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Petra
picture courtesy Atlas Tours
Some two hours distance South of Amman is Jordan's most famous and spectacular site. This ancient city carved out of the face of its surrounding mountains has mystified and excited people for thousands of years. After your drive with great views of the mountains you actually descend into them and leave your vehicle in an area surrounded with activity. If you've signed with a tour, you will / should be provided with a nice placid horse or donkey, and a guide or two to lead you. You ride through caverns hundreds of feet tall and at times only a few feet wide for some time until up ahead you glimpse, through a narrow slit in the rock face, an incredible sight: built into the rock face in front of you is an ornate and wonderfully decorated building façade called the Khasneh, and you have arrived finally at Petra. You will undoubtedly take all day to
explore Petra's area, with its amazing building facades, its ancient
caves and its massive Roman style theater (not to mention the bracelet
and jewelry sellers) you can't go wrong with a side trip here. As a general rule: avoid the "camel rides" offered by the fellows in front of the Khasneh but the ones outside the canyon seem to be a bit more reliable.
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