Petra is perhaps one of Jordan's most famous attractions, lost to the world for centuries, it is an entire city carved in stone over 2000 years ago and was once the thriving capital of the Nabataean Kingdom that established itself as the centre of trade between the ancient East and West.

Petra is now a UNESCO world heritage site and it is a truly enchanting place. The site is accessed by walking through a long narrow gorge called a siq which leads to Petra's most famous monument the Treasury. Petra is strewn with hundreds of buildings, tombs, temples and colonnaded streets - as well an open air theatre, an enormous 1st century Monastery and a museum, all of which can be explored at leisure.