Article Tala Bay
Center of Jordan Riviera
Fifteen kilometers south of the center of Aqaba is Jordan's tourist residence – Gulf of Tala Bay. Five-star hotels surround here the yacht marina. Farther in the north there are large public beaches, where is far more privacy than in Aqaba. So women here do not have to be afraid to bathe in a bathing suit. Farther south there is only an industrial complex, refinery and border crossing to Saudi Arabia. Minibuses run from near the fort in Aqaba to Tala Bay or you can hitchhike there. You can go back the same way.
Public beach at Tala Bay
The beach is quite rocky, so water shoes will come in handy here.
Cruise boat with glass bottom
As well as in Aqaba sailors offer here to tourists cruises to coral reefs in a glass-bottom boat.
Desert mountains
The beach has a nice background in the form of a ridge of desert mountains rising up just a short walk from the sea.
The hotel part of Tala Bay
Public beaches only with umbrellas contrasts sharply with the well-built hotel part in the center of the bay.
Hotels in Tala Bay
Beach belonging to 5 * hotels is surprisingly not much better than the public beach a bit more to the north. But there are no local tourists.
Hotel Radisson in Tala Bay
Hotel architecture in Tala Bay is pleasant and its style fits to Jordan.
Manta
Locals occasionally pull even a manta ray out of the water.
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