Petra in Jordan

Petra in Jordan – the legacy of the Nabateans and never to be forgotten place

 

Petra in Jordan is considered the most well known and gorgeous location situated about 262 kms, South of Amman and about 133 kms in the North of Aqaba. Mainly, this city is the legacy of the ancient ancestors who were the Nabateans settled in the southern part of Jordan nearly 2000 years ago. This place is admired for its rich culture, heritage , massive architecture and resourceful complex of water channels and dams. Every day many tourists visit this place and enjoy every moment on the streets, near the rocky mountains and in the desert.

 

Interesting sights after every kilometer

 

The Ancient City of Petra, Jordan gestures the visitor to unfold ancient monument and building for every kilometer as the city unfolds the beautiful carved front walls, monasteries, buildings, tombs, funerary halls, domed gateways, temples, baths and colonnaded streets which are mostly carved from the sandstone with their artistic and technical genius of the ancient age. This makes every tourist and a reader understand that it was the creativity and industry of the Nabateans which made Petra as their capital years ago.

 

Sights to view at dawn and dusk

 

Every tourist and archeologists find The Ancient City of Petra, Jordan a breathtaking and never to be forgotten location. Every scene of the landscape is best to view in early morning and mid noon, and mainly the Redstone mountains which change their color when the sun warms them and gives multicolor which is an amazing and fantastic view. Definitely, you are going to stare at it continuously without blinking your eyes. Every tourists clicks pictures of this view as they get to see it only in visits to Petra and not elsewhere.

Most of the Hollywood directors desire this location as the best outdoor shooting location for action and adventurous scenes in their movies.