Madaba Travel Guide

Madaba is just 30 km south of Amman. It's a perfect daytrip. Madaba has some stunninly beautiful Byzantine-era mosaics, including the 'Madaba map', a 6th-century mosaic map of Palestine.

You can see this mosaic in the Greek Orthodox St George's Church.

Most of Madaba is now a carefully restored Archaeological Park. The park is well worth a visit. It includes the churches of the Virgin and the Prophet Elias, that date back to the 7-thj century, and the older Hippolytus Hall with more spectacular mosaics.