Desert Castles

East of Amman, you can visit half a dozen desert castles built by the early Islamic Umayyad caliphs in the 7th and 8th centuries ad, Such as qasr amra, qasr Kharanah, qasr Al-Hallabat and Azraq Castle. Here are some of the best-preserved examples of Umayyad Art and architecture, including castles, baths, mosques, water Systems, and frescoes. The rest house at al-Azraq, with its thermal Mineral water baths, is an ideal base for a tour of the Umayyad Desert castles.