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Amman: From Roman Stages to Modern Streets

Amman: From Roman Stages to Modern Streets

Amman · Jordan

14 stops
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Welcome to a walk through Amman’s layered history, beginning with the Roman Theater, the Odeon, and the Hashemite Plaza, where performance and public life took shape. Climb to the Citadel to see the Temple of Hercules, the Hand of Hercules, the Citadel Museum, and the Umayyad Palace, then descend through the Al Kalha Stairs toward the Duke’s Diwan and the Nymphaeum. The route continues to the Grand Husseini Mosque and Rainbow Street, tracing the city’s Islamic heritage and modern street life before ending at the Jordan Museum. Take this walk to understand Amman through the places where people gathered, worshipped, ruled, created, and moved through the city.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Roman Theater

    Roman Theater

    Roman Theater, a museum in Amman, Jordan

  2. Odeon Theater

    Odeon Theater

    A small Roman concert theatre still carrying music into Amman's downtown.

  3. The Hashemite Plaza

    The Hashemite Plaza

    The Hashemite Plaza is a park and tourism attraction in Amman, Jordan.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Amman Citadel

    Amman Citadel

    A hilltop where Amman’s names, empires, and religions are layered into one set of ruins.

  6. Temple of Hercules

    Temple of Hercules

    A Roman temple with a very uncertain god, and the fragments of a colossal statue

  7. Hand of Hercules

    Hand of Hercules

    The Hand of Hercules is an attraction in Amman, Jordan.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

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  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.