Travel Reference
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Drinking & Entertainment
There's not a lot to do in the evening, other than take a bath in the hammam and plan your
next day in Petra. Some hotels organise DVDs or other entertainment, but only when there
are enough takers.
Cave Bar
( 2156266; beer/cocktails JD6.500/4.500; 4pm-11pm; )
You can't come to Petra
and miss the oldest bar in the world. Occupying a 2000-year-old Nabataean rock tomb,
this blue-lit Petra hot spot has been known to stay open until 4am on busy summer nights.
Sit among the spirits, alcoholic or otherwise, and you'll soon get a flavour of Petra you
hadn't bargained on (including the 26% tax and service charge!). The menu includes deli-
cious comfort food such as potato wedges and fish and chips that you may feel you've
earned after a day's exercise in Petra. Don't be put off by the loud music at the entrance:
the noise stops there. The restaurant and bar is next to the entrance to Petra Guest House,
behind Petra Visitor Centre.
BAR
Al-Maqa'ad Bar
BAR
( 2157111; beer from JD2.500; 4-11pm)
The Mövenpick Hotel bar has a superb
Moroccan-style interior with carved wooden grills and a chandelier: it's worth having a
cocktail just to enjoy the ambience. The ice-cream specials are unforgettable and worth
the 26% tax and service charge.
Wranglers Pub
( 2156723; beer JD3-5; 2pm-midnight)
The Petra Palace Hotel runs this sociable
bar, decorated with assorted local memorabilia.
BAR
Shopping
There are many souvenir shops near the entrance to Petra and ad hoc stalls run by local
Bedouin inside Petra. Throughout Wadi Musa you'll see craftsmen patiently pouring col-
oured sand into glass bottles; they will write your name if you give them time. Top-end
hotels sell good-quality handicrafts. Ask for Umm Raami's concession inside Petra where
