Amman Airport
Lasting Impressions....
Memorable comments left by travellers:
"Only probs were the lack of tea or coffee or food- we were there from about 11pm to 5am and nothing was open. " (Jennifer)
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by slr_legend, 8/5/2009
NOT ACTUALLY 'Sleeping in Airports' but it fits.
This is one to lock away for those who are in Jordan transiting and flying out with Royal Jordanian. I found it on this website and thought I would try in my case.
I had a long transit - it ended up being 26 hours due to flight time changes getting out of Delhi and off to Kiev.
On arrival in Amman I talked with the Airline Reps and they said that I could make use of their hotel during my transit. All I did was go to the transit desk, sign in, get my transit ticket, get my bags and walk out through the airport to a waiting minibus. Just keep saying 'transit' and you are right.
We were dropped out the front of The Golden Tulip Hotel, well it isn't 5 star but I wasn't expecting that, but it was very comfortable and FREE! I went and had a shower and organised some laundry to be done.
Then if you are transiting the have a special dining room just for you, at standard meal times which are posted outside the room, you can just go down and have a feed. There is a huge buffet of many and varied meals, salads, hot foods, desserts and teas & coffee. Well you just advise them of your room number and that is it, eat until you are done. The staff are very nice and helpful in all areas.
Each meal has a large variety and being there for all three meal times, each was as good as the other. I would make sure any flights through the Middle East in future are with Royal Jordanian all the way.
Saying that I missed out on seeing Petra, but I was fully recharged for the next leg of my journey, so I thought that would be an OK trade off.
I hope this helps.
Well Done Royal Jordanian!!!
by Lior
"This is actually a tip to those who are trying to get to Israel through Jordan's Queen Alia Airport, and are thinking of sleeping at one of the three checkposts between Israel and Jordan. In short: don't do it. They won't let you. I landed in Queen Alia at like midnight -- 3 hours prior, a Japanese reporter coming back from Iraq was checked at customs, and when the customs officer went to check his luggage -- it blew up and killed the customs officer. Whatta 'tard. Anyways, at the point the airport was ridiculously empty, with only taxis outside waiting to take people to hotels. The airport itself was clean and chock full o' marble, however I think that everyone was a wee tense due to the aforementioned events of the day. So, wanting to get to Israel and not have to wait at the border in the morning, I thought to myself, "might as well sleep down at the checkpoint near the border." It was a gorgeous night, I had a bottle of water, what could be wrong about this? I hailed a taxi, explained to the driver in broken Arabic that I wanted the checkpoint that was closest to Jerusalem -- we proceeded to drive down to the King Hussein Bridge border checkpoint. The taxi driver couldn't understand why I'd want to get to the border in the middle of the night, let alone sleep there. An hour later, as we approached the border, a Jordanian policeman signaled us to stop. The driver explained to policeman that I wanted to get out and sleep there. The policeman, very efficiently pointed his gun at us, and the driver said, "We're going back to Amman." So, after paying the damn driver 100 for a round-trip ticket to the border and back to Amman, I should have just stayed put at the airport -- I really don't think that anyone would have bothered me. Ah, hindsight. Where are you when I need you."
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Here is some information that we've picked out of from your reviews. Be sure to read the review pages for the most up-to-date experiences:
- horrible bathrooms, backed-up and no toilet paper
- clean
- comfortable benches
- friendly staff
- smoking is permitted
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- Hostels and Budget Accommodation in Amman - I've booked my own accommodation on this site. If you are too old for hostels and too cheap for hotels, like me, you'll find some good properties. They offer dorms, private rooms, B&Bs, Apartments.
