"The White City" a Amman Travel Page by Djinn76

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!