Jerash

Visiting the archaeological site of Jerash

This archaeological site is about an hour drive from Amman, what is making it a perfect day trip. The ancient city of Jerash was first Greek, later Roman and after this, Jerash belonged to the Byzantine Empire.  We walked around the entire site, which took us about three hours. Besides the largest amount of columns we ever saw together, the site also has two amphitheaters and ruins that are still intact enough to put your imagination to work! As large as this site seems, most of the ancient city would still be unexcavated. At the entrance is a restaurant that serves okay food and it's not too expensive (yes, you do notice that this place is touristy!). We paid 10JD per person for a small buffet. The entrance is included in the Jordan Pass. If you don't have a Jordan Pass, you have to buy entrance tickets at the very beginning at the little stores. If you don't have tickets, you can go back after about one kilometer of walking because at the next checkpoint they don't let you through!