Jordan during Ramadan

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gupster
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Hi All,

We are currently living in the UAE and most expat families disappear home over this summer period. We are around for the summer and are trying to plan a short trip away to break things up. We are thinking of heading to Jordan potentially during Ramadan for about 5 nights.

We could go later, when Ramadan has finished, but by then most people have returned from holidays and life here has returned to normal. The idea of the trip is really to break up the long deserted summer by getting away part way through it. However, will our trip to Jordan be impacted too much by Ramadan?? Will we be able to still enjoy our holiday or will we be really wishing we'd come at another time? Will most cafes/restaurants be closed during the day? Will all sights be open during the day as normal?

We will be travelling around on our own by hire car with a 2 and a half year old. We want to have some time relaxing but will be spending most of our time checking out the sights.

Any thoughts?

Many thanks.

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ruth
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Jordan is usually pretty full of expat visitors from the Gulf during Ramadan and the Eid. Cafes and restaurants, except the most expensive, are closed during the daytime, and liquor shops and bars in hotels are closed for the whole of Ramadan, (stock up on duty free if you like a drink in the evening).

Sites are open normally, you should have no trouble there. If you are willing to picnic during the day, you should have no trouble anywhere - more than the normal slowing down everywhere during Ramadan.

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mesha
mesha

This Ramadan might be a little different since it falls in August and is hot and
the fasting day is quite long - around 7.30pm. . .

For the average tourist it shouldn't have much impact - sites will close earlier than usual
probably or even open an hour later. 5 star hotels serve as normal. Others will be
closed.

However, supermarkets and bread shops etc are all open as usual and you can
manage very easily this way especially if you are going around in a hire car.

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loesdefauw
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We are also traveling to Jordan during Ramadan and we are taking public transport: bus/taxi/minibus. Will that be a problem??

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mesha
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In Amman - yes public transport is a problem especially at
peak hours ie between 2pm - 7pm.
It depends upon when and where you are travelling to etc

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