Petra Silk Road Hotel

... .  This is where the workmen lived and where caravans stopped to rest up and buy food and water before continuing on the Silk Road.  In addition to roads at ground level, most commuted to Petra via roads cut through the mountains and carved into ...

... in describing their hotel. Then the bargaining begins... We are staying right near the entrance to the park at the Silk Road Hotel, and couldn't be happier with the room or the water temperature and pressure in the shower! For new years we ...

... and was great to get some photos with no one around. The high place of sacrifice gave a stunning view over all of Petra. I can't imagine brining animals (and possibly humans) up here to be sacrificed but apparently they used to do that. We also went to ...

... to come to the middle east and not one of us even get on a camel and what could be more perfect than riding a camel in Petra ( hawkers aside!). The camel price started at 15JD ( Jordanian Dinars - roughly same exchange as euro) each, so about £10.00 the ...

Now a little historical perspective about Petra:  the Nabataeans built Petra in the 3rd century BC.  The Nabateans controlled silk, frankincense, and spice trade routes between northern Arabia and the Roman Empire to southern Arabia and the sea ...