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hippodrome, partially reconstructed. Wander
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through this amazing site and marvel at on our way to Petra. We’ll also stop for a
the Zeus Temple, Oval Plaza, and splendid
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avenues and plazas lined with graceful
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colonnades. included dinner at our hotel.

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through fertile green hills lined with olive
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Saracen castle. Built in the late twelfth Day 6 Explore Petra
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Reached through a towering narrow canyon,
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the city is carved into the solid red sandstone
guests of local residents for dinner in their
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home and a personal glimpse of Jordanian life.
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Petra’s massive Treasury, with its portico and
pillars, was the storeroom for the Queen of
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King’s Highway
For more than 2,000 years, the name Petra
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was just a mysterious sound, a name in dusty
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documents. Only the local Bedouin people
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last 5,000 years. The route is scenic, and
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dotted with picturesque villages and historic
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
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