Aqaba Hotels - Reviews and Rates

There's not much to see in Aqaba, it's a resort town on the southern tip of Jordan that faces the Red Sea. I came here for a few days of scuba diving and R&R by the pool. The scuba has been OK, the water is incredibly clear and the reefs are beautiful, but not as many fish or as many varieties of fish as I'd hoped. Wish I'd stayed for a few ...

The plan was to spend a night in Aqaba--in a fancy hotel to clean up after 2 nights in the desert, and then go to Egypt for 2 nights to climb Mt. Sinai, returning to this fancy hotel for one other night after Egypt. Our plans were not to be. We arrived a day early in Aqaba. We went into the beautiful hotel early after having driven an hour into ...

This Sabbath was a delightfully restful day. David Baker and I decided to let everyone rest as much as possible. Breakfast was open until 9:00 and we set our Sabbath Bible Study for 10:30. We had asked the night before for everyone to be packed and ready to leave before coming to the Bible Study so we could leave right after checking out at 12:0...

Another day of taking it easy before our big trip to Petra ( tomorrow). Took a taxi to safeway as it is a little out of town, much like our superstores. It was indeed a 'super' store! Not really the same experience as in England! Also dropped by the 'Dream Mall' It's fair to say that you can see tht they did dream of having a mall but unfortunat...

In Aqaba, Jordan at the Red Sea. Got dropped off in somewhere downtown and walked around looking for hotels. Found one right near the water where I was able to get a single room without a view for a decent price. Went straight to sleep because of a lack of sleep from the last day or two and the got up and walked around. Aqaba is very different f...

Another country down and another border crossing to do. This time on our way into Jordan they decided that tourists shouldn't be treated differently. So in order to make it look like they cared the females had to leave the truck and go to a room to be 'searched'. All the girls got off, walked into a room, said hello to a veiled woman and got bac...

I had a great day in Aqaba it really is beautiful! I ate the best Humus and babaganoush ,blood orange juice Kebab and falafel ever!!! Then we went shopping through the town and these shop keepers put a belly dancing skirt on Corine and cranked the belly dancing Cd and all started belly dancing with her it was great just like a scene from a movie...