Overview
Enjoy an amazing day trip from Dead Sea to Baptism site (Bethany), Madaba, Nebo and back to the Dead Sea. Your driver will pick you up in the morning from your hotel in Dead Sea and drive to the town Madaba, where you find the famous mosaic 6th century map of Palestine in St. George’s church. After that continue to Mt. Nebo, the place where Prophet Moses gazed at the promised land before he died and alleged to be his burial place. You will visit an old monastery; overlook the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea and parts of the Holy Land. Then we will drive towards Baptism Site (Bethany), the place where Jesus Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist. It is now one of the 3 most important places of pilgrimage in Catholicism.
Why travelers book this
What's Included
- Private transportation
- WiFi on board
- Bottled water
- Admission Fees
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Personal Expenses
Meeting & Pickup
Meeting point, pickup options and start time are confirmed on Viator before checkout.
Itinerary
Stop 1
Just 30km from Amman, along with the 5,000-year-old Kings´ Highway, is one of the most memorable places in the Holy Land. After passing through a string of ancient sites, the first city you reach is Madaba, known as the “City of Mosaics."
Stop 2
Madaba the city of Mosaic, the city which has the best documentation of the holly lands by the map of mosaic of Jordan river
Stop 3
Madaba the city of Mosaic, the city which has the best documentation of the holly lands by the map of mosaic of Jordan river
Stop 4
The Gospel of John refers to Enon near Salim as one place where John the Baptist baptized people, "because there was much water there". Separately, John 1:28 states that John the Baptist was baptizing in "Bethany beyond the Jordan". This is not the village Bethany just east of Jerusalem, but is generally considered to be the town Bethany, also called Bethabara in Perea on the Eastern bank of the Jordan near Jericho. In the 3rd century Origen, who moved to the area from Alexandria, suggested Bethabara as the location. In the 4th century, Eusebius of Caesarea stated that the location was on the west bank of the Jordan
Stop 5
Drop-Off
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels