Virtual tour of the Petra ruins with Street View

Discover the beautiful Petra without moving from home with Google Street View.

Who has never dreamed before the beautiful City of Petr ? Its fantastic ruins are, again today, considered one of the 7 Wonders of the World, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Older than 2000 years, the ruins of Petra in Jordan have always fascinated tourists. Today, and although far away, it is still possible to visit this sumptuous site while staying at home.

Petra the secret

From the first glance, Petra in Jordan offers a landscape that is immediately printed in all memories. It raises questions, fascination, hypotheses: how a prosperous city that had up to 25,000 inhabitants, which was an important market for eight centuries was able to disappear from day to day and then reappear at the beginning of the 19th century thanks to a Swiss exploration?

Located in the Edom Mountain Valley, Petra was a crossroads of roads for caravans between Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia. There were luxury products, spices, silk, pearls of the Red Sea or incense from Arabia.

Today, there is obviously nothing left of all this but the city has lost nothing of its superb, majesty.

A titanium project

virtual visit of the ruins of Petra now enters the catalogue of sites photographed and cartographed in three dimensions by Google Street View , the application of Google. Afterwards temples of Angkor , the Great Coral Barrier or the round Burj Khalifa , it is therefore Petra who enjoys a technological highlight accessible to all.

Each shot was carried out by a person who was on foot and had the famous trekker, this backpack surmounted by a blue ball full of lenses in order to photograph 360° landscapes. It took between 4 and 5 days of intense exploration to film and map the treasures of the secret city of Petra.

Now you can, thanks to Google and its virtual tour of Petra, discover a metropolis erected more than 2000 years ago by the Nabateans, this same city highlighted through memorable films as Indiana Jones and the last Crusade , Back to Momie or Lawrence of Arabia .

Samuel Brown

I'm Samuel Brown, an enthusiastic explorer forever in search of the extraordinary. Life's journey is my ultimate muse, teeming with captivating moments, from hiking through pristine landscapes to immersing myself in diverse cultures. Each destination has its own unique story, and I'm here to share those stories with you. Through my narratives, I aspire to ignite your wanderlust, offering insights, tips, and the sheer thrill of discovery. Join me on this remarkable odyssey, as we uncover the world's hidden gems and create cherished memories that define our shared adventure.

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