Jerash Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Jerash is 51km north of Amman, and the roads are well signed from the capital, especially from 8th Circle.

From Abdali bus station in Amman, public buses and minibuses (400 fils, 1¼ hours) leave regularly for Jerash, though they can take up to an hour just to fill up.

Jerash's new bus and service taxi station is a 15-minute walk west of the site, at the second set of traffic lights, behind the big white building. You can pick up a minibus to the station from outside the visitor centre (100 fils). Plenty of minibuses travel regularly to Irbid (300 fils, 45 minutes) and Ajlun (300 fils, 30 minutes) until around 4pm. If you don't want to head to the bus station you can normally flag down the bus to Amman from the main junction in front of the site.

If you're still in Jerash after 5pm, be prepared to hitch back to the capital. Service taxis sometimes leave as late as 8pm (usually later during Jerash Festival) but expect a wait. The tourist police are usually happy to cajole a passing motorist into offering a free ride back to Amman. A private taxi one-way costs around JD10; you may be able to bargain down to JD7. To Irbid costs JD8.