- The official language of Jordan is the Arab though we will be habitual to communicate in English without too many difficulty.

 - Jordan is in the main a Moslem country (95 % of the population). In the month of Ramadan not this one prohibited but if it is advisable not to eat, to smoke or to drink publicly.

 - If you wants to photograph a monument, landscape or to someone it is necessary to have care and insure itself of possessing his assent.

 - When men walk along the cities and women have to avoid the shorts, miniskirts and with plunging neckline clothes that rejects the Moslem community. In the mosques and places of worship we must have furthermore taken care with our gown and on having entered to take the shoes from us and the head to cover.

 - The thefts are not habitual in Jordan to the tourists, we must take the preventive habitual measurements asin any trip.

 - Since in almost all the tourist destinations we must present the passport in effect with at least 6 months of force if we want to enter Jordan.

 - The Jordanians are a very hospitable people, if they invite him to eat on having entered the house is of good education to take off the shoes and at the moment of eating will have to use the hands instead of cutlery, the right to be more concrete since the left side is considered to be impure by the Muslims.

 - The official currency of Jordan is the Jordanian Dinar that is subdivided in 1.000 fils or 100 piasters.

 - In the establishments VISA and American Express accept cards and we can change currency into airports, hotels and banks.

 - Is habitual to give a gratuity between 10-15 % to the waiters and buttons. Sometimes in the restaurant the gratuity is included in the price.

 - To the being a Moslem country every Friday is a bank holiday, for it the trades are accustomed to close the Jueves in the evening and the Viernes the whole day.

 - Is not obligatory but if advisable to be vaccinated against the tetanus and the typhoid, if something was happening to us being there the sanitary service is effective enough.

 - If you has thought to do some trek for the desert zones you must take water galore because the heat is intense and will make us lose liquids that we must re-put.

 - It is advisable to take jammed solid water and to avoid the water of the faucet or fountains if we do not want to suffer from diarrhea. The jammed solid water is costly but is worth not traversing risks.

 - Also it is necessary to have taken care of washing the fruits and vegetables that we consume with jammed solid water though the water of Jordan is drinkable.

 - Jordan is a country with Mediterranean climate and therefore softly enough. Spring and autumn they are months with agreeable temperature, the summers months are warm enough being more advisable to travel to Jordan in spring and autumn.

 - To move for Amman is economic to take a taxi, if we want to enter the country is a good option to rent a car since the roads are acceptable enough. To lead a vehicle in Jordan we will need a season-ticket that we can request in the customs, your driver's licence and an assurance of accidents be done.

 - On having taken a taxi we must indicate origin and destiny and negotiate with the taxi driver the tariff that he was receiving from us to avoid unnecessary discussions.

 - Another good way of moving is in buses with compound routes that communicate the principal routes of the country to economic prices if we themselves do not want to drive.

 - There is coverage of mobiles in almost the whole country, though the price is raised if we want to call Spain.

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