Rested in Jordan at the Coral Bay Hotel (Royal Diving Club) from 10.08.08 to 08/17/08. At that time, the hotel was filled with ~ 50%. Russians in the hotel are extremely small and those come from other hotels to the beach, the Italians prevail. In Russian, except "How are you?", No one as in the hotel and in Jordan does not speak at all and does not understand. Hotel 3 * (including meals) - this must be considered when choosing, then not to disappoint. At your 3 * hotel liked. But there are subtleties - cleaning in the rooms only on reception on the reception (therefore, daily need to refer to the requirement of cleaning), shifting linen 2 times a week. Rooms Small - 2 beds, 2 bedside tables, TV, wardrobe, minibar (refrigerator) - That's all furniture. Neither chairs, nor chairs, nor table. I had to drain the table and chairs from the veranda to sit in the coolness of the air conditioner behind the glass of Martini. There is no electric kettle, nor iron, but there is a safe! In the bathroom, the whole rank for rank is a sink, shower, toilet, water hot and cold around the clock. From the first floor, entering the street with the transition to the street, on the second and third floors, the balconies on the roof of the veranda. The beach is small, sandy, clean width ~ 100 m. By the way, the best on the coast of the Red Sea of \u200b\u200bJordan with a magnificent shallow-water coral reef! On the beach from the hotel, the sun beds and fungi from the sun ~ 10 m from the sea are exhibited. Entrance to the sea is only with the walkways, from the shore the entrance is prohibited. There were no problems with places on the beach, however, on Fridays (a weekend from Muslims) a large number of local ones arrive at one day, so the places should be held in the morning. They took only breakfast. And did not regret - dinner at the hotel for $ 30 per person (buffet, drinks for a fee) clearly does not correspond to such spending. Therefore, they dined into Aqaba in Ali Baba's restaurant - 2 times cheaper, plus the service of the waiters (by the way, it is quite possible to explain in Russian, Metrotels even in Russian will explain from what those or other dishes are made in Russian). There from the hotel there is a bus on schedule, drive ~ 20 min. Drinks incl. Alcohol recommended to take in the city, for example, a jar of sprite at the hotel will cost $ 2.5, and in the city of $ 0.45. There is no entertainment in the hotel, only different CD records are played up to 23-00 during the day until 23-00. In general - I liked the rest, the main thing is to choose the place that I like, and relax not paying attention to small inconveniences. For a more discerning public, I would advise the glamorous "Radisson" or "Marina Plaza" this year, the truth and the recreation price is significantly higher there. Well, about traveling around the country is a separate conversation! Impressions sea!
Mystical mixture of paints and shapes, huge coral reefs and sea gardens, underwater grots and caves, premium of mothers of fish and unknown sacraments of depths - all this is the Red Sea. Marine wealth are so beautiful and diverse that you can admire them unnecessary all day, transparent warm water Laskovo envelops the body, giving freshness and contrasting with the burning Sun coolness, the noise of the surf and foam waves awaken the imagination and draw a fabulous paintings of the resort world.
Aqaba is the main and only sea resort. Ancient cityFull of historical mysteries and unique monuments, adjacent to Eilat and takes hardly the most promising part of the coast of the Red Sea. The lack of mass influx of tourists and industry, magnificent ecology and careful relationships to the Damars of Nature presented the terrain of indescribable wealth.
Undersea world spa sea Much richer and combined - it is here that they saunate from the attention of millions of holidaymakers and marine animals.
Thanks to the hot climate on the Red Sea, warm and comfortable round yearThe temperature is kept at a mark of 30 more degrees, water temperature - 22-28 °. Of course, 22 ° is about the coldest months. As such a season and no-noon, but bEST TIME An off-season is considered to be a trip, and for beach tourism - autumn.
The sea in Aqaba is all 365 days a year remains warm and transparent, visibility in water reaches 50 meters. In the spring, the transparency of water is reduced due to blooming plankton. Tides and flexors are insignificant, in general, the sea is quite calm, without high waves and excitement. Strong flows are observed only at a great depth in distance from the coast.
Beaches and rest on the Red Sea
The coast of Aqaba is cut by sandy and pebble-rocky bays, on which the beaches are located. Most of It belongs to the hotels and the entrance to them is paid. Municipal beaches are free with surgery rental. All zones are flawlessly equipped with infrastructure and duty cafes, restaurants and other passions.
The bottom is clean and shallow, swimming comfortably and safely, the beaches are carefully cleaned from algae and other contaminants.
The resort is successfully popularized. leisure on the sea, in Aqaba is mainly snorkeling, as well as water sports and attractions.
Diving was literally erected to the cult, the main merit of this is the king of Abdullah second, fond of dives. Promotes the development of dive movement and fantastic underwater world, which in the Red Sea is hardly the best and world.
Diving
Diving in the sea in Aqaba is:
- Rich vegetation.
- Thousands of species of fish and animals.
- Coral reefs, dozens of types of corals.
- Flooded ships I. military equipment.
- Underwater caves, grottoes, tunnels, canyons.
Diverse bottom relief presented Aqaba about 30 dive sites. The most popular pride of Cedar, Gorgon, Moon Valley, Rainbow Reef, Reef Kiwi, Ras Al Yamani, Yellowstone Reef, Seven Sisters, Reef King Abdullah, Black Rock, Coral Garden, Garden Garden, Japanese Gardens. There are several specially flooded ships and an American tank.
There are places for beginners located at a depth of only 8-15 meters and sites for immersion professionals by 30, 50 or more meters, with complex relief and conditions. Some sites are good at any time of the day, while others bloom at night.
Undersea world
The Red Sea lives billions of motley inhabitants. The house for them was soft red and fiery corals, rare black and dining, blue and gas corals. Immediately you can see dozens of types of sea grass and picturesque rocks. In all this there are invisible to the eye of the house of marine inhabitants.
Scrolls of the Red Sea furrowing Barracuda, angels, anemones, sponges, crabs, octopuses, clown fish, fish-unicorns, sharks-nannies, fish-lions, Spanish dancers, marine needles, surgeons fish, parrot fish, skates, Moray, Cornets, sea hedgehog, Hubans, dascilles, turtles, sardines, anchovies, rapids, winrs, goldfish, bulls, sea dogs, antias and many other livelies of all possible colors.
You should not forget about sharks - if some of them are harmless and not going to swim with tourists, other cynically see only lunch dinner.
Middle Eastern Jordan is a real casket with treasures. They are scattered throughout the territory of a small state and affect all tourists with their ancient splendor and natural perfection. The ideal vacation plan here can have the following scenario: a tour of the pink city of Peter, named UNESCO with a new miracle of the world, a photo session of fantastic landscapes of Wadi Ram Ram and beach rest. In Jordan, it may be no less fascinating and diverse than in the traditional resorts of Egypt, Turkey or Tunisia.
Where to go sunbathing?
Choosing where it is better to relax, decide on the priorities. Beach in Jordan are equipped on the shores of the two seas:
- Traditional beach entertainment offers Aqaba on the Red Sea. There is everything that is supposed to have any respected resort - hotels and restaurants, diving and shopping, nightclubs and spa salons.
- But the Dead Sea offers a pretty specific beach vacation. In Jordan, as in neighboring Israel, on the shores of the most salty lake in the world, hotels are concentrated, which are rehabilitation and cosmetology centers. Based on their programs - dirt and salt Dead SeaHealing the absolute majority of skin diseases.
Weather Peace Features in Jordan
You can book tours to Jordan at any time of the year, because the local weather allows you to rest comfortably regardless of the season. The climate is characterized as sharply continental, dry and subtropical. Winter is more suitable for the excursion trip, and spring or autumn - for a beach holiday. But even in the midst of the summer, the heat in Aqaba is completely tolerant, due to the dryness of the air and frequent winds from the sea.
Thermometer columns in the Jordanian area beach resorts Even in January, during the day, they usually do not fall below + 24 ° C, and they demonstrate confident + 21 ° C in water. In July, temperature values \u200b\u200bare most often stepped far over a 30-degree mark in the air and for 25-degrees in water.
Changing Color Rocks
The rocks surrounding the Red Sea bay in Aqabe look especially delightfully at sunset, when the shine eluding the sky grade alternately stains them into various shades of the crimson. But sunset photos of the Bay and the Red Sea are not the only advantages of a beach holiday in Jordan. Modern resort Ready to offer its guests many others, not less interesting entertainment.
Aqaba beaches, if they do not belong hotels, available to all and completely free. If you fly to Holidays in Jordan with children, choose northern part Cities where the sandy seabed has a gentle and safe entrance to the water. By the south, the beaches are becoming stony, and coral reefs, located close to the coast, can become an obstacle for swimming kids.
You can't call prices for Aqaba hotels too democratic, but hotels fully justify money spent on accommodation and correspond to the stated star. A worthy level of service is offered even "doubles", and feedback on five-star apartments and at all above all praise.
Cognitive excursions for holidaymakers in Aqaba are quite a solid list:
- The urban scientific station recommends that all guests of the city visit the local aquarium and get acquainted with the inhabitants of the underwater world.
- The antiquity museum represents the exposition of antiquities, and the exposition in the House of Grandfather of the current king introduces visitors with the life and traditions of the eastern monarchs.
- A trip to Peter will give pleasure from the magnificent landscapes of the pink city, cutting down in the rocks by Nabatery tribes.
- Wishing to plunge into the most salt Lake In the world and buy the famous face and body care cosmetics is offered a trip to the Dead Sea.
Not less than excursions, popular with beach recreation fans in Jordan Diving. The Red Sea is one of the most beautiful on the planet, and in the area of \u200b\u200bJordanian territoryarial waters there is about thirty interesting underwater sites.
All the basics of dive beginners are taught in six special training centers, the most famous of which - The Royal Diving - is located one and a half dozens of kilometers south of the city.
Natural sanatorium
Dead Sea, where beach holidays in Jordan is also organized, - a unique reservoir. The composition of its water includes a huge number of salts and minerals, and therefore even a simple bathing in this lake allows you to cure many skin diseases or significantly alleviate their current.
You can relax and heal on Jordanian beaches throughout the year, there is almost every day sunny and always very warm.
Settlements There are no salty lake along the shores of the Salted Lake on the planet with the Jordanian side, and hotels are completely autonomous areas with treatment, food, shopping and entertainment. They have own beachesFor which the entrance is prohibited. With two hotels, licensed clinics are open, where the dermatological patients offer full-fledged treatment.
If you are on the Dead Sea passage or just on excursions, you can experience it on the "strength" on the beach, located a few kilometers from the hotels area. It is called Amman Beach and for the entrance to its territory will have to pay.
Helpful information
Aqaba - Zone. duty free tradeand therefore it is advantageous to buy alcohol, perfume and other traditional goods Duty Free..
Ordering Jordan's excursions are best not in hotels, but in third-party tourist bureaus. As a rule, they offer more low pricesAt the same time, their execution and punctuality are not inferior to the offices that are located in hotels.
During the sacred month of Ramadan, the sale of alcohol in the country can be limited and ordering alcoholic beverages in the restaurant will not succeed.
I was remembered, and another similar title-announcement - "On the beach with Muslims on Friday's Day", but I decided that I would not multiply the essence without having to talk in one place and about the shore for my own, and about compromise - for all, and about racially pure "white" paid. In short, this post is actually about us, about people, although it seems to be - all about the beaches of Jordanian Aqaba.
That city that is five minutes from the center
Funny Tourist, read in guidebooks and the Internet, that on the Sole Public Beach marine City Jordan is better not to appear, and at the same time I bought a ticket that is in the city hotel, and not in the tourist reservation. Funny, because anyway can not not go there immediately by arrival, because he also flew to the sea! From the cold! And where to go, if the airplane is the morning, the sun burns, palm trees are thrown by dike, and the sea shines a teaser right from the balcony of the hotel? In general, I can not go, but I read guides with the Internet, and therefore the look is alert, and the clothes are tightened again)) But he also managed to hear a heartbaking story about how "Oh, we had to call the police , we threw stones there. " Okay, I will not tomatize, I will immediately say about these fools and these stones))
Yes, we are there, on this beach, something like Gorilla-Albinos: the eyes are thrown onto us or dismissed quite frankly. We are strange, we do not understand yourself. Why, for example, running to run to the bar of the surf and wash sea waterif it is not a diverance before the prayer? Why just get there right in clothes at all?
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We call curiosity, here is the right word. Not irritation that they invaded someone else's territory, namely curiosity. Moreover, people are direct, not freezed by the conventions of the advanced white civilization. Every two minutes you will hear Hello and HI and see the white-covered smiles. You will be asked for a name and will tell your answer, which you still hardly hear, if it is not Sarah or Ahmed (some sounds in arabic Our ear is unusual and unusual to unrecognizable).
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That's just if you have enough (more precisely, not enough) the mind on this beach will undress that ... To attract your attention, you can fly and small pebbles. From adolescents. Remember how in childhood the boys also behaved somewhere on a rustic river? Do not like this attention - do not undress on the beach in the city trait! This is the territory of Jordanians (by the way, there are many residents of the capital, where there is no sea and there is no habit of seeing hopper girls and aunts), this is the place of their relaxing holiday, quite chaste, but not at all closed for everyone who respects his rules. Yes, and for those who do not respect, not closed, just they themselves look idiots when the call is the police to save them from the attention unnecessary to themselves.
In general, come to the sea, be welcome customers of numerous pokatushek boats and cafes with frisms, but keep in mind that gently organized creatures are more comfortable to walk here on the "Promenade", and not sit on the sand between pubertal boys and big Arab families.
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Urban Antipode - Closed paid beach Berenice.
Most of the right beach represents the right beach. Everything is in place: umbrellas stand, chaise lounges in bulk, the towel will give out, the pool and bar in stock, purely (almost), pier with descent to water at your service, snorcling, diving, no local - paradise? 10 JD (800 rubles from the nose), and the bus will take this paradise of anyone.
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I myself will be unlikely to want the second time. Throw in me to the sneaker, but I do not like to see the elderly European Teles over your eyes. Thank you for the appearance of topless on Jordan beaches is forbidden, and then after all, then the elderly bare tits would have dangled, as on the same Costa Dorado. In short, I could not know this beach with antipod of urban, the extremes they are extremes, and therefore my personal choice -
Free southern beaches
Sometime, for them, Jordan drew a 16-kilometer coastal strip Saudi Arabia, built there with an elite residential and hotel Melo Tala Bay ...
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And all that between him and the Aqaba port made a slightly indulged beach zone.
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Keep in mind that the daily Shattl promised by the "Pegasus" will bring you from this year exactly here, and not to the same Tala Bay, as once, they say before. Towels and umbrellas in gift - the next Pegasovsky lies, in fact you will be on your own towel to lie here many hours between free bus flights, if you choose this method to get to the "sea in a bathing suit." But if you have a "pricked" taxi ... if you have it, then you can see these beaches with such different things!
Endless and empty from the edge and to the edge - from Sunday to Thursday.
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These days you can do at all here in perfect loneliness. Well, except that someone probably dwells in such a halabud, but no one forces you to sit next to her, the rest of the beach is yours!
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I just hear the voice of someone's voice about "yes, well, scary, and suddenly someone ..." The terrible will attack, or what?)) Will not attack. And does not cut down. Somebody talk about it, but not now. Now I will say this: you are afraid of freedom of loneliness - set up closer to the police points, diving schools, comchants, there is always someone there. Or come here on Friday Saturday))
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Women driving full. And there is a rule: after 20:00 the car with a woman behind the wheel, the police is not allowed to stop, and if you try, then an attempt can be ignored with impunity.
That's when life boils here! That's when there are cars, minivans, jeeps, micros, in which the people are placed here, as in a good Ikarus)) That's not scary, not boring, although very unusual. Weekend Friday and Saturday on these beaches, and especially in a couple of hours after Friday prayer - perfect place And the time to watch Jordanians, chat with them and do not worry about yourself that you are in a swimsuit, and they are in the hijabs and robes to the spots.
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Not all of them, of course, are 100% tolerant to girls in bikini, but everyone knows that this beach is common, and constantly cruising beach sheriffs on the jeeps - a silent reminder. I do not like? Musility torments jealousy for kosning in the direction of this bikini husband - Aqaba Beach to help you. Do not like hookahs around, soccer balls, the cooking desire of children (and not only) say hello to you and ask how are you? Du in the branch of the eud's elderly in Berenice! Is benevolent, self-sufficient, not burdened with tactless cockroaches in the head? You will get sun, sand, sea, smiles, discount on Barbukhaica with glass bottom, beach football ...
And maybe an invitation and acquaintance with one of these big families. Maybe you will try to remember one and a half dozen of children's and adult names, to die in the baby, who are generally not accepted here to show strangers, then you will be treated with food from your table, will be drinking you, check if you are in order, wait, When you get into and dry, to call you to yourself on pillows and mats. And then one of you will click the tasteless Jordanian seeds (now I know how to surprise them))) in the company of a heap of women in black and color, and the second talk about something important is men's at the "male half". And maybe even if you are exchanged for gifts in finally, it will not mean anything, except for confirmation of phrases from guidebooks about curiosity and hospitality of the people of this small, but such an interesting country.
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How are women's robes dry? There is no photo, believe on the word: sometimes directly on the move of the machine when the hanger serves as a hand dried with a wet dress in the window)))
This young resort on the Red Sea coast is located in the northern part of the Aqaba Gulf, 335 km from Amman. There are crystal clear water and good conditions for recreation. Thanks to the mountains in Aqaba, a special microclimate: you can swim all year round, during the winter months the water temperature does not fall below +22 ° C, in the summer the real heat occurs only in the afternoon clock.
The tourists sensitive to the temperature is better to come to Aqabu in the fall, in winter or in spring: in summer it may be too hot.
How to get
From Aqaba, you can easily get into Amman on comfortable jett buses or private trust. Stops both companies are in front of their offices. Jett - on King Hussein St Street, immediately for the hotel Movenpick, a 10-minute walk from the center. The company carries out flights to Amman 5 times a day (travel time is 4 hours). TRUST International Transport is located on Just Off An-NaHDA St. Street. From there, 6 flights go to Amman (the road ranks 4 hours): the first - at 7:30 and last at 18:00. Also walk buses to Irbida (travel time - 5.5 hours) and twice a day to the Egyptian Nuveuba.
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Transport
Hundreds of yellow private taxis run through the streets and bring tourists and local; All of them are almost the same, apart from the fact that some cars are equipped with air conditioning. The cost of the pass is better to negotiate in advance before landing.
Mini basins connect the residential quarters of Aqaba with the city center. Passengers can sit down and disembark anywhere, stopping in Aqaba - on demand. The central station is opposite the police office on King Talal St Street, less than 10 minutes' walk from the center (Ayla Square, Al-Hussein Bin Ali Mosque).
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Kitchen and restaurants
The Italian restaurant Casalingo at the Movenpick Resort & Spa Tala Bay (South Beach Road - Tala Bay Area; opening hours: from 18:30 to 23:30) with modern design in the Mediterranean style attracts attention to the stove for pizza on firewood. Casalingo offers traditional Italian dishes, seasonal dishes, excellent pizza and a wonderful selection of wines. The dishes are cooked by the chef - Italian. Visitors can eat on the terrace or in air conditioned room.
Restaurant Red Sea Grill at Movenpick Resort & Residence Aqaba (Do not confuse with first, is located on King Hussein St, P; opening hours: from 19:00 to midnight) Open only during the summer and offers fresh seafood. For example, fish on the grill and mollusks combined with Afro-Arabic cuisine. Add a wonderful view of the Akab's bay from the restaurant terrace.
In the center of the city you can find a meal for removal - hummus, Falafel, Shaverm.
Alezal or Al-Erzal (Aqaba Gate Complex) - Lebanese restaurant where you can enjoy dishes national Kitchen and mezza in combination with seafood and grilled meat. This is the best Lebanese restaurant in Aqaba, in which there are two halls - on water and on land. A specially equipped Harmattan Boat boat offers an exquisite sea walk during lunch or dinner on the bay where you can see the beautiful corals of the Red Sea (there is a dive instructor on board).
One of the most famous restaurants in the city is in the Royal Yacht Club. Here is a seafood at prices comparable to Western. Service fast. Opened - only for dinner.
Not far from Yacht Club, for McDonald's, there is excellent 35 Degrees East (Aqaba longitude), opening only after noon. It is very well prepared by European food, including steaks and seafood. European prices, higher than in the rest of Jordan's restaurants. The Syrian Palace restaurant is also noteworthy (Raghadan Street, Hayl Al Madina, on the right side of the Al Shuala Hotel).
Aqaba is a duty-fries zone and partially isolated from the rest of Muslim Jordan. Many shops offer a wide selection of inexpensive alcohol and cigars.
Beach Aqaba
Most of the beaches belong to the hotels, the rest are publicly available, and they are mostly resting on them local residents. In the northern part of the city beaches, sandy, closer to the south - stony, with coral reefs not far from the shore.
Aqaba hotels
The most fashionable hotels in Aqaba, with the international public and the kitchen - Movenpick Resort and Intercontinental. But the resort also has a lot budget hotels - No special chic and gloss, but a clean room and a tight breakfast is guaranteed.
Little advice related to all hotels of Aqaba: Rooms overlooking the sea, of course, look more prestigious than overlooking the streets, but since the sea is in the south, then from the Permanent Sun in the "Sea" room can be very hot.
The Luxury Complex "Tala Bay" opened at 9 km from Aqaba with its beach, 2 km long, private possessions, infrastructure and hotels. One of them is already valid - Radisson Sas Tala Bay.
Diving in Aqabe
In Aqaba - 6 snorkeling centers offering training on PADI, SSI or BS-AC association standards. Underwater visibility is an average of 35-40 m. During the blooming of plankton (April-May), visibility can decrease to 10-15 m, but in the height of the summer it reaches 50 m 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 places For dives. SEA Star Dive Center at the Al-Kazar Hotel offers newcomers and night dives on request. In Al Morjan Club there are showers, snack bar, equipment rental and a pool; You can get there by taxi or free bus from the diving center at the Al-Kazar Hotel.
In total, there are about 30 resorts of the attention of dive sites to which it is easy to swim by boat. Many reefs are completely close to the shore, so there you can enjoy the underwater world of lighting, armed with just a mask and a tube. Even newcomers will be able to find an interesting and simple immersion for themselves.
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Entertainment and Attractions Aqaba
Fortress near the Embankment in the city center, archaeological excavations On the Hill of Tel Al-Khalifa, aquarium scientific Station Aqaba, adjacent to the Fort of the Museum of Antiques, as well as a museum in Hussein's house Ben-Ali, Praded King Hussein.
Potala Palace - Ancient architecture Potala Palace where is located
Ancient "Mystical Mountain"
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