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.

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

Aqābaʾ 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″ north

Longitude

34.99938° or 34° 59′ 58″ east

Elevation

13 metres (43 feet)

Open location code

7GXPGXRX+2Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3536436539

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=hotel

GeoNames ID

10245278

Wikidata ID

Q111399730

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