Over day tour to Petra

Itinerary
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Stop At: Cleo Park Sharm Elsheikh, Behind Hilton Sharm Dreams Resort Naama Bay, Sharm El Sheikh 002 Egypt

Meet& assist at the marina transfer by boat to Aqaba, Arrival to the Royal yacht Club where you will meet by our Representatives in Aqaba and assisted with all arrival formalities .After that, the group will be transferred by modern coach to Petra to start a full day tour of city .Once the ancient Nabatean capital, this city has a lot to tell. The visit stars at the visitor's center, where each person is assigned a Bedouin guided horse for the journey to the entrance of the lost city. After passing some tombs which are located outside the city, the visitor passes through the Sight Square , an immense crack in the Nubian sandstone. It is a winding, one-kilometer-long fissure between overhanging cliffs that seem to meet more than 500 feet overhead.

Near the end of the passage, the Sight Square, with great style, makes one last turn and out in towering brightness appears Petra's most impressive monument. El Khazneh – The Treasury . This is one of the most elegant remains of antiquity, carved out of the solid rock from the side of the mountain, is nearly 140 feet high and 90 feet wide.

Beyond el Khazneh the visitor is surrounded on both sidesby hundreds of Petra's carved and built structures, soaring temples, elaborate royal tombs , a carved Roman theater , large and small houses ,burial chambers and much more. The Victorian traveler and poet, Dean Burgon, gave Petra a description which holds to the day –'' Match me such a marvel save in Easter clime, a rose –red city half as old as time.'' After back to Aqaba for departure from Royal Yacht Club with full assistance in departure formalities.

Duration: 1 day