Salt-the People

In general, people in Salt seem much friendlier than in Amman. Walking on the streets of the old town area, we were often greeted by the locals, adults and kids. They are very generous on giving directions or just having some conversations. Some even invited us to have some tea with them. It made me feel like being back to Damascus.

Salt-the City

Salt (السلط) is an ancient city on the northwest outside Amman, and was once a regional capital during the Ottoman Empire. A lot of buildings were built in this period and survive until now.

There are a lot of big and small buses running between Salt and Amman. It takes half an hour to reach this lovely ancient city. We walked around in the old town area, visiting Haman Street, mosques, churches, the Ottoman-period mansion Beit Abu Jaber and a local coffee house. 

Iraq Al-Amir at Wadi Al-Seer

Wadi Al-Seer is located at the southeast of Amman. From the Al-Muhajireen bus stop of the Downtown, it takes half a hour to reach there. Then we took another small bus to Iraq Al-Amir, which is 15 km southwest of the town of Wadi Al-Seer, for visiting caves in the hills (date back to the Copper Age) and the ruins of Qasr Al-Abad (Palace of the Servant), built in the 3rd century BC. On the way to the ruins, we enjoyed the nice views of the valleys filled with the greens and orchards.