Dead Sea, Madaba Governorate, Jordan

4ashrafi85 5:00 PM Feb 4, 2023

My Dead Sea experience
The dead sea is at the lowest point on Earth and is actually a very vast salt water lake. We were taken to the Dead sea from the Ramada resort in Jordan. You have the option to swim in the Dead sea from the hotel's beach and have lunch at the hotel as a day trip or I guess you can stay at the hotel and use the facilities. Ours was a day trip without lunch It is a 45 minutes drive from Amman. The hotel provides you with beach towels and has a shuttle which leaves every half an hour to take you to the shores of the Dead Sea. Don't try and walk;the sun is a killer even in winter. My advice is to wear flip flops on the sandy beach. The Ramada hotel beach had beach umbrellas for shade, pool loungers and chairs and a changing area and shower. The Dead sea is famous for its mineral laden mud which is good for the skin. It is freely available in clay pots on the beach and people slather it onto their faces and bodies before washing it off in the dead sea or showering. The sea itself is famous for its salinity and buoyancy. It is said that you will float in its waters even if you don't know how to swim. We didn't want to swim as we had to catch a flight the same day and didn't want to carry wet clothes in our luggage but we did touch the water and it felt extremely slimy which I wasn't expecting. The Dead sea is surrounded by rocky hills and of course the beach. The scenery is quite stark but pretty at the same time. It is worth visiting once, especially if you are a beach person but I wouldn't say it's a must see.

4Mus 5:00 PM Feb 26, 2020

A good experience
It was good experience. Floating on water, covering the body with mud, all of this was great. And based what’s being written about the Dead Sea and its benefits for the skin, I recommend it. If you happen to take the Jett bus from Amman, they’ll drop you off at sort of resort, which costs 20 JD. If that’s a bit expensive for you, you can try to go the public beach and the fee is 12 JD. If you want the free beach, just walk a bit further and will find it.