Michael Tyler

Here’s a map of Petra.

If you are visiting the site, I suggest you print this map out. They didn’t have any in English when I visited.

Map of Petra
1 Djin Blocks	10 Corinthian Tomb	19 Qasr Al-Bint	28 High Palace of Sacrifice
2 Obelisk Tomb	11 Palace Tomb	20 Unfinished Tomb	29 Lion Monument
3 Al-Siq	12 Sextus Florentinus Tomb	21 Al-Habees Museum	30 Garden Temple Complex
4 The Treasury	13 House of Dorotheos	22 Petra Archeological Museum	31 Triclinium
5 Street of Facades	14 The Nymphaeum	23 Lion Triclinium	32 Renaissance Tomb
6 The Theater	15 Colonnaded Street	24 Al-Deir – The Monastery	33 Broken Pediment Tomb
7 Aneisho Tomb	16 Byzantine Church	25 Turkmanian Tomb	34 Roman Soldier Tomb
8 Urn Tomb	17 Winged Lion Temple	26 Conway Tower	35 Snake Monument
9 Silk Tomb	18 The Arched Gate	27 Moghar Annassara	36 Crusader Fort

Main Sites

Here’s the best of the main sites from Petra, Jordan.

You’ve got refreshments along the way, so don’t worry too much about water.

Obelisk Tomb

Once 7 metres tall. Standing at the entrance caves to Al-siq.

Obelisk Tomb

AL-Siq

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Name for the channel running through the mountain. Used to carry irrigation pipes and there is evidence of the Nabateans building and harnessing water through a number of dams as you pass through.

 
Entrance to Al-siq

Al-siq

Al-Khazneh or ‘the treasury’

Named the treasury as Bedouins believed there was ancient treasure buried in the urn’s which decorate adornments.

Bedouin settlers have routinely taken pot-shots at trying to release the treasure they believed was within. Although that was not possible,  the site is actually a tomb.

 
The ‘treasury’ Petra

Palace Tombs

A large number of tombs on the south-west face of the Siq mountain.

Probably the largest and most spectacular site in Petra when viewed from the opposite hill, the Palace Tombs are a tribute to the opulence of the nobles who built them.

Standing around 40-metres high they can be easily reached, and there are Bedouin stalls along the way to get refreshments, mint tea, sit down for five minutes.

Palace tombs

Outside palace tombs

Inside palace tombs

Colonnaded Street

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Passing the Amphitheatre, you’ll  reach this the colonnaded street. On the left you have the remains of a Greco-roman style walkway leads from the Amphitheatre up to the site of the Temple, currently being excavated by Browns university.

On the right is the old river with a number of channels leading into it.

At the base of the Colonnaded Street you have the museums and restaurants.

Route to Crown Plaza buffet

If you want a cheap buffet, I recommend the Crown Plaza. KML

The Bedouins will try and sell you stuff. It’s up to you what you buy.