"The White City" Amman by Djinn76


Amman Travel Guide: 764 reviews and 1,112 photos

My company sent me there at the end of September. I “had to” spend 3 weeks in one of the best hotels of the capital!! Could have been worse…
Well, I was not too sure what to expect from a country located between Israel, Irak. Syria and Saoudi Arabie.

I have been pleasantly surprised. The city can easily meet our eastern standards. The roads are in a perfect state, the city is quite safe, not a single time I felt insecure. It is quite clean as well. The eastern part of the city is super luxurious and some of the houses there are simply breathtaking! On the other side, if you are looking for the lively atmosphere of the middle-east, simply go to the center itself. There is no real souk but the area is much more popular.

I was expecting to arrive in a very strict Muslim country but Jordan is quite open-minded. If you can hear all the time the call from the muezzin, there is also part of the population that is Christian. Don't expect to only see covered girl, you will see girls with bare shoulders as well …

At a touristic point of view there is not too much to see. In short, the citadel and the roman theatre. However the capital is pretty well located as a departure point for many day trips : Jerash, Death See, Madaba,…
If you are in the country, you have to spend at least one or already better two days in Petra : via the King's highway it is only 2-3 hours drive!

  • Last visit to Amman: Oct 2004
  • Intro Updated Jan 3, 2005
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  • inanyuan Jul 4, 2009 at 4:21 AM Report Abuse

    you have no class , what kinda people r u from ? because of a jerck who trys to take a advantage of you being an idiot not being attention to the meter you called his sister a Whore .

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    PierreZA Apr 17, 2009 at 1:21 PM Report Abuse

    Will be in Amman soon, your page is very helpful, thank you.

  • omardiab Jul 28, 2008 at 4:30 AM Report Abuse

    THANKS for your rcommendation. I will check it out.

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    mfas2000 Jun 6, 2007 at 9:50 AM Report Abuse

    A good informative page of Amman. Having stayed for 3 months there really showed in your comments in terms of the tips and places you been too. Amman has alot to offer..regds

  • ElizabethSmith Jul 24, 2005 at 7:02 AM Report Abuse

    Really good Amman page. I will bear these in mind next month when we visit

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    freya_heaven Feb 22, 2005 at 1:11 AM Report Abuse

    Darat-al-Funum was a great find! I wish I had visited there. This is a brilliant page JF!! Taxi drivers are a nightmare all over the world, arn't they. An enjoyable read, thank you! (~_~)

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    XtravelloverX Feb 21, 2005 at 7:06 PM Report Abuse

    Some helpful tips here for my upcoming trip, thanks! ;) Happy travels.

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    SWFC_Fan Jan 23, 2005 at 11:11 AM Report Abuse

    Many thanks for replying to my Amman hotel query! Your Amman page is very impressive and I'll be reading it fully over the next 2 weeks! Thanks again and happy travels!

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    madabawi Jan 7, 2005 at 11:06 AM Report Abuse

    Marahaba Jean, sorry you had such a bad experience. By law, all taxies should have meters. BTW, the yellow car in the Pic does not look like a cab. It is yellow but too old , no sign on the roof . Also the plates for cabs are green

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