Middle East Beach, Food + Religious Pictures

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Al Wakrah\'s nicely redeveloped beach offers a vast expanse of white sand dotted with palm trees. It’s a great place to relax on weekends.

Surfing and dancing are among the regular activities on this beach with a lively promenade, an amphitheater and a toddler’s pool.

Walk amid a citadel of Roman ruins, watch chariot races and shop in a bustling souk in this ancient Jordanian city.

Jordan’s capital features a great climate, burgeoning creative and café scenes, and some of the most significant ancient ruins in the Middle East.

Jordan’s capital features a great climate, burgeoning creative and café scenes, and some of the most significant ancient ruins in the Middle East.

Visit this charming town set on the King’s Highway to see its famous Byzantine-era mosaics, which include an invaluable map of the Holy Land. 

Surfing and dancing are among the regular activities on this beach with a lively promenade, an amphitheater and a toddler’s pool.

Beautiful frescoes decorate the interior walls of this Roman-style bathhouse built by an extravagant ruler of the Umayyad dynasty. 

Restaurants backing onto this popular beach set up tables and stands on the sand so you can dine with accompaniment from the soothing sounds of the sea.

Jordan’s capital features a great climate, burgeoning creative and café scenes, and some of the most significant ancient ruins in the Middle East.

Jordan’s capital features a great climate, burgeoning creative and café scenes, and some of the most significant ancient ruins in the Middle East.

At this outdoor flea market open only in the summer months, browse stalls selling clothing, antiques, handmade jewelry and local snacks. 

Step back into 19th-century small town America at this charming neighborhood where boutiques, cafés and wooden houses line cobblestone streets.

Restaurants backing onto this popular beach set up tables and stands on the sand so you can dine with accompaniment from the soothing sounds of the sea.

Visit this charming town set on the King’s Highway to see its famous Byzantine-era mosaics, which include an invaluable map of the Holy Land. 

Jordan’s capital features a great climate, burgeoning creative and café scenes, and some of the most significant ancient ruins in the Middle East.

Walk amid a citadel of Roman ruins, watch chariot races and shop in a bustling souk in this ancient Jordanian city.

This bustling cobblestone street is home to many of Amman’s best shops, restaurants and nightlife destinations, drawing locals and tourists alike. 

Walk amid a citadel of Roman ruins, watch chariot races and shop in a bustling souk in this ancient Jordanian city.

Beautiful frescoes decorate the interior walls of this Roman-style bathhouse built by an extravagant ruler of the Umayyad dynasty. 

Jordan’s capital features a great climate, burgeoning creative and café scenes, and some of the most significant ancient ruins in the Middle East.

Calm waters in the bay provide ideal swimming and stand-up paddling conditions on a beach where men and women are segregated.

Walk amid a citadel of Roman ruins, watch chariot races and shop in a bustling souk in this ancient Jordanian city.

Visit this charming town set on the King’s Highway to see its famous Byzantine-era mosaics, which include an invaluable map of the Holy Land.