InterContinental Aqaba Resort
King Hussein Street, Aqaba, Jordan
Location
Aqaba, Red Sea
On the Gulf of Aqaba in southern Jordan, with the largest private sandy beach in town and a ten-minute walk to downtown Aqaba — the Red Sea base, with Petra and Wadi Rum within reach.
Transfer
An Aqaba transfer
Around 15 minutes by road from King Hussein International (AQJ), and about 2 hours to Petra and an hour to Wadi Rum.
Villas
Rooms & suites
Spacious rooms and suites with floor-to-ceiling windows opening to sea, lagoon, pool or city balconies — from partial-sea Classic Rooms and Red Sea-view Deluxe Rooms to lagoon-view rooms and sea-view suites.
Best For
Who it suits
Families, couples and divers wanting a Red Sea beach base with coral reefs on the doorstep and the largest private beach in Aqaba, and the relaxing close to a Jordan cultural tour, with Petra about two hours and Wadi Rum about one.
Board Basis
B&B / HB
A bed-and-breakfast base, with half-board and a kids' club. Alcohol and wine are served in Jordan, including the wine-cellar fine dining at Cote D'Or.
Overview
Jordan’s Red Sea beach base
InterContinental Aqaba is Jordan's Red Sea beach and dive base, with the largest private sandy beach in Aqaba and coral reefs on the doorstep. On the Gulf of Aqaba in southern Jordan, around fifteen minutes from King Hussein International and a ten-minute walk from downtown, it is the relaxing bookend to a Jordan cultural tour — Petra is about two hours away and Wadi Rum about one. Its spacious rooms and suites have floor-to-ceiling windows and sea, lagoon, pool or city balconies, from partial-sea Classic Rooms to Red Sea-view Deluxe Rooms, lagoon-facing rooms and sea-view suites. Around six restaurants span the international Corniche buffet, the al-fresco Lebanese Bourj Al Hamam, the Italian Deli Cafe, the market-style seafood Beach Front by the shore and the wine-cellar fine dining of Cote D'Or, with alcohol and wine served. The spa keeps hot tubs, steam, sauna and a jacuzzi with a gym, while a roughly 200-square-metre lagoon-style pool, a year-round heated Garden pool and a heated kids' pool sit among artistic fountains. The Red Sea brings world-class coral-reef snorkelling and scuba diving straight off the beach, with windsurfing and watersports off Aqaba's largest private beach. An established resort with a kids' club, it is the easy beach close to a Jordan journey, an hour from the desert of Wadi Rum.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
Spacious rooms and suites with floor-to-ceiling windows and sea, lagoon, pool or city balconies — from partial-sea Classic Rooms to Red Sea-view Deluxe Rooms with sea-facing balconies, lagoon-facing rooms and sea-view suites.
Entry
Classic Room
Sleeps two to three. A room with a balcony, with partial sea or city views.
BalconyPartial sea view
Sea view
Deluxe Sea View Room
Sleeps two to three. Floor-to-ceiling windows and a sea-facing balcony, with Red Sea views.
Floor-to-ceilingRed Sea view
Lagoon
Lagoon View Room
Sleeps two to three. Overlooking the lagoon-style pool.
Lagoon viewPool view
Apex
Suite
Sleeps two to four. With a living area and sea views.
Living areaSea view
Food & Drink
Dining
Around six restaurants, led by seafood and Lebanese — the international Corniche buffet, the al-fresco Lebanese Bourj Al Hamam, the Italian Deli Cafe, the market-style seafood Beach Front and the wine-cellar fine dining of Cote D'Or, with alcohol and wine served.
Buffet
Corniche
An international family buffet at the all-day Corniche.
Lebanese
Bourj Al Hamam
Al-fresco Lebanese cooking and mezze at Bourj Al Hamam.
Italian
Deli Café
Italian dishes, coffee and light bites at the Deli Cafe.
Seafood
The Beach Front
Market-style seafood, al fresco by the shore.
Fine dining
Cote D’Or
Wine-cellar fine dining; alcohol and wine are served.
Wellbeing
The Spa
The spa keeps hot tubs, steam, sauna, a jacuzzi and wellness treatments with a gym, beside a roughly 200-square-metre lagoon-style pool, a year-round heated Garden pool, a heated kids' pool and Aqaba's largest private sandy beach.
The Spa
Hot tubs, steam, sauna and a jacuzzi.
Pools & beach
A lagoon pool, a heated Garden pool, a kids' pool and the largest beach in Aqaba.
Red Sea diving
Coral-reef snorkelling and scuba on the doorstep.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
Jordan's Red Sea beach and dive base. Snorkel and scuba the coral reefs just off Aqaba's largest private sandy beach, take to windsurfing and watersports, swim a roughly 200-square-metre lagoon-style pool, dine on market-style seafood by the shore, and use it as the relaxing close to a Petra and Wadi Rum cultural tour.
Coral-reef diving
Coral-reef diving — Aqaba is a top Red Sea dive base.
Watersports
Windsurfing and watersports off Aqaba's largest private beach.
Largest private beach
The largest private sandy beach in Aqaba.
Seafood by the shore
Market-style seafood by the shore at The Beach Front.
Tour bookend
The beach bookend to a tour — Petra about 2 hours, Wadi Rum about 1.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By road
About 15 minutes from AQJ
An Aqaba transfer; 2 hours to Petra, 1 hour to Wadi Rum.
On the shore
Largest private beach
Coral reefs on the doorstep.
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Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast or half-board. Alcohol is served in Jordan.
Setting
- Aqaba, on the Red Sea — the relaxing bookend to a Jordan tour.
Families
- A kids' club and a kids' pool.
Getting there
- Around 15 minutes from King Hussein International.
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