A 255-room Mediterranean-style hotel with a full-service spa.
Locals and visitors alike dine here for fresh seafood.
Dive or snorkel in the Red Sea, and if you're quiet and patient you may encounter one of the largest colonies of garden eels in the region. SeaStar Water Sports Diving Centre; 962-3/201-8335.
All of Aqaba is a tax-free zone. Look for silver jewelry and glassware by bedouin craftspeople at Aqaba Souk, downtown, or hit one of the city's five shopping malls. For more information on Aqaba, go to visitjordan.com.
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