Short tours Petra, Wadi Rum or Dead Sea Petra (Greek “πέτρα”
(petra), meaning rock; Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ) is a
historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate
of Ma’an that is known for its rock cut architecture and water
conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC
as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan
as well as its most visited tourism attraction. It lies on the
slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the
eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running
from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra has been a UNESCO
World Heritage Site since 1985 Wadi Rum (Arabic: وادي رم) also
known as The Valley of the Moon (Arabic: وادي القمر) is a valley
cut into the sandstone and granite rock in south Jordan at 60 km
to the east of Aqaba. It is the largest wadi in Jordan. The name
Rum most likely comes from an Aramaic root meaning ‘high’ or
‘elevated’. To reflect its proper Arabic pronunciation,
archaeologists transcr