Map of Petra Site
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 |
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| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
