Amman · Nightlife

The Jabal Amman strip: rooftops, shisha terraces and three-floor restaurant-bars. Most places open around 9pm and run to 1 or 2am.

A long-running bookshop, cafe and terrace bar just off Rainbow Street, and the least intimidating place in the city for a first drink.

Quieter than Rainbow Street, with galleries and small bars scattered around Paris Circle. Walkable, if you do not mind the stairs.

Fridays from mid-May to mid-September, off Rainbow Street: craft stalls, food and live music, 10am to 10pm. A street market, so no alcohol.

Jordan's first craft brewery, founded in 2010 at Fuheis north-west of the city, and stocked in the licensed bars around Weibdeh and Jabal Amman.