Citadel Hill

Citadel Hill: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Citadel Hill

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Citadel Hill — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.95532, 35.93461. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Citadel Hill

• Umayyad Palace · fort · Amman · ~0 km · Must-see
• Temple of Hercules · fort · Amman · ~0 km · Must-see
• Roman Theater · fort · Amman · ~1 km · Must-see
• Husseini Mosque · dargah · Amman · ~1 km · Must-see
• Jabal Amman · viewpoint · Amman · ~2 km · Must-see
• Abu Darwish Mosque · dargah · Amman · ~2 km · Must-see
• Coptic Orthodox Patriarch · church · Amman · ~3 km · Must-see
• King Abdullah I Mosque · dargah · Amman · ~3 km · Must-see
• 'Ain Ghazal · fort · Amman · ~7 km · Must-see
• Masjid Fatima Alzahraa · dargah · Amman · ~7 km · Must-see
• Khirbet Yajouz archaeological site · fort · Amman · ~11 km · Must-see
• Tall al-Umayri · fort · Amman · ~13 km · Must-see
• Hada'iq al-Malik Hussein · park · Amman · ~13 km · Must-see
• King Hussein Ben Talal Mosque · dargah · Amman · ~14 km · Must-see
• Prophet Jadur Shrine · fort · Balqa · ~26 km · Must-see
• As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality · church · Balqa · ~27 km · Must-see
• Great Mosque of Salt · dargah · Balqa · ~27 km · Must-see
• Qasr Mshatta · fort · Amman · ~31 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Citadel Hill

Other forts & heritage near Citadel Hill

• Umayyad Palace · fort · Amman · ~0 km · Must-see
• Temple of Hercules · fort · Amman · ~0 km · Must-see
• Roman Theater · fort · Amman · ~1 km · Must-see
• 'Ain Ghazal · fort · Amman · ~7 km · Must-see
• Khirbet Yajouz archaeological site · fort · Amman · ~11 km · Must-see
• Tall al-Umayri · fort · Amman · ~13 km · Must-see
• Prophet Jadur Shrine · fort · Balqa · ~26 km · Must-see
• Qasr Mshatta · fort · Amman · ~31 km · Must-see
• Hamam · fort · Balqa · ~35 km · Must-see
• Temple of Zeus · fort · Jarash · ~45 km · Must-see

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