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Private As-Salt Walking Daily Life Trail with Optional Lunch or Home Visit

Amman, Jordan

6 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Private tour to Al Salt from Amman
Discover the old town of Al Salt, where Christian and Muslim communities live in harmony
Tour the historical streets, churches, mosques, and honey-colored Ottoman houses
Visit the Abu Jaber Museum, Great Mosque, and Al-Khader Orthodox Church
Stroll and shop at a market and enjoy a home-cooked lunch at a traditional house
Locally guided tour and lunch included
Private round-trip transportation including Amman hotel pickup and drop-off

What's Included

Hotel pick-up and drop -off
Private Transfer by air-conditioned leisure new vehicle according to number of participants
English-speaking driver
Entrance Fees
Local English-Speaking Guide for classic visit of As-Salt
Optional local lunch or home cooked meal experience; if option selected
On board WI-FI

All type of meals, unless option with lunch selected (Vegetarian meal by request)
All type of beverages
All type of gratuities (Tips to the Driver and Local Guide) – Recommended
Personal Expenses
Any other service not mentioned

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Operating hours
.9:00 am

Itinerary

After hotel pickup in Amman, travel north to ancient Al Salt, once earmarked as a capital of Jordan.

Built on hills, Al Salt was ruled by the Romans and Byzantines before enjoying prosperity under the Ottomans from the 1890s to the 1920s. Today, Christian and Muslim communities live here in harmony, with mosques and churches sitting side by side.

Meet a local guide and follow the ‘Harmony Trail’ through the yellow sandstone Ottoman-era buildings and streets. Hear about Al Salt’s past from your guide, and visit the museum at the Abu Jaber House. Admire the grand house, built by a wealthy merchant in 1892, and chart the town’s history through the exhibits.

Stroll through Al Ein Plaza, the main square, and visit the English Evangelical Hospital Complex for views over the old quarter, with its higgledy-piggledy rooftops, churches, and mosques.

See the 19th-century Qaqish House, with its high arched windows, and take in the Great Mosque, dating to the 14th century. View the Dormition of Virgin Mary Orthodox Church School, and wander around the Al-Khader Orthodox Church, one of the oldest shrines in the area, and used by Christians and Muslims. Then, visit the Madafat Al Khalili, a traditional family meeting place replete with decorative interiors.

Afterward, visit a traditional home for a simple-but-tasty local lunch. Savor a dish like magloubah (layers of rice, vegetables and chicken) and a sweet treat. Learn about traditional Jordanian cooking and spices, and watch a demonstration of how traditional garments are worn, trying them on if you wish.

Finally, amble down Al-Maidan Street, passing the Latin Church Complex and entering Al-Hammam Street, the main market street. Enjoy free time to peruse the bustling food, spice, and crafts stalls, and snap up some souvenirs (own expense).

Your tour ends with a hotel drop-off in Amman.

Al Salt

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Abu Jaber Museum

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Al Salt

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Al Salt

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Al Salt

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infant seats available
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Confirmation will be received at the time of booking.
Airport Pick-up and Drop-off by request.
Contact your local operator (office phone number, emergency mobile number – out of office hours, or email address) a day before to reconfirm pick-up arrangements provided in your voucher.

Tour activity is provided in English. For other languages by request.
Clients with mobility issues, please contact us.
Strollers and car seats for infants, please contact us.
Most local tourist restaurants in Jordan do not serve alcohol, if you do not want a dry restaurant that does not serve alcohol, please contact us.
Clients are advised to bring hats, sun screen, and comfortable walking shoes.
Indicate special dietary requirements at the time of booking.
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate