Aqaba hotels & places to stay

A short drive (2 minutes, can also walk) from the best snorkeling site in Aqaba, the Japanese garden and several others. Amazing coral reefs and lots of fish close to shore for the whole family to explore. About 20 minutes drive to town for lots of affordable food options which is not too bad if you have a car. Restaurant food seems a bit overpriced so we didn't have meals there. The grounds are very well kept and beautiful. Lots of greenery not typical in Jordan. Some swings for kids (right across the highway are bigger playgrounds right by the beach). Staff is wonderful. Rooms are basic but clean. AC worked well in the family rooms we stayed in. Enough towels provided.

Pleasant stay at Ziyara Inn. Big rooms. Kitchenette is useful if you want to save money and cook some of your own meals (cooking equipment is variable per room, ask for items and they will retrieve for you.) Hot water in shower. English channels on TV :) Nice staff but very limited (to no) English. You'll have to get a translator to help (another hotel guest perhaps?) for any real assistance. Wifi works great in the office but not in your room :(

Advantages: 1. Good location, 100 meters to the Aqaba central bus station, 10 minutes walk to the beach, market, restaurants and shops near to hotel, very convenient. I booked sea view room, can see the sea view on the bed. 2. Very clean. 3. Staff is very nice, helped organize the taxi from hotel to the border in the morning, recommend the valuable restaurant. Disadvantage: no breakfast provided by the hotel.

It was OK for me. Very much close to beach. Surrounding area very calm also. Breakfast is not so good. Staff are friendly. Hotel window air-conditioner is too much noisy. Toilet is clean. There is no kettle to warm water. First they gave me the terrace room and that room window air conditioner not worked then they gave me another room with 2 beds even thou I was alone.

Located in the city centre of Aqaba, approx. 10 mins by taxi from AQJ airport- the taxirate is JOD10, so you do NOT have to book your airporttaxi online at much inflated rates. You are actually within walking distance from everything. Aquavista is a cityhotel and does not have a beach or a pool, and the hotels homepage does not promise this service, so no need to complain about it. The public beach, which is free of charge, is walkable in max. 10 minutes. Some hotels offer to use their facilities, if you pay their rates. Royal Jordanian delayed my arrival by 24 hours and forgot my luggage in Amman, and if it wasnt for Ms Monas help I would probably not have received it at all. So I have to extend my warmest thanks to my superhero, Ms Mona :-) My room was quite large and had a balcony - no furniture, but quite large balcony. Comfy and very firm doublebed, comfy pillows. Big fridge, kettle tea/coffee changed almost daily. Aircon, incl. heating in the wintermonths. Telly incl. english

The hotel is set up for the skin and scuba diver enthusiasts. It is located in an isolated area not far from the Red Sea with nice views of the Sea. The staff is pleasant, friendly and helpful. The rooms are clean and nicely furnished, but no TV in the room. It is a self contained hotel since it is 10-15 minutes outside of Aqaba or anything else. It is in an area that is being developed with new hotels under construction.

This hotel is in the centre of town on a roundabout opposite a mosque. The car was parked on the street - not a car park. In my opinion it does not meet 3* status. The facilities and bedding are in need of change/attention. My room was not made up except once when I specifically asked for it. There is no beach access or pool - if they have it they did not tell me where/ how. To be fair, I did not ask because I was busy diving all day and the staff did not speak good english which caused some language barrier. The Breakfast was nice, it was brought to the room and I enjoyed it on the balcony. In conclusion - its a friendly and cheap place to stay but do not expect great comfort.

Enjoyed our stay at the Cedar. Counter staff very helpful and friendly. Gave us good recommendation to use the basic restaurant a coule of doors down the road (probably best to sit upstairs esp families). Superior room was quite nice although no real Windows. Air con worked fine. Breakfast disappointing and would be much better if they had cereal (cornflakes) and perhaps even scrambled eggs instead of the ubiquitous hard boiled eggs you find everywhere in Jordan. A nice hotel to stay at in an good area of Aqaba.

We have enjoyed staying at Golden Tulip Aqaba Hotel, the staff was professional and tried to assist us with all our requests on our Business Trip. The wifi signal is strong, the rooms are spacious and the breakfast has all the options for a simple morning meal (even an egg station with a guy who makes custom made fried eggs for you). The coolest thing is the talking parrot at the reception who lets you pet him/her :D :D :D very funny! I would go back anytime.

Generally a Good stay. Did not negotiate the price for the dives and found out later that other people were diving with them for much cheaper. Also got over charged on the refresher dive. Quality of equipment was ok but maintenance could have been better. Hotel is a little far back from the sea and does not have any food available for lunch or dinner. Rooms are top quality and have fridges. Bathrooms have toiletries. No shops for food nearby so stock up with food and water in Aqaba on your way over. Taxi to resort from Aqaba is 5JD don't let anyone charge you more!

This hotel is extremely popular so can be very busy and you may have to wait for front desk service. We stayed a week which we we were told was a bit unusual. Jordanians tend to stay a few days as do tourists looking for a beach and trips to Wadi-Rum & Petra. (1 hour & 2 hours away respectively) Bank holiday weekends are surprisingly busy considering Easter for example is s Christian holiday in this Muslim country! - But they party no matter what the holiday is, get a high floor and don't think of an early night before midnight! I visited lots of hotels in Aqaba as part of our holiday (for meals etc) - MyHotel is the best value for money place- no doubt - if I went back I would go here (book early & get that high floor room!)

This place is near to the beach (Japanese Garden, Gorgon I , Gorgon II, Seven Sisters and The Tank - http://www.aqabasanchor.com/#!divesitesinaqaba/c1z4z ), where you can sunbathe, snorkel or dive. There is also diving club so you can do some fun diving without any certification or you can make some PADI course or just use their diving service. The restaurant of the resort is nice and not expensive. The hotel is far away from Aqaba city, to reach it you can take a taxi or some local shuttle. The all staff is very helpful from the reception - Roni, via everyone till the manager - Marwan. If you are looking for some dive vacation I can recommend this hotel.

My wife and I stayed at the DoubleTree Hilton for one night on a recent visit to Aqaba, we found the hotel very easily and car parking was straight forward. Check in was very efficient, we booked a king room with sea view which was of a good size. The bathroom was clean and stocked with all necessary toiletries and plenty of towels. Bottled water was provided and extra was available upon request, as was tea and coffee. We tried the Tree café in the afternoon and found the food and service to be of a good standard. The hotel is in the centre of Aqaba and nowhere is more than a few minutes’ walk away, in the evening we decided to use the King’s Grill restaurant, the menu was very good with plenty of different choices. We both chose a steak and were not disappointed with our choice, both cooked as requested. Check out was straight forward and we took the opportunity to join the Hilton Honors program at the same time. My only negative comment about our stay would be that the hotel permits smoking in the public areas, when there are a few smokers then it can be quite smoky especially at the check in and out desks. All in all we enjoyed our stay and will return in the near future and stay for a few days so that we can visit Petra and Wadi Rum.

This hotel feels kind of weird. It's in an odd location (looks like it just sprang up in the middle of a dirt lot), but it's close to the bus station. It's obviously newly built and it's still partially under construction, all of the bathroom appliances are new so that's good. The room was large, large windows, mini-fridge, all good. The wifi was not working the entire time we were there so that sucked. Hopefully they have this fixed. Lots of channels on the TV. Had a breakfast buffet but we never ate there and never saw anyone eating there. Had kind of a weird vibe, always men outside and in the lobby smoking. Either way, not bad for the price, and pretty close to downtown Aqaba. Lots of shops and whatnot nearby.

We chose the hotel according good reviews from others and did not regret of the choice. Somebody may prefer bigger hotel but for those who are not against B&B concept with corresponding reasonable cost this place is definitely best choice in area. The hotel is located on the South Beach so you have to use either your car or taxi to get there. The nearest beach is public so it's getting crowded at weekends and it's around 1 km downhill so be prepared to climb up a little on your way back. If you'll have a car like we had then your choice of beaches is much wider. You can choose between 2 public beaches and at least 4 private beaches. The costs for private ones are differs much however. The Royal Diving Club will cost you 15 JD per person, Tala Bay will cost 20 JD per person, and North Beach is more expensive even so we did not try to go there at all. At the end we did try private beach which was recommended by our hotel general manager and were completely satisfied with it. There was not so much sealife there but coral gardens were the best I saw in the Read Sea. Hotel facilities includes car parking, quite big pool with 3m depth and some sunbeds. Our room was not so big but just enough for us to feel ourselves comfortable. The only drawback was first night which was not so good because we spent it in another room due to the full hotel booking. All the staff members were very friendly, polite and helpful. The breakfasts were quite basic which is common in Jordan but other meals which we opted for were good and worth saving time and not going to elsewhere. Also do not forget that you'll get diving center facilities as an extra option to the hotel itself. You can rent equipment and have diving courses also. We are not divers but like snorkeling and we were glad that we could rent wetsuits because water temperature was not so comfortable. We would definitely stay again next time. I would especially thank Abdullah for all the advices he gave us.

The people who own this place are really very friendly people and the location is good as well, you can walk up to the beach in about 10 minutes. There are also several diving places in the same street. The thing which shocked us the most is that they made a new pool but not for swimming...... They plan to put dolphins in the pool later this year.... It broke our heart to hear that.... Dolphins don't belong in a small pool, they need their natural environment..... We were glad the dolphins weren't already in the pool because otherwise we would have left immediately.... Besides the cruelty of putting dolphins in a pool, we didn't get any new towels for days which would have been nice. Eventually we were able to borrow some towels for the beach tough. We stayed for 5 days and it would have been okay if they would have emptied our trashcan during our stay. The kitchen is very small and the stove was broken for 50% so it was hard to cook there. Nice views from the apartment.

We arrived early and were provided a room immediately. The room overlooked the Red Sea allowing us an absolutely beautiful view. The double room was small with a small shower and hard beds, but comfortable with a traditional interior. The staff of the hotel were very accommodating and helpful; however, the internet connection was very bad. It is located in the heart of Aqaba within walking distance to everything. We found the Captain's Restaurant that is linked to the hotel to be not as good as described and very busy. Overall, an excellent stay. Breakfast was provided, but we were there during a high traffic season and the area where the breakfast was served was very crowded with food running our often.