Jerash

Only a short hour’s drive north of Amman is the Greco-Roman city of Jerash (Gerasa in ancient times). This ancient city is remarkable for its unbroken chain of human occupation. At a lush oasis in the hills of Gilead, you will discover remains of Neolithic period, as well as Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Omayyad and other civilizations. Jerash’s golden age, however, arrived with Roman rule, and today it is considered one of the best-preserved Roman provincial towns in the world. As you walk beneath four imposing ancient gates, or down the Street of Columns,’ you’ll be stepping over the tracks of chariot wheels still visible in the paving stones.