Experts' Choice Award The Citadel
What the experts agree on
Amman's hilltop Citadel rewards visitors with sweeping city views and layered history spanning Bronze Age to Umayyad times. The Temple of Hercules and palace ruins showcase millennia of occupation on this strategic 850m-high perch just minutes from
“The area known as the Citadel sits on the highest hill in Amman, Jebel Al Qala’a (about 850m above sea level), and is the site of ancient Rabbath-Ammon. Occupied since the Bronze Age,...”
– Lonely Planet
Fodor's "Five minutes from downtown, the strategically located hilltop citadel is a good place to start your tour of Amman. The excellent views give perspective on the sprawling city." Full review
Afar Magazine "Extensive remnants of the city's many past incarnations. Evidence of habitation here stretches back to the Bronze Age. The collection of ruins include a Roman temple, a Byzantine church" Full review
