Visit The Dead Sea, Jordan
For millennia people have been coming to the Dead Sea, drawn by the medicinal qualities of the mineral-laden waters. The waters are also eerily beautiful, with crystalline formations on the shoreline surrounded by harsh, unforgiving cliffs.
For millennia people have been coming to the Dead Sea, drawn by the medicinal qualities of the mineral-laden waters. The waters are also eerily beautiful, with crystalline formations on the shoreline surrounded by harsh, unforgiving cliffs.
Being so far below sea-level - at the lowest point on earth, in fact - temperatures and humidity are always higher than elsewhere in Jordan.
Swimming in the Dead Sea is a novel experience, with its sensation of weightlessness, but it does leave you coated in a layer of salt and the resorts provide large swimming pools as a salt-free alternative.
Near these resorts, at the head of the lake, is Bethany-on-the-Jordan, where John the Baptist preached, and the probable baptismal site of Jesus.
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