Best Things To Do in Amman, Jordan
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The Hashemite Plaza
(175 Votes)
The newly renovated Hashemite Plaza in Amman Jordan covers about 50,000 square meters. It's one of the city's most prominent gathering places with lots of open space, and beautiful fountains, a few pretty gardens, and surrounded by eateries. It's also the location of annual events like the Aman Book Festival. Is surrounded on three sides by major Roman monuments including the Amphitheatre, the ...Read more -
Al Hussein Public Parks
(198 Votes)
The landscaped Gardens of all the same public parks cover nearly 70 acres of hillsides. It is surrounded by important attractions such as the Children's Museum, the King Hussein Mosque, and the Royal automobile museum. The park is fashioned to resemble a cultural village, and also has a sports field, an amphitheatre, and gardens. Also, notable in the park are the mastabas and the sites depictin...Read more -
King Hussein Mosque
(172 Votes)
Apparently, this mosque is the site of the first mosque that was ever built in the city in 640AD by the second caliph, Umar. The architecture of the mosque is heavily Ottoman. It has a square layout with 4 minarets and a marble floor. People often confuse this mosque for the 1924 Grand Al-Husseini Mosque; this one was built in 2005. It can accommodate 2500 male worshippers and 350 female worshi...Read more -
Abu Darwish Mosque
(430 Votes)
This is one of the most beautiful mosques in the city. Constructed in 1961 it is located on top of one of the city's Seven Hills. It is famous for the alternating black and white stone patterns that are striking to the eye. It's quite large 2 and can accommodate 7000 worshippers. An interesting time to walk by the mosque is in the late evening or night when it is lit up in green and yellow, cas...Read more -
Darat Al Funun
(138 Votes)
North of downtown you will find a small art gallery that supports and propagates the works of Arabian and the Jordanian artists. Established in 1988, it is a gallery focusing mostly on painting and sculpture. And it's worth visiting just for the buildings themselves, which are restored Venetian style 1920 residences, with a pretty garden area. The location on the hill gives this area nice views...Read more -
The ruins of this unfinished 200 BCE Hellenistic castle lie to the west of Amman close to the village of Iraq al-amir. Next to the castle are some old burial caves. It is thought that once upon a time a reflecting pool surrounded the castle. It is made of stone and is two stories tall. It is notable for being constructed out of large single blocks of stone, some of which bear the sculpted figur...Read more -
Jordan National Gallery Of Fine Arts
(426 Votes)
Focusing mainly on works from developing countries in Asia and Africa this Fine Arts Museum has collections from hundreds of contemporary artists from nearly 60 countries. These include paintings, sculptures, photographs, ceramics and textiles. Established in 1980 and renovated in 2005, this is one of the largest fine Arts museums in the Middle East. In addition to the permanent collection the ...Read more -
This 370-meters long and 20 meters wide outdoors pedestrian street, lined by a total of 12 buildings, serves up and upscale shopping, dining and hangout experience. The buildings themselves are primarily offices and apartments but there are retail and restaurant units at the ground floor and rooftop levels. It's the place to go to after you've finished your touring for the day and just want a n...Read more -
Taj Mall
(20 Votes)
This is the city's main shopping mall. It has hundred and ninety stores spread across a 150000 square metres of retail space. The usual fashion labels and designer boutiques, home decor, electrics and electronics, and sports groups are all present. There's a nice food court, some excellent restaurants, and a cinema with 16 screens. There is also a family entertainment area that kids will love. ...Read more -
Duke Of Mukhyber's Residence
(22 Votes)
The surprisingly popular attraction considering that there's not much to see over here. It was the residence of a Jordanian businessman, who was also the Duke of the village of Mukhabyeh. Before that it was the townhouse that served as a post office, the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance, and a hotel. The look of the building has been kept as it was in 1924 and in that, it serves as an in...Read more -
When a place has had as long a history of settlement as this city has had, its history of trade is nearly as long. Currency and numismatics have been circulating around this country for thousands of years. This museum has an excellent collection of those coins from all the important periods of its history including coins from before Islamic time, during the periods of Greek and Roman settlement...Read more -
Nabad Art Gallery
(16 Votes)
This art gallery has been exhibiting works by Jordanian artists. Additionally it also represents artists from the rest of the Arabian world. Sometimes there are cultural events such as art lectures and book signings. The work represented here include paintings, prints, photographs, and cultures. The gallery also offers art classes. The building in which the gallery is housed is an elegant 1930s...Read more -
Tiraz Widad Kawar Home For Arab Dress
(21 Votes)
The western world may not have much of a concept of the diversity that is the Arabian garment. But the tradition of embroidering medieval Arabian garb and weaving inscriptions into textiles can tell a fascinating history. This election has 2000 items of clothes, textiles, jewelry, tools and materials, which focus on Palestinian and Jordanian costumes specifically but also on clothes from the re...Read more -
The Martyrs' Memorial And Museum
(51 Votes)
This is a simple museum that follows Jordan's history in the 20th century, focusing on military history from the Arabian Revolt in 1916 to the Arab-Israeli wars. Documents, weapons, clothing and vehicles make up the bulk of the collection here. There are also Turkish uniforms, British radio equipment, arms from the USA, and camel saddles. However, it is meant to serve more as a commemoration of...Read more -
This was this city's first pedestrian only street. It took 850,000 Jordanian dinars to construct the street. Beautifully constructed with trees, with colored tiles for paving, and an array of upscale shops on either side this may be quickly replacing Rainbow Street as the city's top shopping the destination. Most of the retail focus here is on clothes and there are a lot of high fashion labels ...Read more