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Entry hall in the Umayyad Palace (
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), the Citadel, Amman
Healthy Bathing
Jordan boasts dozens of thermal hot-water springs where the water ranges from 35°C to
45°C and contains potassium, magnesium and health-giving minerals. If you like a bath
with bubbles, Jordan is the place to have one.
Hammamat Ma'in
Steam vents pepper the sulphurous hillside at this famous and beauti-
ful spring near Madaba; it's suitable for single women (
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)
Hammamat Burbita and Hammamat Afra
West of the King's Highway near Tafila,
these springs have a sequence of pools and basic facilities (
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)
