It is the great jewel that you can discover in a trip to Jordan, and the great attraction that brings millions of tourists to said Middle Eastern country.
Petra, la lost City, ancient capital of the Nabataean civilization, has its great center of tourist attention in the treasure, whose image you will have seen hundreds of times.
But one Petra's visit It is much more than seeing the majestic Nabataean tomb known as the treasure. It is a great experience that you will need more than one day to fully enjoy.
You will start the visit in the current Petra town, and after a slight descent along a wide path that will take you to the rocky conglomerate that historically hid the access to the known as lost City.
From there you will enter the incredible and deep Siq Gorge of Petra, deep gorge resulting from an earthquake.
This surprising kilometer and a half walk will end in a very narrow passageway before which the Treasure of Petra, long-awaited focal point of your visit.
But you still have a long way to go. Wadi Musa, the valley that opens and whose rocky mountains extend hundreds of ancient nabataean tombs, from the most majestic royal tombs, even the simplest ones.
After going through the Roman theater of Petra, you will reach the opposite entrance to this enclosure walking along the Roman Way of the Columns, and passing through the remains of the arch of trajan.
In short, an incredible enclave where you can do several hiking trails.
Photos of Petra
Below you have a photographic walk through this impressive archaeological site in Jordan, with the best photos of Petra, a new incentive to encourage you to visit it.
In Wadi Rum we stayed at Oasis Desert Camp, it was recommended to us from Petra. We didn't know any and we took advice. Then I saw another couple of them and realized that we were in the shabbiest and dirtiest of Wadi Rum, Haimas with blankets full of dust, dirty and smelly toilets, and two showers for the entire camp. It would be the cheapest without a doubt, but because of the difference it is not worth staying here. Even those in the desert posts discredited him. The owner is a very commercial guy and we didn't have any problems with him.