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Amman’s History and Monuments

Amman’s History and Monuments

Amman · Jordan

14 stops
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Amman’s layered past, from the ruins of a temple and Umayyad archaeological sites to Roman and Byzantine remains. Along the route, you will see gateways, residential ruins, a palace, meeting halls, a cistern, and a market that illuminate how historic spaces were built and used. The walk ends among a Roman theatre and a public square, bringing monumental architecture and civic history together. Expect some climbing and uneven ground, but the sequence makes the city’s historical layers easy to follow.

The walk

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

  1. Temple of Hercules

    Temple of Hercules

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

  2. Umayyad Mosque

    Umayyad Mosque

    An archaeological site in Amman, Jordan, called the Umayyad Mosque.

  3. Umayyad monumental gateway

    Umayyad monumental gateway

    Umayyad monumental gateway in Amman, Jordan

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Residential Units

    Residential Units

    Residential Units, recorded as ruins in Amman, Jordan

  6. Umayyad Palace

    Umayyad Palace

    An Umayyad palace beside a church, where Amman’s long succession of rulers remains unfinished and visible.

  7. Umayyad Audience Hall and Throne Chamber

    Umayyad Audience Hall and Throne Chamber

    Ruins known as the Umayyad Audience Hall and Throne Chamber in Amman

  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

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • 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.