stephem

There is a shuttle, it's not walking distance. If the limited shuttle times dont work for you then you can either call a taxi or use a local car services. I think if you want to go to the Monastary one day it is better to use a driver, otherwise you have to get dropped at the visitor center and then take a shuttle to the monastary.

BTW- If you have a day on the end of your trip in Amman, definitely hit the new Ritz Carlton Amman, it's a great property.

KRUXED

Does anyone have an email address to contact the hotel? Looking to make a trip with my wife and 9 month old. Are cribs available?

Marriott Bonvoy Lurker II

Hi KRUXED,

The hotel does have traditional crib available.
You may contact the hotel via this email address: [email protected]

Best Regards,

Christina Z
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Marriott International

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loganre17

Finishing up a stay here and it's been positive. Hotel has been quite busy with tour groups, but as a solo traveller, they're fun people to chat with.

It was a very welcome check in. Welcome gift of 1000 points or food and beverage amentity (wine, beer, fruit, cheese, the usual). In addition, arabic snacks are provided in-room on check-in. I was upgraded to a mountain view from a base room. Fairly busy, so wasn't expecting much. Free semi-valet parking (they take the car, you pick it up).

Property is built into the cliff, so you actually head downstairs after checking in, a cool experience.

The food in the bedouin tent is pretty good. Side note: it seems they don't have a one-person serving. It's the two person serving, with the cost cut in half. This was similar to other experiences around Jordan, I've noticed. It's a LOT of food, but they'll happily pack up leftovers for you. Service very nice. Better than most "luxury" properties I've stayed in. Staff got to know you by name, happy to help with anything.

While some properties might be closer, I was happy with this choice due to the sunset views over Petra. Having a drink and watching that was a sight to behold. If you're renting a car, this is a non-issue, just drive to Petra early in the morning. You can also hire a driver, or use the hotel's scheduled shuttle service.

This hotel unfortunately has some of the worst matresses I've ever slept on. They are incredibly lumpy and in dire need of an upgrade, though. It feels like you're sleeping in a trough, and my right side even has a notch for feet!

At some of the cash rates, it's an OK property, (was seeing 220 JOD on some days!) but once you consider it can be snagged for 20 thousand - 25 thousand on points, it's a no brainer.

aceman

actually came here to see if it was something odd about me trying to book so far in advance for this property and why it was $1100 for 2 days... seems its just odd like that. Anyway, 45k points has never seemed like such great value!

neptuno3

Marriott Gold here. We just returned from three nights at this property and were very pleased. Professional, kind and formal service. Upgraded to a valley view. Arabic baked treats as a welcome gift. Because of the Hamas war/Iranian bombings the place was fairly empty. We used 31,000 points per night and the assistant manager very kindly waived the nightly (and egregious) extra-person child fee of $150USD when we asked about it in advance (assistant manager email: [email protected]).

The breakfast was great with both Arabic and American foods (mezze, foul, labneh, Bedouin cheeses, local honey, flatbreads and then baked beans, fried potato triangles, bacon, waffles, et al). They agreed to pre-pack our breakfast on the morning we wanted to be at the Petra visitor's center at 6 a.m. (breakfast at the hotel is long -- from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.) We enjoyed the corner window table for breakfast with a full view of the valley.

Marriott status allowed us to use the spa's sauna and steam room. The bedouin tent dinners do not start until May and end after summer. As noted here already, the pizza oven is the star.

For transport: we used a small taxi call-service manned by a local owner, ordered via WhatsApp, and easily got rides to and from the Petra visitor's center at $8JOD -- a fast five minutes. There was no hotel shuttle. We looked at the Movenpick which has a lovely lobby but the place was very hot, small and crowded whereas the Marriott was spacious and perpetually air-conditioned. Something to be grateful for after hiking Petra all day.

The pillows were not fun at the Marriott but the beds were fine.

The pool was heated just enough and they served us drinks and food in the afternoon to our chaise lounges. The chef made several accommodations for off-menu requests.

Marwan at the Marriott desk was our Petra fixer -- he got us decent guides/transport to the backdoor without our first having to go to the visitor's center and wait for shuttles. He also helped us with complex arrangements that would have otherwise cost us time and sleep. He seems to know everyone in town and was able to get us whatever we wanted in terms of seeing Petra our way and with some decent and off-grid shortcuts that very much made our trip.