Anjara Travel Guide

Anjara is a biblical city and features on most biblical tours of Jordan. Visitors head for  the shrine of the Lady of the Mountain at the Roman Catholic Church.  The church consist of a large hall to receive pilgrims who come to honor the list size wooden statue of Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus placed within a newly built grotto.  It is believed that Jesus Christ and his disciples including Virgin Mary passed through Anjara once  and rested in a cave there during a journey between Jerusalem and Galilee.

Anjara is best reached from Ajlun.