The skyline of Amman looks a bit like a game of Tetris. From the top of the Bronze Age Citadel, the city’s highest point, the view seemingly comprises tiny blocks of tightly compacted, limestone ...

From Citadel Hill you get excellent views of the Roman Theater down in the valley and Amman. Make sure you walk behind the small museum, so you don’t miss what once was the Umayyad Palace, believed to ...