Jerash, Jordan Travel Blogs

Soldiers and Wildflowers in the Decapolis
Mar 14, 2008 (9 photos)

... version of Yankee Doodle Dandy.  The friendly voice came from Tom, one of a group of American soldiers on a training in Jordan.  They were learning about Middle Eastern culture, so that if they were deployed or redeployed in Iraq, they would understand ...

Jerash Sucks..
Sep 9, 2006 (12 photos)

... , night shots and the like. Certainly beats having some useless hack take a photo of you that cuts out half your head. Not painting a great picture of Jordan am I. Well it gets better I promise. Next pod, Aqaba - Jordan. Love, Nath and Kat.

Jerash and Ajlun - strategic imperatives
Mar 12, 2006 (26 photos)

... in Jordan. As it's only 45km away from Amman it is an easy and quick day trip that should be undertaken. As I'd done with Jerash by early afternoon and still had a few hours before the last bus back, I grabbed a taxi to take me to an intriguing ...

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Jan 10, 2005

... days in Amman doing tours of the area. First day was mostly a Roman ruins day, with the highlight being the city of Jerash, which is very well-preserved. Massive columns, cardo maximus, decumanus, temples, theatres, baths. Wicked. Next day was off to ...

Chariots on the Cardo
Jul 11, 2008 (18 photos)

... were revived 3 years ago.  The south gate led into the city proper.  One of the most impressive features of Jerash is the huge oval plaza, surrounded by columns.  This plaza led onto the Cardo, which was the main north-south road of a ...

Road Trip Kicks Bus Trip's Butt
May 3, 2009 (7 photos)

... of the best felafels I have ever eaten! The next morning we were up early and across the road to explore the ruins of Jerash. Through Hadrian’s Gate, which marks the entrance to the site (and is covered in scaff), we walked past the reconstructed ...

Decapolis Days: Jerash, the Roman city of Gerasa
Nov 29, 2007 (48 photos)

... and more trade came to Jerash - as seen in the city square pictured here. The Emperor Hadrian visited Jerash in AD 129-130. A remarkable Latin inscription records a religious dedication set up by members of the imperial mounted ...

Jerash and back, with lettuce.
Jan 7, 2008 (5 photos)

... , part of the Decapolis League (a group of semi-independent cities) and was qute prosperous back in the day. The ruins of Jerash are well-preserved, and the organizers make a big deal of reconstructing parts of it; many of the major structures either ...

Adventure to Jerash
Sep 15, 2007 (16 photos)

... see any pattern from where I was. It was amazing so I think I will let the pictures do the talking for me! Lunch was at the Jerash Rest House on the site. We all ordered the buffet for 7JD and feasted well-see my plate. It is all local specials of dips- ...

Roman ruins
Dec 22, 2006 (11 photos)

The Roman ruins of Jerash are nearly deserted. None of the high season tourists are here. It allows my imagination to run wild, and me to have a moment to take photographs, something that is less of a priority when the group arrive. A don;t conult a ...

Dead Sea and Jerash
Apr 8, 2009 (20 photos)

The Dead Sea, River Jordan and Jerash . . .

Ancient Ruins Near Israel
Nov 21, 2009 (21 photos)

... like crap!  The next day we drove up to the Lake Tiberius and saw the lake and lands that shares borders with Israel, Jordan, and Syria.  Also at this site were the Greco-Roman ruins of Umm Qays, where Macedonians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, ...

One of Jordans highlights...
May 11, 2007 (10 photos)

Well to cap off our ruin tour we hit Jerash, which is one of the best ruined cities in Jordan... It was quite stunning, but I must admit, I was shattered from all the walking in the morning, my frequent car trips and the hot muggy temperatures... It was ...

Jerash
Dec 29, 2006 (8 photos)

Jerash Roman Ruins

Jerash
Jan 24, 2007 (8 photos)

We took a day trip to an ancient city outside of Aman.

Jerash
Nov 9, 2007 (11 photos)

Decided the night before that i was going to something for my last day in Jordan, so got up at 6.30 and off i went Got the usual looks in the local bus, i kinda worry now if they ignore me- so all was good. Way much easier to get to then the Dead ...

No visit of historic ruins
Sep 20, 2009 (5 photos)

... be a quiet ghost town of no interest in this time. So Claudio and me made a quick stopover only, and continued on to Jerash, to visit the renowned historic roman ruins. While we recognized the change of environment from desert dust to an more attractive ...

Day 31: Gladiators & Chariots in Jerash
Apr 11, 2008

... which members of the Jordanian Army and Police Force dress up as Roman soldiers, gladiators and charioteers. Jamileh lives in Jerash and knows absolutely everybody - her brother trains the horses for the chariot races; three of her cousins are soldiers in ...

Among the best preserved roman ruins in the world.
Dec 9, 2006 (13 photos)

Located about 40 km North West of Amman, the ruins of Jaresh are among the best preserved in the world. One thing is for sure, there's nothing like it in Rome. The size of the city is really impressive. The ruins were preserved so exceptionally ...

Another old city
Apr 10, 2006 (27 photos)

This morning we went to the Roman city of Jerash is in a fine state of preservation. Founded in the time of Alexander the Great, it had become a centre of considerable importance by the 3rd century AD. It is one of the grandest ancient cities in the world, ...

Jerash, Um Qais, and Amman (again) - All in a Day!
Oct 21, 2006 (18 photos)

... , but nothing caught her eye at that point so we continued to the ticket office. Looking in my Lonely Planet(TM) Jordan guidebook, I saw that admission to Jerash was only JD 2.500. Wow, pretty cheap. As we came up to the entrance, I saw how things had ...

A day off and off to Jerash
Apr 14, 2009 (5 photos)

... goodies and then lunch was in order.  Matt's choice?  Subway!  So off to Abdoun we go.  We got it to go and left for Jerash. Jerash is another one of those places that I don't get tired of going to!  The parking lot was full of busses and taxis and I was ...

The Ancient Ruins of Jerash
Mar 6, 2005 (27 photos)

Today I rented a car and drove the crew to Jerash, which is the 2000 year old ancient Roman city of Philidelphia. Words can't describe how amazing these ruins are. I would say they are even more impressive than the Forum in Rome itself, simply because so ...

Jerash and Ajloun Castle
Mar 2, 2008 (44 photos)

... I went on a trip with my program, CIEE.  We first went to Ajloun Castle.  It's the only Muslim castle in Jordan, surprisingly!  I asked our guide why that was and he told me it's because for one, the Muslims didn't have the time to do so ...

Northern Jordan
Apr 30, 2005 (5 photos)

... and has beautiful walkways inside through large arches. By this time my hangover was dying away. We ended our day trip in Jerash once populated by 15,000 Romans and built around the time of Alexander the Great in 333BC. There are loads to see here; two ...

Visiting Jerash - the Rome ruin
Apr 1, 2007

A day trip to see Jerash.

Jerash
Apr 20, 2009

Jerash

Map pin only
Aug 24, 2007

Map pin

Jerash
Jan 16, 2006

Jerash

Roman Ruins in the Middle East
Oct 3, 2008 (9 photos)

... we arrived the owner made sure to treat us to some western music....Celine Dion if I remember correctly! Our first stop was Jerash where a very impressive Roman city sits. It's estimated that even after 85 years of excavation there is still 90% to be ...