Country Code for Jordan: +962
Visa Global Assistance: 1 303 967 1090
Emergency Services: 191 Ambulance: 193 or 199  Fire: 199 Police: 191 or 192. 911 and 112 may also work in some areas. Although there may be English speaking operators available, to avoid delay it is best to seek the assistance of an Arabic speaker.

Greetings and farewells are lengthy and sincere. Even answering a telephone involves saying "how are you?" in several different ways. Visitors and/or friends are frequently invited into homes for dinner, where they are showered with kindness and food. Women dress modestly and often are offended by exposed flesh. Most Muslims do not drink alcohol. Shoes are always removed before entering a mosque, and this custom extends to homes as well. Shib-shibs (flip-flop sandals) are always put on before entering a bathroom. The feet are never put on a coffee table, footstool, or desk. It is forbidden and disrespectful to expose the bottoms of the feet. Same-sex friends hold hands, hug, and kiss in public, but there is limited touching between men and women. A man does not shake hands with a woman unless she offers her hand first.

Electrical Plug: European, British and Indian.
Voltage: 220-240 volts
Modem Plug: USA 

Jordan's transportation facilities have undergone a substantial improvement over the last decade, owing to the increasing influx of foreign visitors. Visitors have the following options for getting around in Jordan: by taxis, rental cars, or buses. The traffic can be chaotic at some times and hence, most tourists prefer to use taxis or hire a private vehicle and driver. Amman is the commercial nerve-point of Jordan. It consists of several "jebels," or small hills, along which all the popular neighborhoods are based. When traveling in Amman and other surrounding cities, try to locate a destination by asking for landmarks. Most of the streets here don’t have commonly recognizable names. Many of the jebels have popular traffic roundabouts. These traffic junctions are referred to as "circles" and they serve as pointers to many popular destinations.

Arabic is the official language but English is also widely understood in many areas.

Most towns have a souk selling everything from meat and live chickens to clothes and jewelry. Amman’s downtown gold souk is a special attraction – a cluster of tiny shops with glittering window displays crammed together just off the main King Faisal Street. Tourist-oriented towns offer many handicrafts, including carpet-weaving or mosaic pieces: Jordan’s mosaic school in Madaba trains young people to work with the colorful, locally hewn stone. Shopping hours are generally Saturday to Thursday from 9.30am to 1pm and 3.30pm to 6pm; some shops open as early as 8am, others close as late as 9pm. Some shops are closed on Friday, either all day or until around 2pm.

In Jordan, tipping is part of the culture, and it has always been used in restaurants, hotels, taxis, hookah lounges, coffee shops and bars; and it is expected if you are a regular, though bars and restaurants may add anywhere between 5-35% service charge. It is called a tip or baksheesh (Arabic: ْبقشيش), which used to be given to laborers in advance to get better service, or afterwards as an extra reward for their work. It is both illegal and an insult to tip in public and government offices, the police, and the military.

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