Itinerary

1. Day 1- Amman, Iraqi and Gulf food

   • Amman is the capital city – filled with historical sites from different eras, museums and galleries, shops and endless restaurants. There’s plenty to see, do, and eat. Your adventure begins with an important welcome at the airport. 
   • Afterwards, celebrate the start of a memorable food adventure with a short stroll to a local Iraqi restaurant. Here you'll enjoy your first taste of Iraqi flavours over a delicious table.
   • We will start with masgouf, dolma, kas, baegla, baja and their famous kabab, will also see the chef talk about Iraqi food and go through the restaurant's secret recipes.
   • Perhaps partake in a kunafa with Arabic ice cream (cheeses style dessert) after dinner from a hole-in-the-wall place, considered one of the top spots for kunafa in the Middle east.
   • If we have time, we will visit one of the best Yamani and Gulf food places in Amman and taste the food they have.

   Accommodation: 4 Stars Hotel

2. Day 2- Lebanese and Syrian food and Jordanian cooking class

   • This morning venture out to Amman best Lebanese to have our breakfast with the Lebanese chief to have muhamra, makdous with walnuts, allipo olives, tomato with garlic, fried halloumi, sambousek, Lebanese falafel, hummus, mutabal, baba ghanouj, liver with pomegranate
   • After breakfast, roam across the streets of downtown looking into different fruits and vegetables from the fresh food market. We also will visit the roman theatre before we head to a local kitchen to have a cooking class about Jordanian food.
   • After lunch, we will visit the citadel and then go to have dinner in one of the best Syrian restaurants in the town with its different plates from kibbeh labaneh, yalanji, and fatet makdous to the different kinds of salads and Arabic ice cream with pistachio then head to our hotel.

   Accommodation: 4 Stars Hotel

3. Day 3- Jordanian and Palestinian food in farmers houses

   • Get your first experience of Jordanian and Palestinian food with um ahmad, the local farmer, will start with a breakfast rich of flavour, qalayet bandora, fresh olives and olive oil, labaneh, and in the stone oven over the charcoal you'll bake the traditional pie's with Wild Thyme and sumaq.
   • After this great meal, we will head to visit Ajloun castle and Mar Elias church to learn more about the region's history 
   • Then will move to um sameer house to Meet a passionate cook who'll teach you how to prepare classics such as Magloubeh and makmorah and other Palestinian and Jordanian food and see how it's different from other Arabic food.
   • Then will go back to Amman to see what is the culture of Jordanian meat in a traditional restaurant with their different kind of meat and sheep cooking demonstration. 

   Accommodation: 4 Stars Hotel

4. Day 4- Petra the rose city and cooking class in Petra kitchen

   • Drive to the ‘Pink City’ of Petra (approximately 4 hours). Petra was designed by Nabataeans and has delighted visitors for centuries with its pink-stone and magical carved buildings. 
   • We will arrive in Petra and have the city tour to see it, then will go back to Wadi Musa to the Jordanian kitchen and meet the chef who will teach us the secrets of Jordanian bedouin food 
   • Before we enter Petra, we will have some local food from the area.

   Accommodation: 3 Stars Hotel

5. Day 5- Wadi Rum and bedouin zarb experience

   • Travel out to the old capital of Nabataean and explore the desert of Wadi Rum, with its massive views.
   • Set in stunning surroundings and will do a jeep tour in the desert to explore the area, and the Bedouin will make us galayet bandora for lunch in the desert.
   • After sunset will go to the campsite and start a cooking class with a bedouin to show us how to cook food under the ground using charcoal.
   • We will have the best meal ever and continue stargazing in the camp and go to sleep to go back to Amman the next day.

   Accommodation: Bedouin authentic camp in the desert

6. Day 6- Jordanian and Arabic food

   • After local breakfast, leave the desert behind and drive approximately 4 hours to Amman to a local heritage restaurant located in the Jabal Weibdeh.
   • In this special place, we will find a big menu of all traditional food in Jordan,  collected around 55 local dishes from many different cities and served in infront of you.

7. Day 7- Departure

   • Free time to roam the city and try different food on your own before heading to the airport to end this beautiful adventure.