Travelreport from independant travelling in Jordan

I stayed in Jordan for about a month during July 2012. I used the mosaic city of Madaba as my base in the beginning of travelling around Jordan. I stayed at the excellent Mariam hotel (official two star rating). For a single person I paid 29 JD per night. I believe Madaba is a very convenient place it´s only 18 km from the airport and far more relaxed than Amman. Mariam Hotel had very cheap taxi deals for travelling around Jordan with taxi. A taxi to the airport costs 17 JD, if you just take a taxi from Queen Alia airport to Madaba you will pay 25 to 30 JD so the discount is substantial. You can ask at the reception and they will ask a car rental company to bring a car down to their hotel without any extra charge. You might think are you crazy driving in Jordan? I would say driving in Jordan is very easy and very safe! I booked a rental car for ten days for 29 JD per day. Petrol was far cheaper than in Europe I only paid 0.7 JD per liter.
I did see the following places in Jordan
1. Dead Sea and Wadi Mujib Canyoning
2. Jordan valley and Golan Heights
3. Karak
4. Dana national reserve and Feynan
5. Petra
6. Wadi Ibn Hammad Canyoning
7. A visit to Jerusalem using King Hussein / Allenby bridge
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Best Regards

Thanks for the report.

Like you, I also prefer to base in Madaba. The Miriam is among my favorite hotels in Jordan.

Nice blog great photos and good travel stories.
It is a shame you missed out on visiting Amman all together with down!!!!!!!!
cheers

Laketravel
Thank you for your comment!
My favorite hotels are Mariam hotel in Madaba and the equally good Cairwan in Karak.

Marcopolo
Thanks you for your nice comments. You even read some of my travel stories buried in my blog!
I agree it’s a shame to miss Amman but I also missed Jerash , Aqaba and Wadi Rum. It was far too hot in the far south.

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SWEBackpacker

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