Lodging Description: LOCATED ON A HILLSIDE AT 1400 METER ALTITUDE, WITH SPECTACULAR VIEW OVER THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY. 10 MINUTES FROM THE ENTRANCE OF CITY OF PETRA, THE CAPITAL OF ANCIENT NABATEANS IS A WORLD TREASURE. PETRA IS A MARRIAGE OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE WONDERS ON AN AWSOME SCALE. AN ENTIRE CITY WAS CARVED OUT OF THE HIGHLY-COLORED MOUNTAINS SOME 2000 YEARS AGO BY A SEMITIC PEOPLE FROM NORTHERN ARABIA. THE NABATEANS CREATED AN EMPIRE BASED ON TRADING PRECIOUS INCENSE & PERFUMES,AN EMPIRE SO RICH IT INSPIRED THE ENVY OF MIGHTY ROME WHICH ULTIMATELY CONQUERED IT.LONG BEFORE THE NABATEANS, THE PETRA AREA WAS INHABITED BY STONE AGE PEOPLE AT NEARBY BEIDA AND WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL OF THE BIBLICAL KINGDOM OF EDOM.