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Amman

Jordan · 800 m

Short description of Amman

Amman (عمّان) is Jordan's capital and the arrival point for almost every visitor to the country. The city spreads across a ring of pale limestone hills, and its oldest layer sits on the highest of them. There the Citadel holds the standing columns of a Roman Temple of Hercules beside the domed audience hall of an Umayyad palace. Directly below, the Roman Theatre still cuts its steep bowl of seating into the hillside and holds six thousand people. Downtown Amman, known as “al-Balad”, is a dense grid of gold souks, spice stalls and hummus houses that have stayed in the same families for generations. Around Rainbow Street and Jabal Amman the city turns quieter and more contemporary, with galleries, rooftop cafes and stairways linking one hill to the next.

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Recommended length of stay

Minimum1 day
Optimal2 days
Maximum3 days

Travel seasons at a glance

Best time to visit: April – May or October

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All highlights and sightsBeta

  1. Amman Citadel (Jabal al-Qal'a)
  2. Roman Theatre
  3. Temple of Hercules
  4. Umayyad Palace
  5. Downtown Amman (Al-Balad)
  6. Rainbow Street
  7. The Jordan Museum
  8. King Abdullah I Mosque
  9. Jordan Archaeological Museum
  10. Odeon
  11. Nymphaeum
  12. Hashemite Plaza
  13. Grand Husseini Mosque
  14. Byzantine Church at the Citadel
  15. Downtown Souks (Souk Al-Sukar, Souk Al-Khodra)
  16. Hashem Restaurant
  17. Habibah Sweets
  18. Jabal Al-Weibdeh
  19. Wild Jordan Center
  20. Duke's Diwan
  21. Darat al Funun
  22. Museum of Popular Traditions
  23. Jordan Folklore Museum
  24. Al-Pasha Turkish Bath
  25. Royal Automobile Museum
  26. Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
  27. Qasr Amra (Qusayr Amra)(Day trip)
  28. Souk Jara (May - September)
  29. Qasr Kharana(Day trip)
  30. Abu Darwish Mosque
  31. Qasr Azraq(Day trip)
  32. Abdali Boulevard
  33. King Hussein Park
  34. Children's Museum Jordan
  35. Martyr's Memorial and Museum
  36. Iraq al-Amir and Qasr al-Abd(Day trip)
  37. Royal Tank Museum
  38. Tiraz: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress
  39. Old Signs of Amman Museum
  40. Qasr al-Hallabat(Day trip)
  41. Rujm Al-Malfouf
  42. Azraq Wetland Reserve(Day trip)
  43. Cave of the Seven Sleepers (Ahl al-Kahf)
  44. Prince Hashem Bird Garden

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