Amman
Amman is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center.
Amman is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of five million as of 2026, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant region, the seventh-largest city in the Arab world, and the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Although the capital of a diverse kingdom, Amman is not what one would call "packed" with things to see, making it a great gateway to explorations further afield. Even so, the city does hold a few items of historical and cultural interest (allow maximum 2 days to see them).
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Things to do
See the sunset from the view point near the Citadel. But pay also your attention to the time of the muezzin call. If you listen to it from the view point, where the whole city lies before you, you get the unforgettable acoustic impression. Due to accelerated growth the past several decades, the styles of living differs considerably as one travels from east to west throughout Amman.
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Where to eat
Amman features many different styles of restaurants, from traditional Middle Eastern fare to more familiar Western fast food and franchises. Prices range from ultra-cheap to moderate, depending on one's taste buds. For those on a budget, Arabic food is very affordable and can be obtained everywhere. Arabic food generally consists of several general basic groups.
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Getting to Amman
- Airports
- Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 6 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 26 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 99 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
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 20 km from Zarqa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.