The architect inside me was more than satisfied. Please dont miss out on this place if you are planning to visit Amman. 1 hour drive from Amman nice scenic route through mountains. Jerash is a modern town, and the archaeology park is in the city. E6cost is 10 JD and took a guide for 30 JD. Guides are official ones, so cheating business, you get a proper receipt, ask for a guide Mr. Dougan he was amazing with very good knowledge. The guide takes you around, which shows you important things, and this gets over in 45 mins to an hour. After that, you are left alone to explore, me being a history buff, I took 3 hours more to explore in detail.

Absolutely amazing, no idea why it isn’t a UNESCO site or more well known. It’s huge and so well preserved, they are still uncovering parts. There’s everything here, roads, temples, amphitheatres, columns, churches, mosques, mosaic floors. Bits have been added over the centuries as different civilisations lived there, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines. A must visit if you’re in Amman. Get a guide to tell you more about it so you don’t miss anything.

Every time we visited an ancient site, the ruins became more and more spectacular and Jerash is no exception. This site is really large and so many things are very well preserved. You can walk around and really imagine life in earlier times. I have not visited something this well-preserved and this large anywhere else. Truly amazing and something that you absolutely should include in your itinerary.

This is the best Roman ruin I have seen short of Pompeii. Very large and impressive, lots of walking, but worth it. Could be more and better signage and explanation, you need a guide or guide book.

Great place to see. Many fantastic photo opportunities. Lots of pushy hawkers at the entrance though, they invade your personal space and touch you. Souvenirs are half the price elsewhere. The restaurant there is a tourist trap, expensive and not very good.

Jerash showcases the well preserved ruins of a very large, walled ancient Roman city about 45 minutes drive from Amman inJordan. It is huge and there is a lot of walking and climbing to do if you want to explore the ruins with its Greco-Roman architecture,so wear comfortable shoes. If you are visiting during the winter make sure to wear warm clothing as it gets very cold. It is important to have a good guide to show you around and explain things to you. Guides are available at the site itself. We had a young local guide called Hisham, who spoke excellent English and proudly showed us around the place. You enter Jerash through the imposing gateway known as Hadrian's Arch. The other highlights of Jerash are: 1. It's large oval Forum encircled by towering columns that have withstood many Earthquakes and the test of time still standing tall. The rectangular stones forming the floor of the forum vary in size with smaller slabs in the centre and then larger ones forming concentric circles towards the outer perimeter. 2. There's the temple of Artemis with a moving pillar or column. Hisham demonstrated this by sticking a spoon in a crevice at the base of the column and then pushing the column like superman. The spoon bobbed up and down. 3. There's a long collonaded street built for chariots and pedestrians leading to the market place. 4. A porticoed market place where you can see the engravings of a sheep at what used to be the butchers stall. 5. There's an old theater or amphitheater where some musicians were playing the bagpipes live. Jerash hosts a cultural festival each year. 6. You can see the mosaic floors of ancient cathedrals that were excavated. 7. A large nyphaneum fed by an aquaduct 8. There's a small museum on the site with statues of Greek/Roman Gods and artifacts found at the site. Our guide told us that Jerash is so well preserved because the entire city was buried under sand before it was rediscovered and excavated. I enjoyed visiting Jerash just as much as I enjoyed visiting Petra. It is definitely a must see if you visit Jordan.

Tie up your sturdy shoes, protect your skin, grab a hat and water and get exploring. Enormous, rumbling ruins that will blow your mind and transform your imaginative self to a roman city. Heralded as the world’s largest and best preserved Roman City its really got it all; arches, temples, hippodrome, arenas, bath houses, theatres, houses, columns, shops… The Byzantines added ornate areas too and later the Muslim Arabs before it was all but abandoned as the riches of the silk route moved to the coast. Exciting to be in a place with so much ongoing archeology. The stall holders are friendly and knowledgeable and there are a lot of amazing antiques and souvenirs on offer. I only grabbed a juice on my way out but the food looked delicious and reasonably priced. Enjoy!

I didn't expect such an amazing site as in size and variety! I spent an entire day there because the evening sun light put this place into another dimension! Just stunning! The public bus from Amman is ONE JD and with the Jordan Pass it's free entry, too....

This is one of the best roman ruines I have ever seen, same level than Rome. They are so well preserved that you can easily imagine how life was there. You can freely access with the Jordan Pass, and there are some shops to buy souvenirs. The restaurant and bar is not very good, better to have lunch elsewhere. Be ready to walk and enjoy

It was included in our tour and the ruins are amazing. The guided walk started by the Arch, than the stadium where the locals did a bit of music .. pipes and drums … and expected some tip and the official tour finished at mid of Collonades … we continued the walk by North end to see 3 church remains and went to Zeus place to get photos as the view was the best for the area. Definitely worth a visit .. if possible with a professional guide.