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Petra Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see The Siq The Siq Allen Irish If you are in Jordan, Petra is more than likely at the top of your priority list. Carved into the side of the Wadi Musa Canyon centuries ago by the Nabataeans, Petra's solid red sandstone buildings are unlike anything you have ever seen before. In 1985, UNESCO recognized this ancient city as a World Heritage Site. In July 2007 , Petra became one of the new 7 world wonders. Tourists visiting the ancient Nabataean city of Petra , desiring an audio guide can enjoy an audio guided tour utilizing the state of the art audio tour guide service; Easyguide. Major hotels can rent you a portable Easyguide for commentary in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. Easyguide is also available as a mobile phone service on all Jordanian mobile phone networks, a map is needed to use this service and can be found in all hotels in Petra . The Siq, a narrow gorge, leads you to the temples, tombs and other buildings. As you walk through the Siq (you can also rent a donkey, camel, or horse), you never expect what is coming next. Then you take a turn and 'bang'. .. it's there: between the walls of the canyon, you catch a glimpse of the most impressive red sandstone building you have ever seen. This is what is known as the Treasury. It's so big that it's difficult to capture a good photograph of it from so close. In any case, pictures fail to capture its awe-inspiring quality, and the best way to appreciate it is to see it in person. Candlelit tours into Petra were introduced twice a week in the Fall of 2004 as an experiment. Check with your hotel to see if the night tours are running during your visit, and if so, make sure not to miss this spectacle, as it is sure to be one of the most impressive sights you have ever seen. After the initial shock of seeing the first temple, there is a large area with many similar temples, tombs and other magnificent constructions. Of particular interest is the Roman Theater, so named when the Romans expanded Petra's theater during their occupation of the city, and the Royal Tombs. You will need a full day to see everything, but the hike to the Monastery and the High Place of Sacrifice is well worth the trouble. The best way to visit is by foot. You will need lots of water and you should protect yourself against the sun. It is in the middle of the desert, after all. Petra is less than 200 km south of Amman. It is also possible to see Petra on the way from Amman to Aqaba, and you may visit Petra as a daytrip, but you are sure to miss a lot of things. A visit here can (and should) be combined with a stay in Wadi Rum, a stunning desert valley located about one hour south of Petra. The town of Petra has a wide variety of hotels to fit any budget, and tours can easily be arranged from Amman, Aquaba, Cairo, or most any red sea resort town as well. (It would be nice if this included information on how to reach Petra, and nearby hotels/hostels for travellers.) Part or or all of this text stems from the original article at: http://www.easyinfojo.com/about%20easyguide.html ________Sights Edit This Map of Petra along with pictures ond numbers of sites Map of Petra along with pictures ond numbers of sites created by easyinfo-jordan "To have it as one of the new seven wounders of the world is excellent, but to have it come as number two is marvellous." This is what founder of the Petra Travel and Tourism Company Nasser Kawar said when he heard the news that the city of Petra had won an exeeding number of the 100 million votes to select the new seven wounders of the world. Many are yet to fathom what the vote would mean. But the initial reaction from inbound tour operators in Amman is that "it is great news for Jordan, especially, the tourism sector which is already witnessing a boom, says the Executive Director of the Jordan Inbound Tourism Association ((JITOA) Ahmad El Bashiti. Much internanational tourism--from the Far East to the Far West, from North to South--are likely to be flocking to Petra just to see why it was chosen as one of the seven wounders of the world. "Many are totally mesmirized by the outcome of the vote, and many in Jordan never though that Petra would make especially in the face of such constructions as the Eiffal Tower in Paris, the Acropolis in Greece and the Kremlin in Moscow," said one tourism observor. However, many say the vote shows that people still respect traditions, cultures and civilizations rooted in antiquity, for this is what Petra is, and the same goes for the Great China Wall which came as number 1 (again to the great surprise of many. Jordanians, especially the Ministry of Tourism, the Jordan Tourism Board, inbound tour operators and others must now capitalize on the new win, they must plan well ahead for the expected influx of international tourists, they need to put the programs as well as packages, to make sure that with new quests for commercialism there is a need for control, to protect sites, preservertion and heritage. Petra is a true wonderment for everyone to see.