Movenpick Dead Sea

... views of Jordan, Israel, Palestine, and the Dead Sea. Later that evening, we drove a bit further to the Dead Sea and had dinner there in the Movenpick resort. We sat and watched the sun set over the Dead Sea and Palestine; an amazing end to a an ...

... very nice and soothing to just bob in the waves. After a little bit of time in the water, I tried out the medicinal properties of Dead Sea mud. There were buckets full of it along the beach shore, so I slathered myself up and sat in the sun for a while ...

... mountain, however there were too many clouds preventing us from seeing it today.  On the bus again and off to the Movenpick Resort at the Dead Sea, which is the lowest point on Earth! Upon arriving at our home for the next few days we were greeted ...

... arrived in the Dead Sea hotel area and checked in to Room N17 (Nebo 17). A gorgeously posh room with a small balcony overlooking the Dead Sea. We changed and headed down to the Dead Sea. Now, I'd read alot about the Dead Sea--the lowest place on ...

... the drive though was looking over the plains of Jordan which was spectacular and a potash plant. Now I need to look up potash. The Dead Sea looks inviting and the resort seems nice so far. We had a good dinner and hopefully this will settle Tina a bit. ...

... from that it’s a beach. We watched the sun go down over Israel which was nice. Lots of people were covering themselves in dead sea mud which was amusing and lots of kids hopped out crying as it does sting sensitive areas, the life guard seems to ...

Today was the last official day of the tour.  First on our agenda was floating in the Dead Sea to experience the natural buoyancy first hand.  Good thing there were sandals for us to put on as the rocks were a bit sharp with the build up of salt ...

... of my doubts that I’d even make it.  There are three other hotels immediately adjacent to the Movenpick – Marriott, Kepinski/Ishtar, and Dead Sea Hotel.  I only checked out the Marriott, and the Movenpick was nicer.  And also ...

... is our last day of our Journey in the Middle East.  We spent most of the day at the spa at the Mövenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea.  This is one of the top spas in the Middle East!   We had the Dead Sea salt scrub, followed by a mud wrap, ...

... and Eimear at Grenadier's, then went back to bed because we were all still tired and lazy. The next day we went to the Dead Sea for the day. This was SO exciting!! We got day pass thingo's at the Movenpick where we could use there beach/pool area and ...

... over the sea and towards Jericho, Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Its amazing that they are all so close to one another. Off to the Movenpick Dead Sea for 'eat and swim'. We were told we had the choice of a chicken sandwich or a greek salad. The chicken ...

... time, identified in Greek and represented in plan form, corresponding to a large degree to modern cartography.  The Dead Sea, Jordan River, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho and many other places are easily identified. The Jerusalem mini-map is really ...

... (valley in Arabic) Mujib but a bit sore underfoot so we all agreed it was time for some serious RnR at the luxurious OBeach in the Dead Sea. But with nary a bus in sight we had to hitch and seeing as we were 4 people we did it in ...

... stop to refresh our body and mind after a jam packed week in Egypt landed us in Jordan, specifically Amman and the Dead Sea. The scenic drive to the Dead Sea took us through imposing mountain country, with every kilometre gradually propelling our descent ...

Relaxing at 400m below sea-level and ...

... to Amman and the Dead Sea courtesy of another conference (those medicine prices have a lot to answer for). We stayed at the Movenpick Dead Sea Resort - arriving a day late thanks to a mix up on exactly when our 'plane was supposed to leave. We didn't get ...