Amman

Pros: Hospitable, a good airport, easy to get to Israel and other regional countries
Cons: barren landscape

I have traveled to Amman several times - each time as a gateway into the West Bank and Israel. One of the primary benefits of that as opposed to flying into Tel Aviv is value. Air fares are typically much cheaper to Amman than Tel Aviv. There are also...

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: Boring: not much to see or do

There is only really one reason to visit Amman: you have to. Don't go to Amman unless you really have to (for business or family). There is very little to do in Amman other than visit the local Safeway or souk.
The streets are crowded and there...

Pros: History and hospitality of the people.
Cons: Lack of amentities.

Having been to Amman two times in the last 15 years, I have seen how things have changed. Immediately noticeable is the increase in new construction and improvement to the once-very-inferior infrastructure.
My initial visit Christmas,1985 was every...

Pros: Wonderful sights, sounds and smells. City of contrasts: from folk life to the hottest trends.
Cons: Overzealous officers of the law. Typhoid.

I have traveled to Amman numerous times for lengthy visits and stayed sometimes with family and twice in hotels. Amman is a place where you can find a Five Star hotel with all of the amenities just a short distance from a refugee camp. There are ...

Pros: An interesting and exotic city; very different.
Cons: none

Amman is definitely worth seeing if you're going to Jordan as the only other tourist magnet is Petra, so it makes sense to see the capital city and get a feel of the country. The museum is small, but you understand their point of view and biases when ...

Pros: American-like city, all amenities available
Cons: Military observe you everywhere

I came to stay in Amman while living in Jerusalem for a study abroad program. A trip took us to the wonderful country of Jordan where we stayed in Amman for a number of days.

Amman is a very "American" city to the extent that a...

Pros: cheap... great food, great for shopping
Cons: people are not that friendly

Amman is a nice city, it is very clean and organized especially West Amman, i would call it safe too because the crime rate is not very high... there isnt much to see in amman itself as tourist attractions, there is however the endless chain of markets ...

Pros: non-touristy and "untapped", great food, inexpensive, great to explore
Cons: limited "attractions", the muzzein will wake you at 5am hands down!

Amman is great. It is a city of cultural extremes -- on one hand you have the conservative Islamic traditionalism so often stereotypically connected with the area, and on the other hand you have the modern hedonism seen in places like the Swaffiya...

Pros: Arabic tradition + American style !
Cons: An improvement in night life would be a change

Well for a start ,Amman is the capital of Jordan and the major city .
If u are into modern life and arabic coffee shops or American restaurants ,well this is the place , can't deny that u would find these things kind of boring if u take them for...