacks and the other offering an Arabic menu. Children are measured on entry: those under 95cm are admitted free! The resort is about 500m north of the Convention Centre at the head of the Resort strip.
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Zara Spa
This luxurious spa offers a range of facilities and treatments in a beautiful environment and costs JD25 for guests and JD35 for nonguests. These rates include access to a gym, private beach, pool, sauna, steam room, foot-massage pool, infinity pool and aqua-pressure pool. Extra services include a mud wrap (one hour, JD60), dry flotation, hot-stone therapy, shiatsu and other massages (from JD60 for 50 minutes). A day package costs JD190 for 3½ hours of treatments; a three-day package is JD365.
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Spa
Free for guests and JD25 for nonguests (it costs an extra JD20 for access to the beach, pools and gym), this spa includes a heated pool, Dead Sea saltwater pool, Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. Treatments include massage (JD70, 55 minutes), body wraps, salt scrubs, phytomer facials, mud facials, dry flotation and hydro baths. Day packages range from JD150 to JD225; a week package costs around JD750.
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