One-day excursion to Petra , Jordan, gives an opportunity to see the most famous and popular tourist attractions of the country - giant red rocks and carved into them temples, monasteries and crypts, forming the legendary " Pink City ".

Petra - one of the greatest creations of mankind, since 2007 is included in the list of "New Seven Wonders of the World". The city is regularly held tours and you can go here almost from any city in Jordan.

This huge complex in height and length is an ancient complex - unique in its kind. Right in the rocks, the Nabaytians cut down Petra, an industrious Arab tribe that settled in the gorge more than two thousand years ago and turned this place into a strategically important center at the intersection of trade routes connecting India, China, the southern Arab states with Egypt, Rome, Greece and Syria. It was here that the Great Silk Road passed and long caravans carried spices to the west.

The excursion to Petra begins with a road laid along the narrow gorge Sik, the length of which is more than a kilometer. Walking along the gorge can be called with certainty a separate adventure: on both sides of the road towering rocks, amazing imagination with their unusual color and outlines.

A stunning view of the palace treasury - the palace of Al-Khazna - opens at the end of the gorge. Carved into the rock massive facade - with anything incomparable sight, awe awed. It's no wonder that you feel like a dwarf in front of an ancient structure of 43 meters high.

This palace in Petra was built at the dawn of the first century AD for the Nabatean ruler - as the royal tomb. And in our days this building embodies the genius of the engineering thought of the ancient people, which created a unique monument of architecture, without which it is impossible to imagine a trip to Jordan.

During the excursion to Petra you will learn many other interesting facts about the ancient city and you will see grandiose architectural monuments that have no analogues in the world.