Located 140 miles 225 kilometers from amman petra once dominated the trade routes of ancient arabia pass by little petra the nabateans carvan stop before heading to the main city your visit to this hauntingly beautiful place begins with a walk through the siq a narrow path that was once the main entrance to the city an impressively long deep and narrow gorge of stunning natural beauty the siq is hemmed in by cliffs soaring up to 263 feet 80 meters and measures three quarters of a m