Home decoration and garden stores Amman

In addition to promoting Jordan's natural areas, the Wild Jordan Center has a shop. There are many products inspired by nature and coming from the different Nature Reserves managed by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature. The association works hand in hand with the populations living within or on the outskirts of these protected areas and tries to guarantee them an income through the production and sale of handicrafts: jewellery, herbs, soaps, dried fruits, painted ostrich eggs...

This shop supports the development of handicrafts in Jordan by displaying (and selling) traditional items made in the country. You will find beautiful home decorations, furniture, jewellery, pottery, ironwork, carpets and everyday items. The embroidered items with traditional Palestinian, Bedouin or Arab motifs are particularly beautiful and made by women working at home. The choice is vast and very representative of what the country has to offer, but it is expensive.

Fine ceramics, carpets, made by local artisans.

The Al Burgan adventure started in 1989, in a tiny workshop. Three women were employed there and had to share the only sewing machine. Their first item was a pair of slippers made of traditional fabric. Since then, the workshop has expanded and now employs about 20 people to supply the shop with cushion covers, bags, caftans and decorative items inspired by traditional Jordanian fabrics and patterns. In total, about a hundred women work from their homes to embroider the unique designs.

The Jordan Design and Trade Center, more commonly known as JDTC, is a cultural center supported by the King Hussein Foundation, in which Queen Noor is particularly involved. Objects are sold there, mixing traditional Jordanian handicrafts with Western modernity. The vocation of this centre is to maintain the know-how of the craftsmen or to revive them, by allowing in particular the rural populations to earn their living.

Nestled between the clothing shops on King Talal Street, almost opposite the King Hussein Mosque, Al-Afghani Bazaar is not so easy to spot. Especially since its sign is in Arabic, like all the shops in the area. But you can ask any passer-by who will point it out to you. The little shop is indeed the most famous souvenir shop in Amman. You can find everything there, especially anything, and even more trinkets you don't need. But the prices are honest. Think to negotiate anyway.

Artisana will appeal to lovers of traditional, but also modernized, handicrafts. You will find in this shop many embroidered fabrics and brocades, inlaid furniture and mother-of-pearl inlays, reproductions of pottery exhibited in the country's museums or glass from Hebron. The choice is vast and you will inevitably find a beautiful article of decoration. On the other hand, the prices are quite high. If you are lucky enough to be in Amman between the end of May and the end of June, you can take advantage of the sales, with discounts of up to 70%.