Aqaba overlooks a vast, turquoise ocean and provides visitors with both fun and a fascinating history. It is home to some outstanding heritage sites, excellent hotels, great shopping and a very warm welcome. Aqaba is also famous for snorkeling and diving and offers an abundance of colorful corals and marine life. Visitors here can swim with schools of multi-colored fish, friendly sea turtles, dolphins or go night diving to see crabs, lobsters and shrimp who come to life when the rest of the world sleeps.