One Day Trip To Petra From Cairo Via Sharm Elshikh
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Dec-02-2011
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Petra, the world wonder, is without a doubt Jordan’s most valuable treasure and greatest tourist attraction.It is a vast, unique city, carved into the sheer rock face by the Nabataeans,
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Petra meaning rockis a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans,The site remained unknown to the Western world until 1812, when it was introduced by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate Prize-winning poem by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage".[4] Petra was chosen by the BBC as one of "the 40 places you have to see before you die".
it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourist attraction.It lies on the slope of Mount Hor in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.
Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.
The Petra Day Trip and Travel from Cairo is a very inclusive and multifaceted tour,beginning with an air conditioned transfer from your hotel
in Cairo to Hotel in SSH, where you will embark on a sightseeing tour of Jordan. You will head out from Taba Heights Marina on a boat to Aqaba
for Meet & Assist.Then on to Petra, the Red Rose Rock City, Nabateans, and the Lost City before horse back riding through Petra for a closer look
at Siq with its statues, carvings, 2,000 year old treasury,and The Archeological Museum. Lunch, and then spend free time shopping before re-boarding
the ferry back to Taba.Then transfer to the Hotel in SSH,for shower and dinner,then transfer back from Hotel to Cairo.
Tour Includes
*Pick up services from your hotel and return.
*One night in Hotel 4* in SSH.
*Day use in Hotel 4* in SSH.
*All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle.
*Private Egyptologist guide.
*Lunch in a restaurant with open buffet (Fish, Chicken,and Beef).
*Entrance fees to all the mentioned sites.
*Mineral water on board the vehicle during the tour.
*All service charges & taxes.
Tour Excludes
*Personal expenses.
*Any extras not mentioned above.
*Tips.
For reservation you can contact us by this mail:
booking@oneskytoursegypt.com
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For more information you can visit us by these links:
http://www.oneskytoursegypt.com/Excursions/Egypt-Cairo/Petra-Trip/
http://www.oneskytoursegypt.com/
For reservation you can contact us by this mail:
booking@oneskytoursegypt.com
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