City Citadel Hotel · 53 King Hussein Street

Two thousand years of Amman, half an hour from our door.

Pick a place and we'll walk the route with you on the map. Times are from the hotel door. Where there's a climb, we say so.

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Rings: 10 · 20 · 30 min on foot

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City Citadel Hotel

Opposite the Central Bank of Jordan. Every time below starts at this door.
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1 Museum
Currency Museum (Central Bank) متحف العملة

2 min walk · 120 m (approx)

Jordan's currency since 1927, inside the Central Bank. Free.
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2 Eat
Hashem Restaurant مطعم هاشم

7 min walk · 550 m

Falafel and fuul since 1956. Open all night, cash only.
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3 House
Duke's Diwan دار الدوق

8 min walk · 630 m (approx)

1924 merchant house, later a hotel, now a free gallery.
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4 Souk
Grand Husseini Mosque المسجد الحسيني

10 min walk · 770 m (approx)

The 1924 mosque and the fruit and gold souks around it.
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5 Roman
Nymphaeum النيمفيوم

13 min walk · 950 m (approx)

Roman public fountain, 2nd century, still being excavated.
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6 Roman
Roman Theatre المدرج الروماني

17 min walk · 1300 m

6,000 seats, cut into the hill around 160 AD. Still used.
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7 Citadel
Amman Citadel جبل القلعة

20 min walk · 1300 m ↑ 45 m climb

The hill the city began on — Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad in one site.
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8 Citadel
Temple of Hercules معبد هرقل

20 min walk · 1300 m ↑ 45 m climb

Roman temple on the Citadel. The standing hand is all that remains of the statue.
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9 Citadel
Umayyad Palace القصر الأموي

20 min walk · 1300 m ↑ 45 m climb

8th-century domed audience hall at the top of the Citadel.
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10 Street
Rainbow Street شارع الرينبو

22 min walk · 1400 m ↑ 71 m climb

Cafés, galleries and the Friday market, up in Jabal Amman.
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11 Museum
The Jordan Museum متحف الأردن

27 min walk · 2000 m

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Ain Ghazal statues.
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