Crowne Plaza Amman

... smoothly and without any problems.  We already had our visas.  We were then driven to our hotel, the Crowne Plaza Amman, our home away from home for the next three days.   Arrangements were also made with our tour ...

... up, slowly but surely, the top of the hill was reached in which by looking below, the old and a more traditional part of downtown Amman could be seen in the far distance.  In the middle of this all, the Roman Amphitheatre stood in a minuscule format ...

... .  We were demonstrating how evolved the people 2,000 years ago were for having built such a wonderful entertaining place!  By achieving this, a glimpse of history had taken place! Thankful for Amman's Roman Amphitheatre! Monique   :-) ...

... walk back down to the main valley.  By this time it was well and truly beer o'clock and as luck would have it the Crowne Plaza hotel has a restaurant in the valley where the beers were not only available but cold - and expensive.  We sat in the ...

... ; Of course on the other side of the valley, near the remains of a castle built in Crusader times, is "The Basin, by Crowne Plaza Petra."  Honestly, you can find a resort hotel or a resort restaurant anywhere.  Needless to say we did not stop ...

... is, decent-ish room, LP wasn't accurate on pricing, but I am so bloody tired I didn't care and would have paid for the crowne plaza if I had to I haven't eaten or slept since London so I walk into my room and collapse That's the long hard part over ...

... 365. They even have a satellite dish so the vendor can watch TV. Finally we arrived in modern day Petra, complete with a Marriott and Crowne Plaza. Our first stop was at a monument/gift shop for the spring of Moses. He’d be disappointed to know that ...

... from the flight but for one reason or another we all slept for the rest of the journey to Petra. On arriving at the Crowne Plaza we dumped the bags and headed straight for the lovely little pool that sits on a sun terrace looking out towards the ...

... ;in the front, just behind the driver giving us an excellent view for picture opportunities.  :-) We departed the Crowne Plaza Amman hotel around 8:00am en route to Jerash, a good 50km north of Amman.  Along ...

... 00am, all being seated in the motor coach, Michel and I at the front as usual, the bus driver exited the driveway of the Crowne Plaza Petra hotel en route to our next destination, Shobak! Being early in the morning, the traffic was scarce along the King's ...

Dear Blog, As we made our way around the Citadel, evidence of many civilizations could be seen as well as numerous excavations in which remains as early as the Iron Age (10,000 BC) were found.  It was quite fascinating just to imagine people living ...

Dear Blog, In the evening, a last diner was held for the group at the hotel's restaurant.  Some of us were departing the country within a few hours, others at night, as for Michel and I, the following morning. At the table while devouring our food, ...

Dear Blog, Other beautiful views that the Citadel offered was the temple of Hercules.  Yes, Hercules, the high and mighty immortal Hercules as the song went!  What a surprise to learn that he really existed as for myself, I always thought of ...

... French and American brands are present here, all the way from fastfood chains to banks. Took an hour nap in my room at Crowne Plaza. After a sleepless night at 2 airports, it felt great. In the evening, went to one of the bars in Gemayzeh for happy ...

... , which made finding the hotel a little tricky.  We managed it after a couple of wrong turns and were greeted at the Crowne Plaza hotel like royalty.  Even the duty manager (Cedric, French) came rushing out to inform us we had been upgraded to ...

... planning to wake up early, the sleepless night took its toll on me. I slept until 10. After free breakfast at the Crowne Plaza, took a service taxi to downtown for 2,000 pounds. Today was the independence day for Lebanon. I had caught glimpse of ...