Grand View Resort Petra Wadi Musa

Having not planned to cross the middle east every day is a complete surprise. We were given a set of maps by a Welsh couple travelling south which they had marked some comments. This has been a god send as we really have no idea where to stay or what to see. For starters the county is extremely mountainous, who would have thought.

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Unfortunately there's a fairly common theme on this trip that if you want to see the monuments and sites without too many people around you have to get up early. We had almost a full day of walking around Petra today, so you guessed it, we were up early to beat the crowds. We set off at around 7am from our hotel, which is right on the edge of th...

En toda Jordania, y quiza en todo Oriente Proximo no hay conjunto monumental tan impresionante como Petra. Esta ciudad fue la capital de los nabateos, un pueblo arabe nomada del siglo II a.C. Olvidada durante mil aņos, no fue redescubierta hasta 1812 por el explorador suizo Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, me hubirera gustado verle la cara al verla. La...

Am I in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris or at St. Mark's Square in Venice? No no, these neverending crowds of tourists are found in Petra, the most famous tourist site in Jordan. Many obese Americans, screaming (and drunk?) Russians, tons of Asians and add some stiff Germans to the flavour- here you got the disgusting tourist mix disguised as...

A 6am start to get ready to leave for 720. There was a lot of industriousness from the hotel staff - cleaning and polishing - and then it became known that the official opening of the resort was to take place today with the King himself cutting the ribbon. And I wasn't going to be there! I'm sure he'll cope.

Our bus wasn't redeeming itse...

What an exhausting day. I would suggest if you go to Jordan, you MUST see Petra. However, go in the afternoon and be sure to spend the night. You want to see this place in the cool breeze of the morning. Also, it is beautiful at night and you can buy a 2 day pass for 5 JAD more. The entry fee is 21JAD for one day and 26 for 2 days. Our day start...

Bedouinen de gekste!!

We zijn net van Dana naar Wadi Musa gelift, omdat het natuurlijk weer eens vrijdag is.. Twee goedbedoelende arabieren probeerden ons voor 20 JD een louche auto aan te smeren, dus vluchtten we naar een stel Britten, die ons uit medelijden heeeelemaal naar de autoweg brachten, vanwaar we in 4 voertuigen en 1 kop thee z...

Well this morning after a wonderful sunrise that lite up the desert like a golden sea we packed up our gear had some breakfast and we back in the Jeeps heading out of the Wadi Rum area. Once back at the gates we boarded our bus for one of the most anticipated places for the whole trip, Petra! After about an hour on the bus we stopped and had a l...

Wenn irgend jemand nach Jordanien kommt, dann muss er einfach dorthin; manche kommen sogar nur aus diesem einen Grund: Petra. Petra ist eine ueber 2000 Jahre alte Felsenstadt, errichtet hauptsaechlich waehrend des 1. Jahrhunderts von den Nabataeern, mit vielen Einfluessen aus Ost (Persien) und West (Rom). Fast alle Gebaeude sind nicht freistehen...

We were underwhelmed by the town of Wadi Musa. Perhaps it was the 1* hotel 'Cleopetra' we had booked (and paid for in advance) - Maddie says the name should have been a red flag.  In a moment of frugality I had booked this hotel based on reviews that described it as a little shabby but the owner/manager was very gregarious, funny, and helpful. W...