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Beit Jaber and Al-Saha square in the old city of Salt

Amman & surroundings

As-Salt

A UNESCO-listed hill town of honey-coloured Ottoman houses, where Muslim and Christian families have lived side by side for centuries.

  • UNESCO World Heritage

In the late 19th century As-Salt was the most important town east of the Jordan, a trading hub between Nablus and the desert. Merchants built grand houses of yellow limestone with arched windows, many of which still stand around the Hammam Street market.

In 2021 UNESCO inscribed the town as "The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality". Visit Abu Jaber House museum, climb the stairways between the three hills and taste fresh bread and kunafa in the old souk.

Don't miss

  • Abu Jaber House museum
  • Hammam Street market
  • Ottoman stairways and viewpoints
  • Old mosques and churches side by side
Beit Jaber and Al-Saha square in the old city of Salt Historic old town of As-Salt

Tours that visit As-Salt

Getting around

Private transfers, drivers and guides that cover this area.

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