October – April are the best months to dodge the swelting summers, although December and January may find the Dead Sea a little chillier.

One week minimum is needed to explore all the main sites.

English, Arabic

Visa required. Can be purchased on arrival

Jordan’s National Dish: Mansaf (rice, lamb, and a dry yoghurt made into a sauce called jameed) Maqluba (meat, rice, and fried vegetables placed in a pot which is flipped upside down when served) Musakhan (roasted chicken baked with onions, sumac, allspice, saffron, and fried pine nuts served over taboon bread) Knafeh (pastry soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup, typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream, pistachio or nuts) Baklava (dough layered and brushed with honey syrup, powdered sugar, or homemade syrup, which includes lemon juice, orange flower water, or rosewater) Bedouin tea Mint tea Turkish/Arabic coffee Limonana (fresh lemon juice, lime juice, sugar, fresh mint, and water)

Shukran – Thank you Habibi – Beloved (term of endearment used casually between friends, like buddy, and lovers) Alhamam – Bathroom Salaam alaikum – Hello Marhaba – Welcome