Rising cities magyar4/5/2023 ![]() ![]() Painted in a deep blue, Chefchaouen has magnetic visual appealĬradled by the Rif Mountains, Chefchaouen has a celestial beauty to it. ![]() And admire the network of aqueducts and channels that have long fed water to the ancient desert city of Petra. Stay at a desert camp or take a hot-air balloon ride (budget permitting) over Wadi Rum. Aqaba’s primary appeal however, lies in its location it’s only a few hours’ drive away from the wavy, whipped sands and canyons of the valley of Wadi Rum, and the ancient natural spectacle that is Petra. Gently lapped by the Red Sea and hugged by the clay-coloured Wadi Rum Mountains, Aqaba’s smattering of sand-tinted buildings rests in between – best seen from the waterside Al Manara hotel. And with projects such as Vision 2025 – an aim to increase annual tourists to over the 1.5 million mark through urban initiatives like the Marsa Zayed marina and Tala Bay – the transformation is already underway. Decades of prosperity, security and stable governance have laid the foundations for Aqaba to flourish. A perennially popular getaway for Jordanians, the city is now seeing international travellers flock to its shores, too. The area around Aqaba is a jagged, sandy world of its ownĪqaba is Jordan’s only coastal city. ![]()
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