Amman, Jordan - walking distances at historic sites downtown
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Amman, Jordan - walking distances at historic sites downtown
It's hard to get a perspective on whether it's possible (advisable) to walk between the Citadel and the Roman Theatre from the maps I'm looking at. Is that doable?
Also, does anyone know if the National Archeological Museum has been moved to its new location and if yes, is that at a distance from that old location? Would we taxi from the Citadel to the new museum, if it is open?
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Also, does anyone know if the National Archeological Museum has been moved to its new location and if yes, is that at a distance from that old location? Would we taxi from the Citadel to the new museum, if it is open?
Thanks.
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It's been years since I've been and we had a driver throughout (very reasonable).
Background - Amman, is the sister city of Philadelphia, which was it's original name. Amman, like Rome is built on hills; 7 of them if I recall correctly.
I can't find my map, but with taxi or driver being relatively inexpensive, I'd opt for this. If there are sites that are walkable, you can do so, but it't nice to have the vehicle if distances wind up to be too far or up/down hills.
Background - Amman, is the sister city of Philadelphia, which was it's original name. Amman, like Rome is built on hills; 7 of them if I recall correctly.
I can't find my map, but with taxi or driver being relatively inexpensive, I'd opt for this. If there are sites that are walkable, you can do so, but it't nice to have the vehicle if distances wind up to be too far or up/down hills.
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When we were in Amman, we hired a driver for the day (two days). We wanted to go to Jerash one day and the Dead Sea the other. It worked out really well. Not very expensive (this was in 2004) and made it really convenient. If you stopped somewhere, you could leave stuff in the car with the driver. Our hotel arranged him for just one day, and we liked him a lot so asked him to pick us up for a second day.
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Just to let anyone who's looking for this information know: we took a taxi from our hotel to the Citadel and explored the ruins there and spent some time at the Archeological museum (small but very interesting). We then asked if it was within walking distance to the Roman theater which you can see from the Citadel. The people working at the museum said sure, it's right there so we started walking. A bit down the road we passed some taxis at the curb and they said hop in - so for a dollar we were driven. If we had walked it would've taken quite some time and the road is not a straight shot but goes winding around through a busy downtown section -- and from that lower area the theater is no longer visible. So we probably would've gotten lost and needed re-directing several times!
Anyway, it is walkable but much quicker, easier & pretty cheap to take a taxi if one is around.
Anyway, it is walkable but much quicker, easier & pretty cheap to take a taxi if one is around.
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