Food Tour in Jerash

Free Food Tour in Jerash with Roamee Pro

Roamee Pro, also known as Roamee, offers a free food tour route in Jerash. The audio walking tour can include stops such as Oval Forum — This unique oval-shaped Roman plaza, measuring roughly 80 by 90 meters, is surrounded by 56 Ionic columns and paved with limestone slabs arranged in a radiating pattern from the center. Its shape is unusual in Roman architecture, where forums were typically rectangular, and scholars debate whether it was designed to accommodate a pre-existing difference in axis between the Cardo Maximus and the Temple of Zeus, or whether it served as a marketplace where the oval shape facilitated the circulation of merchants and customers., South Theater — This exceptionally well-preserved Roman theater, built during the reign of Emperor Domitian in the late 1st century AD, seated approximately 3,000 spectators in 32 rows of limestone seats, with the upper rows offering views of the entire city and surrounding hills. The stage building's carved niches and columns survive in remarkable detail, and the theater's acoustics remain so effective that the Royal Jordanian Army band and visiting performers use it for concerts during the annual Jerash Festival., plus hidden gems like North Theater — This smaller, more intimate theater originally served as the city's odeon (council chamber and performance hall) for an audience of about 1,600, and its sheltered location on the northern slope has preserved carved seats with Greek numerical inscriptions marking reserved sections for city officials and guild members. It is less visited than the South Theater but often hosts impromptu performances by local musicians during the Jerash Festival..

Use this page as a starting point for a Jerash walking tour, a free route, or the Roamee app for Jerash. Roamee Pro keeps the route flexible so you can follow the stops, skip ahead, or explore nearby streets at your own pace.

• •Oval Forum — This unique oval-shaped Roman plaza, measuring roughly 80 by 90 meters, is surrounded by 56 Ionic columns and paved with limestone slabs arranged in a radiating pattern from the center. Its shape is unusual in Roman architecture, where forums were typically rectangular, and scholars debate whether it was designed to accommodate a pre-existing difference in axis between the Cardo Maximus and the Temple of Zeus, or whether it served as a marketplace where the oval shape facilitated the circulation of merchants and customers.
• •South Theater — This exceptionally well-preserved Roman theater, built during the reign of Emperor Domitian in the late 1st century AD, seated approximately 3,000 spectators in 32 rows of limestone seats, with the upper rows offering views of the entire city and surrounding hills. The stage building's carved niches and columns survive in remarkable detail, and the theater's acoustics remain so effective that the Royal Jordanian Army band and visiting performers use it for concerts during the annual Jerash Festival.

• •North Theater — This smaller, more intimate theater originally served as the city's odeon (council chamber and performance hall) for an audience of about 1,600, and its sheltered location on the northern slope has preserved carved seats with Greek numerical inscriptions marking reserved sections for city officials and guild members. It is less visited than the South Theater but often hosts impromptu performances by local musicians during the Jerash Festival.

• ›Eat where there's a line of locals, not a menu in five languages — turnover means fresh, and a queue is the most honest review you'll find.
• ›Hit food markets in the morning when produce is freshest and stalls aren't sold out; many close or wind down by early afternoon.
• ›Carry small cash — the best street stalls rarely take cards, and exact change moves the line.
• ›Order one thing per stop and keep walking. Grazing across several places beats one big sit-down meal for tasting a city's range.
• ›Start near Oval Forum, then drift one or two streets off the main drag — prices drop and quality usually rises the moment you leave the tourist frontage.