City Citadel Hotel · 53 King Hussein St, Downtown Amman

The Downtown Walk

Two thousand years of Amman, all of it within half an hour of our front door. Times are measured from the door. Amman is hills — where there is a climb, we say so.

You are here 10 min 20 min 30 min on foot

  1. 1

    Currency Museum (Central Bank) متحف العملة

    Jordan's currency since 1927, inside the Central Bank. Free.

    2 min 120 m approx. Museum
  2. 2

    Hashem Restaurant مطعم هاشم

    Falafel and fuul since 1956. Open all night, cash only.

    7 min 550 m Eat
  3. 3
    Duke's Diwan

    Duke's Diwan دار الدوق

    1924 merchant house, later a hotel, now a free gallery.

    8 min 630 m approx. House
  4. 4
    Grand Husseini Mosque

    Grand Husseini Mosque المسجد الحسيني

    The 1924 mosque and the fruit and gold souks around it.

    10 min 770 m approx. Souk
  5. 5
    Nymphaeum

    Nymphaeum النيمفيوم

    Roman public fountain, 2nd century, still being excavated.

    13 min 950 m approx. Roman
  6. 6
    Roman Theatre

    Roman Theatre المدرج الروماني

    6,000 seats, cut into the hill around 160 AD. Still used.

    17 min 1300 m Roman
  7. 7
    Amman Citadel

    Amman Citadel جبل القلعة

    The hill the city began on — Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad in one site.

    20 min 1300 m climb 45 m Citadel
  8. 8
    Temple of Hercules

    Temple of Hercules معبد هرقل

    Roman temple on the Citadel. The standing hand is all that remains of the statue.

    20 min 1300 m climb 45 m Citadel
  9. 9
    Umayyad Palace

    Umayyad Palace القصر الأموي

    8th-century domed audience hall at the top of the Citadel.

    20 min 1300 m climb 45 m Citadel
  10. 10
    Rainbow Street

    Rainbow Street شارع الرينبو

    Cafés, galleries and the Friday market, up in Jabal Amman.

    22 min 1400 m climb 71 m Street
  11. 11
    The Jordan Museum

    The Jordan Museum متحف الأردن

    The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Ain Ghazal statues.

    27 min 2000 m Museum