Le Meridien Amman

... dime' you to death. The Internet was free in all our hotels except for the Pyramsia in Cairo (another upscale place) but at the Le Meridien the cost was quite high thus the delay in posting our blog. This hotel used to have a Starbucks on site but it had ...

... and were immediately met by the tour group representative who was amazingly helpful in guiding us through immigration and out of the airport. Amman's airport is the first one where I have had my luggage screened upon leaving the airport. It is not a user ...

... where there is an ancient map of the Holy Land set in mosaic on the floor of St. George's Church. Finally we arrived back in Amman. This evening, Jacqui and I had signed up for a dinner at Kan Zaman. There was one other couple, Gene and Adriene, who also ...

... when we arrived in Amman--it was the coldest we had been since we were in Chicago at Christmas! We are staying at the Le Meridien (US$45, thank you Starwood Points), which is a little away from the historical sites in the city center but it's only US$1.5 ...

... some members of the group were making things a more difficult to organize. The transfer finally arrived and we were taken to the Le Meridien. We were lucky to have been placed in the newest section of the hotel since we wanted adjoining rooms. Clean and ...

... up and we traveled the 3 hours to Amman, Jordan (the capital). We checked into an even nicer hotel than the Movinpickl...Le Meridian in Amman. Didn't think that was possible. Great place and great people. Speaking of people, I've got to say, I was ...

... the airport 3 hours ahead. We slept barely at the airport and then at 5:30 boarded the Royal Jordanian direct flight to Amman. After 6 hours of flying aboard a generally comfortable aircraft, we were woken up to the announcement that there is a chance we ...

... claim (with some language barrier difficulties…not easy to explain why our claim checks said Cairo when we were in Amman).  Undiscouraged, and determined to make the best of the inconvenience we caught a taxi and headed into Amman. The airport ...

... to understand the process, however, the bonus is that many staff and truck drivers have been helpful to guide us. After the crossing, although Amman was only 120km from border, the road was dark and narrow, so we had to take it easy. We were hoping to ...

... the Great Wall and the Taj Majal higher. As we got in the car to go back we asked the driver to just go directly back to Amman since we weren’t feeling well. He agreed, and said he understood. Five minutes later we were getting gas (keep in mind the ...

... 2 hours we drove around the city, saw the infamous Citadel (an ancient Roman Civilization at the top of the tallest hill in Amman) and the Roman Theatre (just see the pictures). I’m sure there was more we probably could have seen, but we were both ...

... Wonders of the World it is an incredibly significant place in world history. We started the day today with a wonderful breakfast at our hotel, Le Meridien.  We LOVE this hotel.  I don't know if that is because it is the best by far of the other ...