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Aqaba
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The most popular sights, with 2026 entrance fees. Prices are adult admission β cheapest at the gate. Many of the best things are free.
| Attraction | Entrance | Time | Why go |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqaba Marine Park (Red Sea Marine Reserve) | Varies | Half day to full day | A protected roughly 7km stretch of Red Sea coastline south of Aqaba city containing coral reef, wreck and seagrass dive/snorkel sites; the base for most of the city's diving and snorkelling activity. |
| Japanese Garden & Cedar Pride Wreck (dive sites) | Varies | Half day (2-3 hour dive/snorkel trip) | Two of the Red Sea's best-known Aqaba dive/snorkel sites - a coral-covered artificial reef garden in shallow water, and the deliberately sunk Cedar Pride cargo ship wreck lying on its side at depth - both reachable by boat or shore entry. |
| Aqaba Fort (Mamluk Castle) | JODΒ 3 | 30-45 minutes | A 14th-century Mamluk-era fortress on the Aqaba waterfront, expanded by the Ottomans and famously stormed during the 1917 Arab Revolt led by Sharif Hussein bin Ali; the one entry ticket also covers the adjacent Aqaba Archaeological Museum. |
| Ayla Ancient City (Islamic Ayla Ruins) | Free | 15-30 minutes | Excavated remains of the early Islamic port city founded around 650 CE - regarded as the first Islamic settlement built outside the Arabian Peninsula - with visible city walls, gates, a mosque, market street and Caliph's house, sited in central Aqaba near the marina. |
| Aqaba Archaeological Museum | Included | 20-30 minutes | A compact museum next to Aqaba Fort displaying artefacts recovered from the Ayla excavations and other local sites - ceramics, coins, glassware and inscriptions spanning Aqaba's role as an Islamic-era trading port. |
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