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Inside
the city of Petra |
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Shopping: |
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Petra there are lots of places on the main tourist route selling
souvenirs, post cards, books and publications about Petra, sand
bottles made with the colored sand of Petra with your name inside,
films, cigarettes, water, drinks, cold and hot, food, simple
to bbq. these places are run by the bedouins
and vary in size and variety of products, prices are more expensive
than outside petra in a shop because of the trouble they go
through to provide the products inside, a bottle of water is
one J.D. while in a shop in Wadi Musa its 0.30 J.D. |
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Maani |
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Toilets: |
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are five toilets inside Petra, one is opposite to the theater,
and 4 around and in the museum in the central area. Toilets
are more or less clean, and they close at 6:00 pm. |
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Museums: |
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| There are
two museums in Petra, "the old one", carved by the Nabataeans
in the Habis mountain and having a very nice view, it has some
nice things to see and "the new one" just downstairs from the
old one, it is bigger with more variety of pieces, it has one
of the most beautiful sculptures of the ancient world, the goddess
with the writing that translates to "the goddess of hayan the
son of nibt". Lots of the Nabataean pieces from all the museums
of Jordan are being exhibited now in Washington D.C. so you
will miss seeing some of the most beautiful sculptures in history,
they will stay away for a while, so check them out if you happen
to be there, or visit the websie about the exhibition www.amnh.org/exhibitions/petra.
The museums work from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. everyday, holydays
and fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Tuesday is off. |
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Local
transportation: |
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Animals
owned by the bedouins
work in petra to help their owners and the visitors, the government
had organized and distributed the areas of activity. Horses:
between the entrance at the visitors center and the entrance
to the Siq, the distance is 800 m. and its a nice walk down,
you might appreciate more the ride on the way back, the charge
is not fixed but its somewhere around 2 J.D. carriages:
driven by a horse and allowed inside the Petra, from one end
of the Siq to the other its 10 J.D. and could fit for two
people. Camels and donkeys inside Petra, they
can take you almost anywhere, donkeys are more specialized
in climbing! |
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The
Bdouls: Bedouins, born in Petra, they used to live in Petra untill moved to the Badouin village, now they work inside the ancient city... More |
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