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Jacob's Pharmacy ( 4644945; 3rd Circle, Jebel Amman; 9am-3am) One of the
more conveniently located pharmacies.
Palestine Hospital ( 5607071; Al-Malekah Alia St, Shmeisani)
University Hospital ( 5353666; University of Jordan complex, northern Amman)
Located about 10km northwest of downtown. Take any minibus or service taxi to Salt
from Raghadan bus station or charter a taxi.
Money
Changing money in Amman is quick and easy, especially since there are dozens of banks
downtown and in Jebel Amman, the two areas most visitors are likely to find themselves.
The Arab Bank, Jordan Gulf Bank and the Housing Bank for Trade & Finance are among
those with widespread ATMs for Visa and MasterCard, while Jordan National Bank and
HSBC ATMs allow you to extract dinars from your MasterCard and are Cirrus-compat-
ible. The Housing Bank has an ATM in the arrivals hall at Queen Alia International Air-
port after passing through customs. Although there's a bank before immigration it is not
always open so make sure you have some local currency to buy your Jordanian visa.
Many moneychangers are located along Al-Malek Faisal St in downtown. For changing
travellers cheques, try Sahloul Exchange Co (ground fl, Aicco Bldg, Al-Malek Faisal St,
downtown; 9am-7pm Sat-Thu).
Post
There are lots of small post offices around town (ask your hotel for the nearest), including
at the Jordan InterContinental Hotel between 2nd and 3rd Circles in Jebel Amman, and in
the Housing Bank Centre in Shmeisani.
If you wish to send a large parcel home by post you must first weigh the item at the
Parcel Post Office, in an alleyway behind the central post office in downtown (it looks
more like a shop, so look out for the weighing machine on the counter). Then take it un-
wrapped to the nearby Customs Office, diagonally opposite (look for the sign with the
word 'Customs' in English on the crest), where a customs declaration must be completed.
Then take the parcel back to the Parcel Post Office for packing and paying.
Central Post Office (Al-Amir Mohammed St, downtown; 7.30am-5pm Sat-Thu,
8am-1.30pm Fri)
Customs Office ( 8am-2pm Thu-Sat) Diagonally opposite the Parcel Post Office.
Parcel Post Office (Omar al-Khayyam St, downtown; 8am-3pm Mon-Thu & Sun, to
2pm Sat)
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