As-Salt Old Town
السلط
A late Ottoman hill town inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2021, with yellow limestone mansions and stepped lanes layered up the slope.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, As-Salt was the trading hub of Transjordan. The town still has many mansions built of yellow limestone, with mosques and churches standing side by side. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site as a 'place of tolerance and urban hospitality'.
You can wander the old Hammam Street market, visit the As-Salt Historical Museum (Abu Jaber Mansion) and climb the Jada Stairs, and sample local yogurt and pastries. The old town is free to enter, and the museum is open about 9:00 to 17:00.
It is about 30 km from Amman, roughly 40 minutes by car.
Opening hours
All day; museum about 09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Royal Automobile Museum
- Iraq al-Amir & Qasr al-Abd
- King Abdullah I Mosque
- Rainbow Street
- The Jordan Museum
- Amman Citadel
- Downtown Amman (Al-Balad)
- Roman Theatre (Amman)