Movenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea, Amman

Advantages: Float in the Dead Sea
Disadvantages: Have to pay hotel prices as no local shops

...We stayed for 5 days at the Dead Sea resort of the Movenpick which is longer than the average tourist but we wanted to have more time to relax at the end of a hectic tour of Jordan. The hotel is stunning and attracts a large number of tourists from the Middle east and Europe. It has a number of restaurants and some small shops and quite extensive English language library. ( I borrowed Shane Ritchies autobiography!) It has a luxurious spa reasonable well priced and I sampled a Dead Sea Salt rub and massage which was great but not for the faint hearted. I asked for a medium strength massage and I would not have liked to have endured it had I opted for a deep massage. The salt scrub involved lying naked and having salt rubbed into your body and then being wrapped in foli and left to sweat it out. Skin felt great after. My... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Unique experience, luxury spa, real get-away-from-it-all
Disadvantages: Not cheap, long way away from anything else, could be boring?

...Introduction The Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth. The water surface of the Dead Sea is about 410m below sea level right now (it is dropping by about 1m per annum at the moment – more about that later). It is a unique place. Most of us can’t get to the highest place (the top of Everest) but we can get to the lowest – if you get the chance, do go. There are well established hotels and resorts on the Israeli side of the Dead Sea, but this is only newly being opened as a tourist location on the Jordanian side, with facilities really only being created in the decade or so. There are other hotels very near here (the Movenpick Dead Sea and the Dead Sea Spa being two others that are already reviewed on Ciao) but this review looks at the Marriott. By the way, both a Crown Plaza and a Holiday Inn are currently under construction, so... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: wonderfully clean
Disadvantages: not disabled friendly enough

...The Dead Sea is well known for being the place where anyone can float. In fact it is all you can do in the sea as it is so saturated with minerals and salts which have great health giving properties.This is because it is the lowest place on earth and also one of the hottest. There are 2 resort Hotels just 40km from Amman, The Movenpick is beautiful and very expensive at £30 per day for access to their private beach and spa centre ( Treatments extra ), or the Dead Sea Resort hotel which is only £10 per day for the same, treatments such as mud baths are extra. We went for the mud bath and it was a real experience. The clinic is a medically recognized place with fully qualified staff to administer the varying treatments all of which are based on the Dead sea products.The mud bath is especially good for circulation and weight... Read review

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