Local guides like Intrepid Travel‘s are experts on the ancient Lost City of Petra, and some of Petra’s best hikes come preplanned into the travel company’s eight-day Trek Jordan itinerary ...

Visiting Petra, one of the most complex and awe-inspiring wonders of the world, is no small feat. Here’s what to know before you go.

As one of the Seven Wonders of the World, I’ve wanted to visit Petra since I was 10–this after Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade put the canyon-cut “Rose City” ruins on the map.

Travel Petra, Jordan’s famous city of stone, faces a preservation struggle. May 26, 2012. The trail to the High Place of Sacrifice, an open-air altar where the Nabateans ritually slaughtered ...

Start at Qasr al-Bint Temple at the edge of Petra's central city ruins, from where a rough trail trundles up the cliff of Al-Habees, weaving its way around the hill. Hidden from the hubbub of the ...

(MORE: Five Reasons to Visit Aqaba) 1 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK Burckhardt’s approach to Petra was along the Siq, a narrow canyon that is today part of a 3-km path to the city.

Travelers can visit Petra, Jordan, and the surrounding resort area of Aqaba and the Dead Sea on points and miles, including American AAdvantage miles.

For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ends here. But Petra has much more to offer, including more than 600 stone facades and an intriguing list of clues about its ...