Petra - Wadi RumTour from Dead Sea or Amman

Departure from Amman or Dead Sea .day tour dedicated to Petra, the pink city. Geology is in the origin and effect of the red city, completely carved from soft sandstone. Man, this here for ten thousand years has finished giving its present appearance to the site. There are nearly 800 monuments dotting Petra about 100 km2. Eighth wonder of the world and declared world heritage site by UNESCO is the most famous site in Jordan and the Middle East. You will pass through the Siq, narrow and long fault caused an earthquake prehistoric earth. At the end of the Siq, appears suddenly, the most majestic monument of Petra, "Al Khazneh" or the "Treasury" in the Greco-Roman decor. What a dazzling display of beauty ... Beyond the Treasury, there are hundreds of carved buildings, temples, royal tombs, baths, doors, arched, paved streets and especially the Roman theater of 3000 seats about. You will pass through the Roman Cardo and visit the "Qasr El Bint," the only temple still standing and in remarkable state of preservation. Lunch at the onsite restaurant. In the afternoon, ascent to Mount El Deir admires the masterpiece of the site, "the Monastery" . then continue the toor to wadi rum.If Petra is the result of work of the combined man than nature; cliffs, peaks and valleys of the Wadi Rum should only themselves their serene beauty and overwhelming size as T. E. Lawrence. This desolate site was in fact one of the highlights of the Great Arab Revolt, magnified by director David Lean in one of the most impressive scenes in the film Lawrence of Arabia