Petra
Petra is considered the most famous and gorgeous site in Jordan located about 262 km south of
Amman and 133 km north of Aqaba. It is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled
in southern Jordan more than 2000 years ago.
Petra is the treasure of ancient world, hidden behind an almost impenetrable barrier of rugged mountains,
boasting incomparable scenes that make it the most majestic and imposing ancient site still-standing nowadays.
It has been said "perhaps there is nothing in the world that resembles it", actually, for sure, there is nothing
in the world that resembles it. The rock-carved rose-red city of Petra is full of mysterious charm, it was "designed
to strike wonder into all who entered it".
The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was discovered by Swiss explorer
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was famously described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a
Newdigate prize-winning sonnet by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most
precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage.
