ancient ruins
Jerash
One of the best-preserved and most complete Roman provincial cities in the world, featuring colonnaded streets, temples, theaters, and an unusual oval plaza.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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As Salţ
Balqa, Jordan · Asia
About As Salţ
As Salţ is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Al Fuḩayş, 40km from Dead Sea.
As Salţ is in Balqa, Jordan, with about 110,000 people. The nearest town is Al Fuḩayş, about 6 km away.
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What is there to see near As Salţ?
Within an hour or so of As Salţ: Jerash (30 km), Ajloun Castle (32 km), Dead Sea (40 km), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (55 km).
Are there any good drives near As Salţ?
The nearest famous roads are King's Highway and Scorpions Ascent (Ma'ale Akrabim).
Where is As Salţ?
As Salţ is in Balqa, Jordan, about 6 km from Al Fuḩayş.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 107,874
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Jordan
- Region
- Balqa
- Timezone
- Asia/Amman
- Coordinates
- 32.0392, 35.7272
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Worth the detour from As Salţ
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
Ajloun Castle
A 12th-century Ayyubid castle built by Saladin's general on a hilltop to control the Jordan Valley iron mines and counter Crusader expansion.
32 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Dead Sea
Earth's lowest point on land at 430 meters below sea level, with water so salty that swimmers float effortlessly on the surface.
40 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Jerusalem Old City
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
The holiest site where Jews can pray, a 2,000-year-old limestone remnant of the Second Temple retaining wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Dome of the Rock
The iconic gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, built in 691 CE over the sacred Foundation Stone.
55 km · about 65 min drive
museum
Yad Vashem
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
60 km · about 70 min drive
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