Oryx Aqaba
Oryx Aqaba is a hotel in Ma’an Governorate, Jordan which is located on Al Sharif Shakir Bin Zayd Street. Oryx Aqaba is situated nearby to the archaeological site Aqaba Church, as well as near the village Tall al Khalifa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hotel
- Description: hotel in Aqaba, Jordan
- Also known as: “Oryx Hotel”
- Address: Al Sharif Shakir Bin Zayd Street, Aqaba, 77110
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aqaba Church and Ayla.
Aqaba Church
Archaeological site
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Church is a historic 3rd-century church located in Aqaba, Jordan. It was unearthed in 1998 by a group of archaeologists and is considered to be the world's oldest-known purpose-built Christian church. Aqaba Church is situated 710 metres south of Oryx Aqaba.
Ayla
Archaeological site
Aqaba is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the Aqaba Governorate. Ayla is situated 1 km south of Oryx Aqaba.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum is the official archaeological museum of the city of Aqaba in Jordan. Aqaba Archaeological Museum is situated 2 km south of Oryx Aqaba.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aqaba and Tall al Khalifa.
Aqaba
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aqaba is Jordan's only port city. It is on the Gulf of Aqaba in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.
Tall al Khalifa
Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in Jordan at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of Aqaba. Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer…
Eilat
Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilat is the only Israeli city on the Red Sea. Eilat is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the Negev desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.
Oryx Aqaba
- Categories: tourism, accommodation, and building
- Location: Ma’an Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
29.54011° or 29° 32′ 24″ northLongitude
34.99938° or 34° 59′ 58″ eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
7GXPGXRX+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 3536436539OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotelGeoNames ID
10245278Wikidata ID
Q111399730
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