Petra
is the treasure of the ancient world and
definitely a highlight of any trip to
Jordan.
It is hidden behind and almost impenetrable
barrier of rugged mountains and boasts
incomparable scenes making it perhaps the
most majestic and imposing ancient site
still standing today.
It is the legacy of the
Nabataeans, an industrious
Arab people who settled in southern
Jordan more than 2,000
years ago and carved their new capital out
of the rose-red Sharah Mountains.
The site contains refined culture, massive
architecture and an ingenious complex of
dams and water channels.
For your first part of the tour in
Petra you will have an
English speaking guide who will show you
round the numerous highlights including the
Treasury (El Khazneh) which has an
intricately carved façade that glows in the
dazzling sun, the amphitheatre, and the
Royal Tombs.
For the remainder of the day you will be
able to wander at your leisure; one monument
leading to the next, kilometer after
kilometer.
The sheer size of the city and quality of
the beautifully carved facades is
staggering, almost overwhelming, and there
are over 800 individual monuments in total,
including buildings, tombs, baths, funerary
halls, temples, gateways, and colonnaded
streets to admire, mostly carved from the
kaleidoscopic sandstone by the technical and
artistic genius of its inhabitants.
At the end of the day you will walk back
past gift shops where you can buy a souvenir
or gift to accompany your treasured
memories.
Then after a great tour of Petra we will
drive directly to the airport or borders for
departure.
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