Wadi Musa History and Culture

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  • Photo of Petra Wadi Musa

    Petra Wadi Musa

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    813 reviews 189 travel blogs 1599 photos
    Distance: 7463.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jan 11, 2012 Astounding!! The long walk in is full of interesting sights and the first view of the Treasury is breathtaking. The extent of ...
    • Aug 30, 2011 Petra is included as one of the seven wonders in the world. As historically said that it was the lost city where the ancestor ...
    • Mar 19, 2005 ... passed out. The next day while discovering the wonders of Petra the two Americans, two Dutchmen, two Japanese, a ...
    • Sep 18, 2010 ... a 3 hour transfer from Amman, we arrive in Wadi Musa. Wadi Musa is the town built beside Petra, one of the 7 wonders. Petra ...

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  • Photo of The Treasury (al-Khazna) Wadi Musa

    The Treasury (al-Khazna) Wadi Musa

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    228 reviews 79 travel blogs 167 photos
    Distance: 7463.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Sep 18, 2010 ... similar to the Treasury, but the Monastery is wide whereas the Treasury is narrower but taller. After fueling up, we hit the ...
    • Apr 20, 2005 ... , like everybody who visits here, were totally blown away by the Treasury, carved 40m high from pink rock 2000 years ago... ...
    • Apr 7, 2008 ... patterns and columns and statues carved directly from the rock. After the Treasury, which was more likely a tomb of a ...
    • Nov 16, 2005 ... you see a spectacular towering carved wall of rock known as the treasury. The road continues to various tombs, temples and a ...

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  • Photo of Monastery (Al Dayr) Wadi Musa

    Monastery (Al Dayr) Wadi Musa

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    187 reviews 50 travel blogs 135 photos
    Distance: 7463.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Sep 18, 2010 ... stuff. After a 3 hour transfer from Amman, we arrive in Wadi Musa. Wadi Musa is the town built beside Petra, one of the 7 ...
    • Apr 7, 2008 ... a tomb of a king, Petra opened into a wider canyonland of Wadi Musa, surrounded by High Places of sacrifice and worship for ...
    • Nov 16, 2005 ... picked up the truck in Petra.) We've been awoken each day in Wadi Musa by roosters - at 2:30 am! Crazy, mixed-up birds. ...
    • Jul 6, 2007 On the 5th and 6th we were in Wadi Musa seeing the ruins of Petra. Petra was very interesting too.  We had a two ...

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  • Photo of Byzantine Church Wadi Musa

    Byzantine Church Wadi Musa

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    18 reviews 5 travel blogs 3 photos
    Distance: 7463.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jul 15, 2008 ... that is still (mostly standing), and walked up to the Byzantine Church.  There are some amazing mosaics in here (even ...
    • Mar 18, 2010 ... home. On the second day we went to the Royal Tombs, the Byzantine church and the High Place of Sacrifice. While at the Royal ...
    • Apr 25, 2009 ... the monastary. Also originally a tomb but later used as a byzantine church. The monastary is also fairly well ...
    • Jun 8, 2010 ... still a few last things in Petra I would like to see (the Byzantine Church, the Great Temple and the Royal Tombs), I decide ...

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  • Photo of High Place of Sacrifice Wadi Musa

    High Place of Sacrifice Wadi Musa

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    75 reviews 16 travel blogs 43 photos
    Distance: 7463.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jul 17, 2008 ... the cistern, the garden, and the entrance to the High Place of Sacrifice.  It's a very unique building in Petra, and ...
    • Mar 20, 2010 ... the Treasury (the famous photo) and the high place of sacrifice offered an impressive view of the area. ...
    • Nov 2, 2007 ... not once got bored. I took in some hikes to 'The High Place of Sacrifice', 'El-Dier' (The Monastary) and, probably the best ...
    • Mar 18, 2010 ... went to the Royal Tombs, the Byzantine church and the High Place of Sacrifice. While at the Royal Tombs dad decided to ...

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  • Photo of Street of Facades Wadi Musa

    Street of Facades Wadi Musa

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    18 reviews 7 travel blogs 14 photos
    Distance: 7463.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
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    • Jul 16, 2008 ... we had a sweeping view of the ruined city or the Street of Facades.  At one point a herd of goats came scuttling down ...
    • Jul 15, 2008 ... treasure would fall out. From here we passed up the street of facades, where smaller tombs were cut into the rock in an ...
    • Feb 8, 2009 ... Getting tired by now, we enjoyed looking at the street of Facades and the theatre, then back through the Siq and the ...
    • Dec 12, 2007 ... highlight of Petra. We OOOed and AAAed past the Street of Facades, the theater, the Royal Tombs, the colonnaded street, ...

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  • Photo of The Petra Kitchen Wadi Musa

    The Petra Kitchen Wadi Musa

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    48 reviews
    Distance: 7120 miles from city center
    Category: Education Sites and Libraries

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  • Photo of Shobak Castle Wadi Musa

    Shobak Castle Wadi Musa

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    44 reviews 4 travel blogs 10 photos
    Distance: 7463.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Mar 1, 2010 ... us and take us on to the nature reserve. Too easy. Shobak castle (or what little remains) is a rather uninspiring crusader ...
    • Jan 25, 2010 ... a cone, less than an hour north of Petra the impressive Shobak Crusader Castle could be seen through the fog as the driver ...
    • Mar 14, 2009 ... Today, we got up early and visited the remains of Shobak castle, which was build by the crusaders. Unlike the bigger and ...
    • Aug 18, 2010 ... by Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem as an outpost of Montreal (Shobak) castle.  It was abandoned in 1189, the last ...

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  • Photo of Al-Beidha Wadi Musa

    Al-Beidha Wadi Musa

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    3 reviews 1 travel blog
    Distance: 7463.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Aug 18, 2010 ... not see anyone until we got to Little Petra.  Little Petra (Al Beidha) is not far from Petra, but is not easily seen ...
  • Photo of High Place via Wadi Farasa Wadi Musa

    High Place via Wadi Farasa Wadi Musa

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    13 reviews
    Distance: 7463.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites