Amman Experience

tips when visting amman!

Advantages: great experiences for low prices
Disadvantages: lots of sand :D

i was born here and have visited a few times since leaving when i was young. it is a very cultural city and the people will definitly eye you out if you look foreign. the men can indeed be leering but they never do any real damage. when it comes to shopping, don't be afraid to try and bargain with the shopkeepers, they will budge if you try hard enough. the food is delicious, so it would be smart to lose a few pounds before going to Amman. Mecca ...
...the top floor with the best dessert. around the same are of abdun mall there is the Tigris resteraunt which is amazing! 2 other places to look out for are Whispers and Blue Fig, they are resteraunt/bars and they are very nice! at most resteraunts there are belly dancers and dancing so there is always something fun to do at night. the best places for bargain shopping are swefia and downtown amman. definitly bargain with the shopkeepers there! oh and ...

n4ballack 31.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Amman (Jordan)

Not overwhelmed by Amman

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 ...

Katieshaz 06.07.2007 · Read full review
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once called Philadelphia

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 ...

traveller55 22.05.2005 · Read full review
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What a city

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. ...

iainkay1 22.10.2001 · Read full review
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A clean and pleasant City

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. ...

Inferno 07.12.2000 · Read full review
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