Visit of Al Karak castle

Already during the arrival to the town you can see how is the castle monumental. It enthrones on the hill directly above the valley leading to the Dead Sea.
 

The castle or rather the entire town, is bypassed by the road No. 50 leading from the highway Aqaba – Amman to Al Mazraa at the Dead Sea. You just need to walk through the town up to the top of the hill, where is the entrance to the castle.
 

You can make the best idea about the former massiveness of the castle on the castle terraces. The possible enemy would have to climb several floors of walls here. That is also why Saladin's army besieged it for more than a year, before starving garrison surrendered.

The castle is basically just a huge ruin, so you will need to imagine how it might look here in its heyday. Anyway, the castle is very large and you are free to walk to any of the basements.
 

From the walls there is very nice view to the west on a small winding road descending steeply down to the world's deepest depression filled by the Dead Sea.
 

The area around Karak looks a bit parched, but even so farmers are here quite successful.