Jordan

In Petra, the path first passes through the Siq, a narrow canyon with towering walls, and suddenly the façade of the Treasury, carved by the Nabataeans into rose-coloured rock, glows in the morning light. Wadi Rum, the ‘Valley of the Moon’, is a desert of red sand and sandstone mountains where, at night, in a Bedouin camp, the sky fills with stars.

At the Dead Sea you float on salty water, in Jerash you walk along the colonnaded street of a Roman city, and in Madaba you see the sixth-century mosaic map of the Holy Land. From Mount Nebo, according to tradition, Moses looked out over the Promised Land.

At the table you will find mezze, hummus, fresh bread and mansaf, the national dish of lamb and rice, with tea or coffee offered in the spirit of local hospitality.