Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Al-Shubba
(Al-Mujamma St)
Try Al-Shubba if you need to stock up on supplies for the next leg of
the King's Highway.
SUPERMARKET
Shopping
While there is a small selection of souvenirs around the castle area, for an idea of how the
people of Karak like to spend their money, take a walk down Al-Malak Hussein St - the
road that leads from Castle Plaza to the Saladin statue. Here you will find tailors stitching
fake fur to collars; leather jackets and red woollen sweaters dangling in the wind; vendors
with rakishly tied headscarves and broken-backed shoes (the local answer to slip-ons);
bushy green bundles of coriander hanging from butchers' shops; fennel, turnips and
shaggy-mopped carrots begging to be bought for a picnic; and locally gathered herbs in
textile bags flagging the outside of spice and coffee bean shops. There is even a small
gold souq - selling mostly silver.
Information
There are at least four banks that change money on An-Nuzha St, one block south of the
Saladin roundabout, and most have an ATM for Visa and MasterCard.
Italian Hospital
(Al-Maydan St)
Post office
(Al-Khadr St)
In the lower (northern) part of town.
Tourist police
( 191; Al Qala'a St)
Visitor centre
( 2354263; Al Qala
'
a St; 8am-4pm Sat-Thu)
Getting There & Away
Karak is difficult but not impossible to reach by public transport, accessed from the Desert
Highway. The main bus station is outside the town, at the bottom of the hill by the junc-
tion of the King's Highway. If you are driving, there is a highly scenic road (Route 50)
that leads from Karak down to the Dead Sea (
Click here
)
.
Bus & Minibus
From the main bus station, several daily buses go direct to Amman's South Bus Station
(JD1.650, around two hours) via the Desert Highway. Minibuses also run about every
