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For one day trip, Amman is pretty well located. During a weekend, I was willing to visit Jerash. One way of going there is to call a taxi. That’s what the concierge from the hotel suggested. Cost : 35JD + 7JD/hour. Another taxi driver proposed us the trip for 50JD…
Now there is another alternative, take the bus!! This is quite an experience, even not every local inhabitants have already done it ;-)
...but for 0.5 JD we arrived at Jerash without any problem!! Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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We found the bus services to be fine, both to and from Amman,
We used the Bus to get from Jerash to Amman thensouth to Karak, at the beginning of our trip.
Then again at the end to get the bus from Madaba to Amman.
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AMMAN-AQABA
TRUST and a similar express bus AFANA leave from Abdali station.
JETT bus station is about 5-10 minutes from Abdali. There are no stops or drop offs with express buses, so you CANNOT use it to get to Wadi Rum Junction.
PETRA, KARAK, MA'AN, WADI RUM
Mini buses South (Ma'an, Karak, Petra) are available at Wahadat Station downtown, a short taxi ride from the Amphitheatre in the opposite direction of Grand Husseini Mosque. Buses to Ma'an run late into the evening, if you missed your bus to Petra, catch one and from Amman to Ma'an, then take a taxi for 5JD from Ma'an to Petra.
To get to Wadi Rum take a mini bus to Aqaba or Ma'an (then another from Ma'an to Aqaba), get off at the Wadi Rum Junction, then take a taxi for a flat rate of 5JD to Rum Village or make arrangements to have your guide meet you. Theme: Bus
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Bus stations/ depots are located in Abadali just near The Palace of Justice. Buses to direct regions around Jordon can be taken from this depot. Theme: Bus
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There are a few different bus stations in Amman, which can be used to get to other tourist cities. If you tell a taxi driver that you want to go to the bus station and which city you want to go to, he will know which station to go to. The buses are cheap, or from the station you can negotiate a price with the service taxis (easier to do if you have an arabic speaker with you, because jordanian drivers are con-artists). There are a couple of different bus companies running, and different ones go to different places. The main bus operator is Jett Bus, which can be more expensive than the others, but goes nearly everywhere. Jett bus does not have a website, but these are their most current phone numbers:
566-4146
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Amman City Tour has been lunched, details and route here:
http://nasimjo.blogspot.com/2008/06/amman-city-tour.html
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At Abdali Bus Station are AFANA express buses to Aqaba for 4.35JD, buses leave 7:30am, 11:30am, 3:00pm, 5:00pm, 7:00pm. The schedule from Aqaba to Amman is the same. Travel time is 4 hrs, no stops or drop offs.
The drop off in Aqaba is in front of Dream Hotel.
Coffee, tea, mineral water and sodas available on board, buses are modern with A/C.
Once outside Amman, a movie (Arabic) is played.
The landscape through the Kings Highway is beautiful! Theme: Bus
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From Abdali Bus Station in Amman, buses to Jerash and Madaba run every hour, the fare is 0.400JD.
Tip: To get to Mount Nebo, take the bus to Madaba. Mount Nebo is another 8km away, to get there take a service taxi (white car) for 1JD at the traffic round about near St. George's Church with its famous mosaic map on the floor. Theme: Bus
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The three main bus station in Amman are Abdali station for transport to the north and west; Wahadat station for the south; and Raghadan station for Amman and nearby towns.
Private buses can be booked from the JETT office. It is located about 500m northwest of the Abdali Bus Station. They go to Aqaba, Hammamat Mai'n, King Hussein Bridge, and Petra.
JETT buses cost:
Aqaba 4.2 JD
King Hussein Bridge 6.5 JD
Petra 6 JD
Minibuses from Abdali cost:
Aljun 500 fils
Jerash 350 fils
Madaba 270 fils
Minibuses from Wahadat cost:
Aqaba 3 JD
Karak 800 fils
Petra 1.5 JD Leave a Comment Theme: BusPhone: 5664146
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I like to discover cities by walking and using public transport. In Amman both walking and buses are not a pleasurable experience. Amman pavements are obstructed by trees, building work, rubbish bins, etc... broken or lead to no-where and they are very very high literally more than 1/2 metre high. One needs to carry a ladder!!!
Although I was advised not to take the bus, I did. Taking the bus in Amman is a test of patience. Bus stops, if there are any, lack the sign, a map and even destination; There are no timetables. All writings on the buses are in Arabic. At major bus stations they do not operate on fixed schedules; they wait for the bus to fill up before moving. The driver would do his sales pitch on the footpath shouting out to everyone that the bus was about to leave. Buses are very shabby and usually have ripped seats because they are so old; and very noisy, not to mention the state of cleanliness which in this regard many taxis have the same problem.
Alas, the best way to get around Amman is by taxi. However beware the drivers will try and rip you off. Always insist on the meter being put back to .15 fils when you get in, do not believe if they tell you it's broken! Theme: Bus
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