Petra Tour From Taba by Ferry Boat

Sun Pyramids Tours representative will pick you up from your hotel in Taba via a moderrn air-coditioned vehicle to Taba port,

taking a ferry boat to Aqaba port, where you are met and assisted by our representative to be transferred directly to Petra is situated about 3 hours south of Amman, 1 hour north of Aqaba.

Petra is surrounded by towering hills of rust-colored sandstone which gave the city some natural protection against invaders. In Petra,

you see the wonderful red rose rock city, the city of the Nabateans, the lost city (all carved in the mountains) riding horse to the Siq (canyon), the natural crack in the rocks to the Roman Theatre, Royal Tombs, the Roman colonnaded street,

Al-Khazneh is one of the most elaborate temples in Petra, a city of the Nabatean Kingdom inhabited by the Arabs in ancient times. As with most of the other buildings in this ancient town, including the Monastery (Arabic: Ad Deir), this structure was carved out of a sandstone rock face.

Ad Deir, also spelled ad-Dayr and el-Deir, is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. The Deir was probably carved out of the rock in the mid-first century CE.

Qasr Al-Bent and then the archaeological museum. Lunch, then back to Aqaba city for a short city tour and free time for shopping. After your day tour you will sail back to Taba port then you will be transferred to your hotel in Taba.

The Obelisk Tomb was constructed in the first century BCE in Petra. It is an elaborate two story tomb carved from the solid rock. Its facade is an elaborate mixture of Egyptian, Greek, Indian and Nabataean architectural styles. Obelisk Tomb is towered by four obelisks and hence it got its name.