The resonably priced 3-star Petra Palace Hotel |
King Hussein and King Abdullah II at the entrance to Petra |
Petra entry fee schedule |
Luckily, there is nothing like this inside Petra itself |
Map of Petra |
The road from the Visitor's Center to the Siq |
Djinn Blocks, Petra |
The Djinn Blocks were built by the Nabateans |
Riders and the Obelisk Tomb, 1st C. BC |
Petra is riddled with caves |
Petra looks a bit like Utah |
The entrance to the 1.2 km long Siq, a narrow cleft formed by the moutain splitting |
Many of Petras carvings are very worn |
Inside the narrow Siq |
As-Siq, Petra |
Freestanding carved building in the Siq |
Inside the Siq |
Water channel along the Siq |
Part of the Roman road through the Siq |
Siq |
Finally at the end of the Siq, the famous Treasury |
Siq and Treasury |
A little after 9 am, the facade will be fully illuminated |
The end of the Siq |
Inside the Treasury, built as the tomb of Nabataean King Aretas III |
Side doorway in the treasury |
Jordanian guard at the Treasury, Petra |
Doorway to the Treasury |
Treasury facade, still half in shadow |
Carved horse and man, Treasury |
The Arabic name is Al-Khazneh |
Treasury, Petra |
Treasury detail |
The cover photo from Lonely Planet Jordan |
Treasury from the Siq |
Treasury |
Treasury |
Petra taxi |
Treasury (Al-Khazneh) Petra |
Treasury |
Treasury |
Passage from the Treasury to the rest of Petra |
The Street of Facades, Petra |
A minor tomb, Petra |
Most of the carved buildings in Petra have simple interiors |
Mostly free-standing Tomb 70 |
Necropolis, Petra |
3 Bedouin girls at Petra |
The beginning of the climb to the High Place of Sacrifice |
Locals offer their donkeys to take tourists up to the High Place of Sacrafice |
Young Jordanian man at Petra |
The Theatre, Petra |
Climbing to the High Place of Sacrifice |
Interesting stone formations, Petra |
Steps to the High Place of Sacrifice |
High Place of Sacrifice (Al-Madbah) |
High Place of Sacrifice |
Altar at the High Place of Sacrifice |
Altar at the High Place of Sacrifice |
Jebel Haroun, the Biblical Mount Hor, where Moses's brother Aaron is said to be buried |
View from the High Place of Sacrifice |
Tombs at the base of Jabal Haroun, Petra |
Looking across at a distant side view of the Monestary on the other side of Petra |
View of "downtown" Petra from the High Place of Sacrifice |
Highland Taxi, Petra |
High Place of Sacrifice |
From the High Place of Sacrifice, you can descend by an alternate route via Wadi Farasa |
The trail through Wadi al-Farasa |
Donkey on the trial in Petra |
Wadi Farasa |
Lion Monument |
Garden Temple, Petra |
Donkeys descending steep stairs |
Garden Tomb, Petra |
Garden Tomb |
Roman Soldier's Tomb |
Soldier's Tomb |
Inside the Soldier's Tomb |
Soldiers Tomb from inside the Garden Triclinium |
Decorated interior of the Garden Triclinium |
Decorated interior of the Garden Triclinium |
Columns, Wadi Farasa |
Local girl in Petra |
Renaissance Tomb, 2nd C. AD |
Big bug, Petra |
Wadi al-Farasa, Petra |
More Petra tombs from Wadi al-Farasa |
Pharoun Column |
Start of the trail to the Snake Monument and Jabal Haroun |
Trail to the Snake Monument and Jabal Haroun |
Petra Great Temple Complex, Nabataean, 1st C. BC |
Columns near the Great Temple |
Petra Great Temple |
Petra Great Temple |
Fallen column, Petra Great Temple |
East Colonnade, Petra Great Temple |
Floor stones, Lower Temenos, Petra Great Temple |
Columns, Petra Great Temple |
Petra Great Temple to Royal Tombs |
Temenos Gateway towards Qasr al-Bint |
Temenos Gateway |
Temenos Gateway |
Temenos Gateway |
Donkey driver |
Camel, Petra |
Antiquities Department, Petra Museum |
Petra Museum, Jordan |
Petra Museum |
There are 2 restaurants in the center of Petra |
Petra has amazing stone colors |
On the trail to the Monestary, Petra |
On the trail to the Monestary, Petra |
Multicolored stone, Petra |
Friendly local girl, Petra, Jordan |
Girl on the trail to the Monestary |
The Monestary, Petra |
The Monestary - Al-Deir, Petra |
Inside the Monestary |
The Monestary dates from the 3rd C. AD |
The Monestary built as a Nabataean temple |
Arabic coffee pot at the Monestary |
Monestary - Al-Deir |
Monestary - Al-Deir |
The trail continues past the Monestary to a viewpoint of Wadi Musa |
The Monestary |
Wadi Musa viewpoint, Petra |
Wadi Musa viewpoint |
Wadi Musa viewpoint |
The mountain above the Monastery |
Boy selling Petra rocks at the Monastery |
He doesn't go to school |
The Monastery, Petra |
Making music by the Monastery |
The Monastery |
There's a tourist on top of The Monastery |
The Monastery |
The Monastery |
The Monastery, Petra |
The Monastery, Petra |
Tea shop in a cave across from the Monastery |
The Monastery - Al-Deir, Petra |
The Monastery |
The Monastery |
Boy with a donkey, Petra |
Descending from the Monastery |
Narrowing of the Monastery trail |
Lion Tomb, Petra |
Local bedouin, Petra |
Persistant saleswoman, Petra |
Petra |
Returning past the Great Temple |
Great Temple, Petra |
Mosaics in the Byzantine Petra Church |
Mosaics in the Byzantine Petra Church |
Petra Church |
Petra Church |
Mosaics in the Byzantine Petra Church |
Mosaics in the Byzantine Petra Church |
Petra Church |
Petra Church |
Petra Church |
Petra Dog |
Royal Tombs and Petra Dog |
The Royal Tombs, Petra |
The Royal Tombs, Petra |
Bedouin woman in Petra |
Royal Tombs, Petra |
Royal Tombs, Petra |
Colorful rock, Petra |
Royal Tombs, Petra |
Royal Tombs, Petra |
The Palace Monument, 2nd C. AD |
Corintian Tomb, Petra |
Royal Tombs, Petra |
Silk Tomb, Petra |
Entry to one of the Royal Tombs |
Silk Tomb |
Climbing to the Urn Tomb, Petra |
Urn Tomb, Petra |
Inside the Urn Tomb, Petra |
Petra |
Royal Tombs, Petra |
Royal Tombs, Petra |
Royal Tombs, Petra |
Urn Tomb, Petra |
Entrance to the Theatre, Petra |
Sunset fast approaching |
Royal Tombs, Petra |
Royal Tombs, Petra |
Back full circle to the Street of Facades |
The Treasury at dusk |
The Treasury at dusk |
The Treasury at dusk |
Heading back up the Siq from the Treasury |
A horse drawn cart entering the Siq |
The Siq |
The Siq with the carved water channels clearly visible |
The Siq |
The Obelisk Tomb, Petra |
Leaving Petra |
After 11 hours exploring Petra, the Cave Bar was a welcome relief |
Cave Bar, 1st Century B.C., run by the Petra Crown Plaza |
Cave Bar, Petra |