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Hot waterfall falling over travertine rock at Maʿin Hot Springs, Jordan

Maʿin/Jordan

Maʿin Hot Springs

Hot waterfalls falling through a desert gorge below sea level in Jordan.

Mervat Salman / Wikimedia Commons

源泉温度
63°C
入浴温度
45°C
入浴
内湯 / 露天

At Maʿin, thermal water rises in the hills above Wadi Zarqa Maʿin and falls as a series of hot cascades into a gorge some 260 m below sea level. Bathers stand under the main waterfall; further pools and a Roman-style bath serve the adjoining resort.

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訪ねる理由

Standing under a hot waterfall in a desert canyon is an unusual sensation, and the site is an easy detour from Madaba and the Dead Sea.

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温泉水

源泉
Maʿin thermal waterfalls
湯の性質
Hot mineral water falling as cascades over travertine

歴史

The springs have been used since antiquity and are traditionally identified with the baths visited by Herod the Great, who sought treatment at Callirrhoe nearby.

実用情報

Modest swimwear is expected; the public waterfall area is busiest on Fridays. The resort section requires a day pass.

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アクセス

About 30 minutes by car from Madaba on a steep descending road, or roughly an hour from Amman.

所在地

Maʿin, Jordan31.5658, 35.5931Balnevia マップで見る