Amman
Amman is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler. Wikivoyage
Population 4,007,526 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Jordan
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
The Jordan Museum Museum · 690 m - Darat al Funun (Shoman Foundation) Gallery · 690 m
- Museum of Parliamentary Life Museum · 280 m
- The Syrian Catholic Church of St. Joseph Attraction · 490 m
- Nabad Gallery · 560 m
- Gallery Hodroj Gallery · 590 m
- Paris Circle Attraction · 630 m
- Ras al Ayn Hotel · 710 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 25 places to eatGetting around
- Jabal Amman Service car station 760 m
- BRT Main Station Ras al-Ain 800 m
- share taxi to N.bus station 990 m
- JETT Hafilaat Station Amman 2.2 km
- محطة رأس العين 2.5 km
- سرافيس القويسمة 2.6 km
Train stations: محطة مستشفى الحسين للسرطان 2.9 km, Amman Station 4.7 km, Qasr Station 5.0 km
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