Crowne Plaza Petra

... and bringing it back to life with its vibrant colours.  It was pitch dark by the time we made our way to the Crowne Plaza Petra.  Our hotel being located right next to the entrance of Petra's famous "siq" had its advantages.  This meant no ...

... we made it to the bottom and decided to have lunch. There were three places to go but chose the buffet which was part of the Crowne Plaza. The meal was 10JD. It was a buffet with salad, meat on the grill, salads, hot beef in gravey, potaotes and deserts. ...

... block wide arch 20 metres above the admiring tourists. After walking around this, we head across the main dry water channel to the Crowne Plaza restaurant for a look. We don't want a full buffet, and there is nothing else, so we sit in the shade outside ...

... a bedouin headress to keep warm and I had sand in my hair eyes and ears. We had lunch in a lovely restaurant run by the Crowne Plaza hotel and after that inspected the small museum. Then we set about walking back. James had left us to ourselves and we ...

... more importantly, we were getting hungry. There were two options: The Bedouin Tent Restaurant, which was outside in a tent (duh!) or the Crowne Plaza buffet, which was in or out. We picked the more expensive buffet, and a good call it was! James and ...

... across the flat to the ?Palace?, the only freestanding building left standing after earthquakes damaged much of the site. By the palace is a Crowne Plaza restaurant! we're ready for lunch as it's about 3pm. It's a buffet with BBQ chicken and we make the ...

... being seated in the motor coach, Michel and I at the front as usual, the bus driver exited the driveway of the Crowne Plaza Petra hotel en route to our next destination, Shobak! Being early in the morning, the traffic was scarce along the King's Highway ...

... back to our hotel just before sunset. Luckily for us, once we exited the Siq, we were within walking distance of the Crowne's Plaza because as time went by, each step taken proved to be heavier and heavier. Passing along several stands of merchants ...

... to do whatever we pleased. As Michel and I separated from the group in order to explore on our own this gigantic ancient city of Petra, we knew exactly where we were heading.  We knew exactly what we wanted to do and the challenge awaiting us as we ...

Dear Blog, As I stepped out of the Siq and walked towards the most famous ruin in Petra, I was dwarfed by this towering, breathtaking structure that must have been more than 500 feet high. With the beaming light of the sun igniting its red-rose coloured ...

... stood glowing under the warm sunlight while casting a shadow on its red-rose coloured mountain side. Being the largest monument in Petra, here I was finally standing in front of it, this very impressive Monastery, so huge and beautifully carved into the ...

... can see on either side where the rocks must have originally fit together.  It is also thought that at one time Petra was completely underwater as there are recognisable fossils of fish on the canyon walls. The Treasury, which is the most ...

... the evidence of people living in them such as smoke stains on the ceilings. We also walked up one of the steep hills surrounding the Petra site which houses the Monastery on top.  It is very similar in size and design to the Treasury and is almost as ...