Amman > Amman Experience

Advantages: Cheap, cultural
Disadvantages: Boring, dusty, leering men, lack of pavements

I was in Amman for some time with my job and I found it an interesting but also a very strange place! Getting there: I flew with Royal Jordanian from Heathrow. British Mediterranean also does direct flights. Return flights tend to cost around £300 but if you fly with an airline such as Romanian Airlines via Bucharest you can find flight as low as £200. The flight time is around four and a half hours. Arrival: I arrived early in the morning into Queen ...
...going on. Geography: Amman is located in a very hilly area of north-western Jordan. The city spans over an area of nineteen hills. Most regions of Amman have gained their names from the hills and mountains on whose slopes they lie. Population: About 2 million people. The population is constantly expanding due to refugees from Palestine and Iraq. Getting around: Most of the pavements are broken or lead to no-where. There are buses but we were ... Read review

Advantages: I really don't know
Disadvantages: I really don't know

Amman is the city capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Its origins are dated back to the Neolithic age (about 6500 BC) as proved by the archaeological finds in the area. Amman, like Rome, lays on seven hills that here are called "Jabal". Amman has seen the rising and the falling of many civilizations. In the 3rd century BC its name was Rabath Ammon; then was dominated by the Assyrians followed by the Persians. The Greeks crossed the Aegean ...
...like earthquake. In 1887 Amman was elected as the city capital of the Circassian Kingdom. 2 March 1921: the Prince Abdullah nominates Amman capital of the Hashemite Kingdom. And after this brief history of this city, we can start our tour. Moving around Amman is easy. Just take a taxi, they are cheap and most of the drivers speak English. We can start visiting the "golden souk" or gold market: a complex of alleys with hundreds of small shops ... Read review

Advantages: clean , modern
Disadvantages: dusty

Amman was known as Philadelphia by the romans who have left their mark here with many ruins to explore and cretainly one of the best preserved amphitheatres I have seen.This is in the downtown area of Amman and can easily be got to by Taxi, do get a Taxi from your Hotel asd they will ensure a good taxis that will treat you well, nevere ever pay more than £3 for a trip within the city!!. Make sure the meter is running too. Shopping in this city is ...
...and downtown, each have their specialist shops such as Patchi a great chocohlics shop, Mexx for great clothes and each of the individual shops that are selling everything imaginable,but do not haggle in these shops they are priced Items ,Also look for a Cermaics shop called Silsal who produce authentic Jordanian ceramicware it may seem a bit pricey but each piece in individually a piece of art. In downtown at the markets you can haggle a little. ... Read review

Advantages: A good capital but I didn't find it very interesting
Disadvantages: Nothing much to do.

...ideas on going to places in the middle East then I strongly recommend that you go to Jordan but don't really spend that long in Amman because their aint that much to see!! If you want to learn more on Jordan then see all my other reviews on Jordan. ... Read review