These caves are their homes ... Enjoy your journey through Petra, Jordan's enchanting landscapes and rich history!

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In the heart of Jordan, there is a cave city captivating travellers from all over the world. Petra, the “pink city,” is a gateway to a vanished civilisation, a testament to human ingenuity in ...

Mohammad is slowly roasting Arabic coffee beans over a fire. As he pulls the pan from the flame and begins to grind the beans by hand, another local Bedouin shepherd Ameen explains to me how the ...

The Jordan Tourism Board (JTB), in collaboration with the Jordanian embassy in London, has organised a series of workshops in London and Cambridge to promote Jordan as a leading destination for ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location had been a closely guarded secret for centuries. Known as Ed Deir—the Monastery—this building ...

Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the ...