Wadi Musa Hotels - Reviews and Rates

The long awaited for visit to Petra is finally here. Seeing Petra at night was amazing but I can't wait to see it during the day. We had breakfast at the hotel. A buffet with all the usual fair exception for one thing... Peanut Butter. I found a jar of PB by the bread section next to the jams and honey.. It was heaven... I could have just have t...

Petra is located 3-4 hours south of Amman so those without a car can take the bus or do what we did and hire a driver. This is where Ahmad and Hassan come back into the picture because we all mobbed down to Petra together for the day and we hired a car. A little ways into the drive we stopped to eat breakfast and to get to-go lunch for inside Pe...

Fortunately for us, Rik and Nicole had hired a car for 6 days so we enjoyed a smooth air-conditioned ride to Petra with Rik at the wheel; a refreshingly safe driver in comparison to the nutty Formula One style Jordanians. As we approached, the desert landscape became noticeably more dramatic with mammoth rocks towering over tiny Bedouin settleme...

Jordan - not cheap but lovely. Petra was a fascinating place to spend two days wandering; we'd have happily spent a third if our feet weren't so tired. Our guesthouse, the Cleopetra Guesthouse in Wadi Musa, was a perfect place to spend the evenings, with a wonderful host.

(This piece is called "The Rose of Jordan" referring to the colour of the rock and how highly prized Petra is to Jordanians, not because it smells so wonderful! Another title I was considering was "Camels, Donkeys and Dust"!) We decided rather than dallying in Amman to hightail it south to see some sights and make our way back to Amman (since we...