JORDAN
Cuisine of the Levant
Tour Overview
Duration
8 Days
Age
+18 Old+
Trip Type
Culinary
Fully Guided
Fully Guided
100%
Physicality
Moderate
Camping
7
Hotel Rating
4-5 Star
Details Jordan Tour
8 day/7 night program featuring a five-night cooking course at the Petra Kitchen. Perfect for FITs and small groups interested in learning the secrets of the Levantine kitchen.
Highlights
8 day/7 night program featuring a five-night cooking course at the Petra Kitchen. Perfect for FITs and small groups interested in learning the secrets of the Levantine kitchen.
Visiting Sites:
Itinerary
Queen Alia Airport-Amman
Meet/assist at Queen Alia airport; transfer to Amman hotel for overnight.
Amman-Mt. Nebo-Madaba-Petra
Visit Mt. Nebo, from which Moses viewed the Promised Land, with its panoramic view over the Jordan River Valley, Dead Sea, Jericho and the hills of Judea. In Madaba, visit the St. George Church with its famous 6th Century map of the Holy Land as well as the Madaba Archaeological Park. Enjoy a special set-menu lunch at Haret Jdoudna, where you’ll be able to savor many of the special mezza dishes you’ll be learning to prepare during your course. Transfer from Madaba to Petra’s unique Taybet Zamaan Resort, an 18th Century stone Bedouin village which has been refurbished as a very special resort hotel. Your accommodations in the old village houses are comfortably furnished with a special selection of Jordanian antiques and handicrafts; the rooms offer gracious stone archways separating the sleeping area from the sitting area, and spacious Arabic-style “mastaba” benches for relaxing, reading or catching the nightly news on the satellite TV system. The resort’s facilities include a Turkish Bath (Hammam), swimming pool and health club, restaurant, bar and handicrafts souk. In the evening. meet the chef and the local women at the Petra Kitchen to prepare a traditional Jordanian menu including soup, cold and hot mezza and main course. Return to Taybet for overnight.
Petra
Enter Petra as many of the earliest explorers did, by hiking from your hotel through Wadi Numair to the High Place of Sacrifice, with its panoramic views over the ancient city center. Exit the site via al-Madras for time to relax and explore the shops around the Visitors’ Center, or have a drink and perhaps a “hubbly bubbly” pipe at the Cave Bar. Join a second course at the Petra Kitchen, returning to Taybet for overnight.
Petra-market
Return to Petra in the morning by the traditional and captivating mile-long Siq, with a chance to study the ancient Nabatean water channels which nourished this legendary “city of fountains and gardens” and drew caravans from throughout the ancient world. In the afternoon, accompany our chef on a visit to the local souk al hodar (produce market) to select the ingredients for your evening meal—a terrific way to combine a language lesson with the delectable sights and smells of the fruit and vegetable stalls. In the evening, join your third cooking lesson at the Petra Kitchen. Overnight Taybet.
Shobak-Taybet
Drive to the Shobak Crusader Castle (Mont Real) for a tour of the extensive remains, commanding a panoramic view over Wadi Araba. Visit one or two of the many orchards and farms tucked away in the fertile hillsides between Shobak and Petra, with the chance to gather fresh produce yourself to be used in the evening’s dishes. Spend another afternoon in the Wadi Musa souk with the chef to do the marketing before completing your fourth cooking lesson at the Petra Kitchen. Overnight Taybet.
Taybet
Free morning to relax at Taybet. At mid-afternoon, return to the souk for another shopping trip and chance to hone your bargaining skills. Final cooking course and dinner at Petra Kitchen, with overnight at Taybet.
Petra-Dead Sea
Check out and mid-morning departure from Taybet, with a brief stop to enjoy the view from the Dhana old village before descending into Wadi Araba, route of the ancient spice caravans. Drive north to the Dead Sea, lowest point on the earth’s surface, where you’ll follow the sea’s eastern shoreline to a well- earned afternoon of relaxation at the Movenpick Dead Sea Resort. Overnight Dead Sea.
Dead Sea-Queen Alia airport
Transfer to Queen Alia airport for departure.
