Aqaba
Bristling with luxury resort hotels and stylish villas, Aqaba on the Red Sea in southern Jordan is the country’s seaside holiday hotspot, especially popular with divers for its magnificent offshore coral reefs. Besides the beaches and watersports, Aqaba is also a great place to dabble in archaeology in the 4,000 year old city itself andmore beyond, on excursions to the ancient rock-hewn city of Petra. A replica old steam train takes visitors on desert trips to the Wadi Rum.