Shams el Balad
Shams el Balad is a café in Amman Governorate, Jordan which is located on شارع معاذ بن جبل. Shams el Balad is situated nearby to the theater building Rainbow Art House Theatre, as well as near the hospital الشفاء.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—midnight
- Type: Café
- Cuisine: regional and Mediterranean
- Address: 69 شارع معاذ بن جبل, Amman, 11181
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Jordan Museum and Citadel Hill.
The Jordan Museum
Museum
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Jordan Museum is located in Ras al-Ein district of Amman, Jordan. Built in 2014, the museum is the largest museum in Jordan and hosts some of the country's most important archaeological findings. The Jordan Museum is situated 560 metres south of Shams el Balad.
Citadel Hill
The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of Jordan. Citadel Hill is situated 1 km northeast of Shams el Balad.
Roman Theater
Theater building
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roman Theatre of Amman is a 6,000-seat, 2nd-century Roman theatre. A famous landmark in the Jordanian capital, it dates back to the Roman period when the city was known as Philadelphia. Roman Theater is situated 1¼ km east of Shams el Balad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amman and Jabal el-Hussein camp.
Amman
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
Amman is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.
Jabal el-Hussein camp
Neighborhood
Jabal el-Hussein camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman.
Al-Wehdat camp
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
Amman New Camp, usually known as the Al-Wehdat or Al-Wihdat camp, which is located in the Hay Al Awdah neighbourhood in southeast Amman, the capital city of Jordan, occupies a 0.48 km2. Al-Wehdat camp is situated 2½ km southeast of Shams el Balad.
Shams el Balad
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.9506° or 31° 57′ 2″ northLongitude
35.92734° or 35° 55′ 38″ eastOpen location code
8G3QXW2G+6WOpenStreetMap ID
node 3328076970OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=cafeOpenStreetMap attribute
cuisine=regionalOpenStreetMap attribute
cuisine=mediterraneanOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
“Shams el Balad” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شمس البلد”
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Highlights include Rainbow Art House Theatre and الشفاء.
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