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Petra is Jordan's most famous tourist attraction. A city hewn by the Nabateans into the rose-coloured rock hidden behind the surrounding mountains, the site became famous after reports by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812.
From the Petra Travel Guide
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I cannot recommend rocky highly enough. Jane and her team are incredibly helpful, generous and knowledgable. Nothing beats a freshly brewed bedouin tea after a day's hiking at petra. Beds, bathrooms, breakfast all excellent. No complaints from us. ... more
The hotel is a little far from Petra. But the stuff are moderately kind and friendly. So I can relax there. ... more
My daughter and I stayed two nights while visiting Petra. Our room had two single beds as we requested. The room was clean when we arrived. We each had one tiny towel for showering. The towels were for both days as there was no cleaning of the room during our stay or towel replacement. Need bigger, better towels. ... more
Getting to Cairo from Petra
I need to figure out the cheapest and quickest way to get from Petra to Cairo. In a perfect world i would be able to fly from Aqaba in the south of Jordan to Cairo. From what I can figure ...
What to visit in Luxor? And a Petra Questions.
Hello everybody! We arrive in Cairo on March 25th and leave April 5th. We only have ten full days to visit Cairo, Luxor and Petra. We're planning to go to Luxor but it looks like I will only ...
1 Day Tour from Aqaba to Petra
I will be stopping on a cruise at Aqaba, Jordan for 1 day and I'm trying to organise a day trip to Petra. Can anyone recommend a local tour company who could organise a private tour for us (2 people)? Also, I have seen one from Jordan Sinai Hotels and Tours which looks pretty good and reasonably priced ...
Petra
The ancient city of Petra is, in my opinion, overrated. It's cool for the amount of buildings carved into caves and the sheer size of some of the buildings, but there is a lot of walking and if not for the historical aspect (which I don't know, but I hear there is one), it probably wouldn't be worth the admission ...
Posted in Overland for 8 Months by chrisvasil
Jordan day 2
About to embark on the day I was most looking forward to for this trip. Seeing Petra. Lonely ...
Posted in Israel, Egypt, Jordan? by NYCgirl
Indiana Jones and the Lazy Horse
Petra is an amazing place, a huge city of tombs, temples, a thearte, cave dwellings, sacred high places - all in a vast surreal landscape of sandstone outcrops and narrow siqs (gorges) and wadis (dry ...
Posted in Adventure Points by rachndave