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( 2157099; www.labeduinatours.com ) Near the Red Cave Restaurant.
Petra Night Tours
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( 2154010; www.pntours.com ) On the main road to Petra.
TOUR
Zaman Tours & Travel
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( 2157723; www.zamantours.com ) In the same building as the Silk Road Hotel.
TOUR
PETRA BY NIGHT
Like a grumbling camel caravan of snorting, coughing, laughing and farting miscreants, 200 people and one jubil-
antly crying baby make their way down the Siq 'in silence'. Asked to walk in single file behind the leader, break-
away contingents surge ahead to make sure they enjoy the experience 'on their own'. And eventually, sitting in 'rev-
erential awe' outside the Treasury, the collected company show its appreciation of Arabic classical music by light-
ing cigarettes from the paper bag lanterns, chatting energetically, flashing their cameras and audibly farting some
more.
Welcome to public entertainment in the Middle East! If you really want the Siq to yourself, come in the winter, go
at 2pm or take a virtual tour on the internet.
But despite the promotional literature to the contrary, silence and solitude is not what the Petra by NightTour
(adult/child under 10 JD12/free; 8.30pm Mon, Wed & Thu) is all about. What this exceptional and highly mem-
orable tour does give you is the fantastic opportunity to experience one of the most sublime spectacles on earth in
the fever of other people's excitement. Huddles of whispering devotees stare up at the candlelit god blocks, elderly
participants are helped over polished lozenges of paving stones, the sound of a flute wafts along the neck-hairs of
fellow celebrants - this is surely much nearer to the original experience of the ancient city of Petra than walking
through the icy stone corridor alone.
Courses
Petra Kitchen
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COOKING COURSE
 
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