How far is the hotel from the Amman Citadel?
20 minutes on foot, uphill, about 1.3 km. The Roman Theatre is 17 minutes, Hashem 7, and the Currency Museum at the Central Bank is across the street.
What to see in downtown Amman
City Citadel Hotel · Downtown Amman
A downtown Amman hotel, and your base for all of Jordan
In the fifties this was the family home of a former Prime Minister of Jordan, facing the Prime Ministry of the day. Today it is sixteen rooms opposite the Central Bank of Jordan, 20 minutes' walk below the Citadel, with one WhatsApp number for the rest of your trip.
- 70-year-old house
- Opposite the Central Bank
- Citadel 20 min
- Hashem 7 min
Before you book
What guests ask us first
How much is a room at a downtown Amman hotel like ours?
Per night: Single Room 16 JOD, Double Room 22 JOD, Twin Room 22 JOD, Triple Room 30 JOD, Family Room 38 JOD. Every room has its own bathroom, and we do weekly and monthly rates for long stays.
Rooms and pricesIs the hotel really in downtown Amman, and is the area safe?
We are on King Hussein Street, opposite the Central Bank of Jordan, in the middle of the old town. The souks, the Grand Husseini Mosque and the Roman Theatre are all a walk away, and the front desk is open around the clock.
Location and mapShould I buy the Jordan Pass?
If you stay in Jordan three nights or more, usually yes. One pass waives the tourist visa fee for most nationalities and covers entry to Petra, Wadi Rum, Jerash, the Citadel, the Roman Theatre and dozens more sites. Buy it online before you land, or ask us and we arrange it for you.
The official Jordan Pass siteCan you pick me up from Queen Alia Airport?
Yes, at any hour. The drive takes about 45 minutes and the price is fixed, from 22 JOD. A car takes one to three people with luggage, a minivan four to eight. Send your flight number, landing time, how many of you and how many bags on WhatsApp.
Airport transferCan you arrange a car, with or without a driver, and the bridge crossings?
Yes. A car with a driver for a day or a whole trip, a rental car without one, and transfers to the King Hussein Bridge and the other crossings. Send us your dates on WhatsApp and we quote the price in full, item by item.
Ask us on WhatsAppHow do I book, and how do I pay?
Message us on WhatsApp and a person at the hotel answers. Pay cash when you arrive, or ask for a PayPal link if you would rather pay ahead. There are no card forms on this site.
Ask us on WhatsApp The house
Seventy years of history, in the heart of downtown.
- The fifties The family home of a former Prime Minister of Jordan, on the street facing the Prime Ministry.
- Later A holding cell for the public prosecutor, serving the court across the street.
- Nine years Empty, and left to fall apart.
- 2019 Restored in full as a historic hotel. The arches and the original ceiling heights were kept.
The house today
Two stars, and a staircase people photograph.
You are booking at twenty dinars, so you expect a box with a bed in it. What is actually there: moulded plaster the length of the stairwell, a lobby with chairs in it, and a room in olive green with brass light and its own bathroom. Sixteen of them, and a desk that answers at three in the morning.
- Front desk Around the clock
- The Citadel 20 minutes on foot, uphill
- Across the street The Central Bank of Jordan and its Currency Museum
- Rooms 16, each with its own bathroom
Rooms
All rooms →
1 guests · 1 single bed
Single Room
One bed, a desk, and a bathroom nobody else uses. The cheapest way to sleep in the old city.
from 16 JOD
2 guests · 1 double bed
Double Room
A double bed, olive-green walls, brass light and a bathroom of its own. Two floors up from the desk.
from 22 JOD
2 guests · 2 single beds
Twin Room
Two separate beds. The room most groups take when they arrive off the Aqaba bus.
from 22 JOD
Jordan tours
All tours →Petra, Wadi Rum, the Dead Sea, Jerash, Aqaba, all of them leave from our door. We book it and arrange the driver.
13 hours · from Amman
Petra, Full Day from Amman
Down the Desert Highway at six, through the Siq by ten, back in Amman for dinner.
from 65 JOD
2 days, 1 night · from Amman
Wadi Rum, Overnight in a Bedouin Camp
Jeep across the red sand, dinner under the rock, and the quietest night you will have in Jordan.
from 95 JOD
2 days, 1 night · from Amman
Petra & Wadi Rum, Two Days
The two everybody comes for, done properly instead of in one exhausting day.
from 140 JOD
6 hours · from Amman
Dead Sea, Half Day
Forty minutes down to the lowest point on earth. Float, wash the salt off, come back.
from 35 JOD
9 hours · from Amman
Jerash & Ajloun, Full Day
The best-preserved Roman provincial city anywhere, then a Crusader-era castle on the way back.
from 45 JOD
8 hours · from Amman
Madaba, Mount Nebo & the Baptism Site
The mosaic map, the view Moses got, and the bank of the Jordan. One road, three stops.
from 50 JOD
Why book with us
Most people book Jordan twice. A bed in Amman, then five separate operators for everything else.
Different prices, different pickups, and nobody answering at eleven at night. We do both halves: one desk, one number, one person who answers.
Petra at six, without the guesswork
Tell us the date. The driver is at the door, the ticket is sorted, and you are back for dinner. Eleven tours covering the whole country, booked at the desk.
See the tours →Walk out into the old city
The Citadel is twenty minutes uphill. The Roman Theatre seventeen. The souk is the next street over. You are not in a suburb waiting on a taxi.
See the location →Staying longer than a week?
We do weekly and monthly rates for long stays. The same thing the serviced-apartment places sell, at a downtown address, with a front desk you know by name.
See the rooms →A person answers, not a form
WhatsApp, eight in the morning to midnight. Ask about a room, an airport transfer or a camp in Wadi Rum and you get an answer inside the hour.
Where we are
Opposite the Central Bank of Jordan.
Within a walk
- Currency Museum (Central Bank) 120 m · 2 min walk
- Hashem Restaurant 550 m · 7 min walk
- Duke's Diwan 630 m · 8 min walk
- Grand Husseini Mosque 770 m · 10 min walk
- Nymphaeum 950 m · 13 min walk
Distances are approximate, measured from our door.