Amman
Worth seeing in and around Amman
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Jordan
The University of Jordan is a public university located in Amman, Jordan. Founded in 1962, and it is the largest and oldest institution of higher education in Jordan.
9.4 km · public university in Amman, Jordan · Wikipedia - 02King Abdullah I Mosque
The King Abdullah I Mosque is a mosque, located in Amman, Jordan. Named in honour of Abdullah I, the mosque was built between 1982 and 1989 and is capped by a blue mosaic dome beneath which 3,000 Muslims may offer prayer.
3.1 km · mosque in Jordan · Wikipedia - 03Amman International Stadium
The Amman International Stadium is a stadium in Al-Hussein City, Amman, Jordan. It was built in 1964 and opened in 1968.
5.2 km · stadium in Jordan · Wikipedia - 04Ayn Ghazal
Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in Amman, Jordan, about 2 km north-west of Amman Civil Airport. The site is remarkable for being the place where the ʿAin Ghazal statues were found, which are among the oldest large-sized statues ever discovered.
4.7 km · archaeological site in Jordan · Wikipedia - 05Amman Citadel
The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of Jordan. The Amman Citadel is considered to be among the world's oldest continuously inhabited places.
1 km · archaeological site in Amman · Wikipedia - 06King Abdullah Stadium
The King Abdullah II Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Amman, Jordan. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
3.2 km · stadium in Amman, Jordan · Wikipedia - 07Roman Theatre of Amman
Roman Theatre of Amman is a 6,000-seat, 2nd-century Roman theatre. A famous landmark in the Jordanian capital, it dates back to the Roman period when the city was known as Philadelphia.
700 m · ancient Roman theatre in Amman, Jordan · Wikipedia - 08The Jordan Museum
The Jordan Museum is located in Ras al-Ein district of Amman, Jordan. Built in 2014, the museum is the largest museum in Jordan and hosts some of the country's most important archaeological findings.
2 km · art museum, archaeological museum in Amman, Jordan · Wikipedia - 09Temple of Hercules
The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of Jordan. The Amman Citadel is considered to be among the world's oldest continuously inhabited places.
1 km · historic site in Amman, Jordan · Wikipedia - 10Abdoun Bridge
Wadi Abdoun Bridge or the Kamal Al-Shair Bridge is a bridge in Amman, Jordan. The only cable-stayed bridge in the country, crosses the Wadi Abdoun.
4.8 km · bridge in Amman, Jordan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Amman
- Airports
- Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 5 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 26 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 100 km
- Stations
- Amman City Airport, 4.8 km
- Aqaba → Amman284 km · quickest by air, 3h 52m · JD40–60
- Tel Aviv → Amman111 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · ₪55–70
- Damascus → Amman176 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · $16–21
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Amman
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Amman. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAdditionally, this service may be run by a minibus with extremely limited seating and space for baggage.
- Get inVery occasionally, regional or charter flights use {{go| name | wikidata By bus=== {{go | name | url | address 31.99478 | long | phone | hours | lastedit=2025-05-20 | content=The new bus station in the northern fringes of Amman.
- Get aroundPrivate minibuses shadow the municipal buses.
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Next door to Amman
Amman is 19 km from Zarqa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Al Quwaysimahtown in Amman Governorate, Jordan4.3 km
- Rajibhuman settlement7.1 km
- Ash Shumaysanihuman settlement3 km
- Al AbdaliLocality in Amman Governorate, Jordan3.8 km
- Al Bunayyat ash Shamaliyahhuman settlement8.5 km
- Al Muqabalaynhuman settlement7.5 km