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Located in a side alley in downtown Amman, you find the famous, small restaurant Hashem. Clients are mostly locals wanting a fresh meal like falafel, hummus, ful, bread and hot sweet mint tea. The food is delicious and the rates are incredible cheap with 1.5 to 3 JOD. Watch the cooks making falafel and chat with the friendly waiters. Location is at Amir Mohammed Street, for tourists not easy to find, ask the locals for the direction in downtown area. © Petra Nights Tours © Petra Nights Tours © Petra Nights Tours

The family-run restaurant is open since April 2011, and like the name Heritage Experience hints at, the focus is on traditional Jordanian/Middle Eastern cuisine like Mezze, Mansaf, Maglouba and Kabsa. Distinctive feature is that only local women prepare the dishes and guarantee the original flavor. The products are fresh and bought locally, in spring and summer you can enjoy lunch and dinner outside in the courtyard. Location: Beside Ain Musa Hotel – Tel/Fax: 00962 (0)3 215 4800 Add caption © Petra Nights Tours © Petra Nights Tours © Petra Nights Tours

Travel Distances Jordan Amman Airport   -   Amman City 30 km Circa 30 minutes Amman - Jerash 50 km Circa 1 hour Amman -   Dead Sea 50 km Circa 1 hour Amman - Allenby Bridge/King Hussein 60 km Circa 45 minutes Amman -   Petra (Desert Highway) 260 km Circa 2.5 hours Amman - Madaba - Mt Nebo – Kerak – Petra 320 km Circa 7 hours Amman - Aqaba 340 km Circa 4 hours Petra - Wadi Rum 130 km Circa 1.5 hours Petra -   Aqaba 140 km Circa 1.5 hours Wadi Rum - Aqaba 60 km Circa 45 minutes

There are approximately around 26,000 Filipino Nationals living in Jordan. Many of whom have been staying in the Kingdom for a long time. In the Capital City of Amman, there is this small area near the 2nd circle that has become a popular place for the Filipinos, even some of the taxi drivers call it Manila street. The place has a couple of small cafés and restaurants that serves authentic Filipino cuisine. There is also shop along the area that sells up to date DVD’s of Filipino themed Movies.   A number of supermarket also sells Filipino made food products which in a way satisfy the palatial cravings of its ever faithful patrons. As they say better have a little something than non-at all.   Friday is considered to be the busiest day of the week in this area as this is the day where most of the Migrant workers take their weekly off. At the side street next to the supermarket, you will find a couple of street vendor selling different kind of food stuffs commonly seen in the P...

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Short historical intro about the Hejaz: In 1900 Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid started to establish a railway connection between Damascus and the holy sites in Saudi Arabia, Medina and Mecca. The aim had been to lighten the travel for Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia and to improve the transportation of military forces if necessary. The rail tracks reached Medina in 1908, along the 1,300 km long route several stations are located in Jordan. So in Amman there is a small Hejaz Railway Museum after downtown area, in the Mahatta district. The museum is decent, consists of a room with some railway memorabilia, maps and old equipment. The more exciting part is the yard with the old locomotives and wagons, some of them you are able to enter. It is a quiet place, away from the tourist crowds, but you can feel history and train fanatics will not be disappointed. Opening Hours: Sun – Thu, 08:00-14:00, Entrance fee: 1 JD © Petra Nights Tours © Petra Nights Tours © Petra Nights Tours ...

Hi there! This is the first post from Petra Nights Tours. Still the site is under construction but I could not wait to write something. As we received in the last days emails from clients wanting to know about the situation for travelers during Ramadan, this is the topic for the first post. Ramadan is the holy month of fasting, in which Muslims are not allowed to eat, drink and smoke from dawn until sunset. The Ramadan date varies according to the Islamic lunar calendar, in 2011 it is expected to be between 1st and 29th August (+/- 1 day according to the actual sight of the moon). Due to fasting people are less active, especially in summer when the days are long and hot. Offices and shops have shorter opening hours, so many stores, banks and offices close early at 14:00. Tourist places like museums, archaeological sites close about 15:00, except Petra and Wadi Rum, you can visit till sunset. The daily fast-breaking is called Iftar. During Iftar the stree...