You are here:
  1. Homepage
  2. »
  3. Jordan
  4. »
  5. Aqaba
  6. » Al Bayda
Jordan Flag Icon

Al Bayda Destination Guide

Explore Al Bayda in Jordan

Al Bayda in the region of Aqaba is a town in Jordan - some 112 mi or ( 181 km ) South of Amman , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Al Bayda

Current time in Al Bayda is now 06:07 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Amman " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Damascus, Umm Sawwanah, Adhruh, Shammakh, and At Tayyibah. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Damascus . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Al Bayda ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Petra

5:50 min by Ryan Lewis
Views: 86515 Rating: 4.86

Travel video over Petra, Jordan. The Rose-red City. ..

Coffee in the desert in Petra, Jordan - Lonely Planet travel video

1:34 min by LonelyPlanet
Views: 6617 Rating: 4.87

Visit www.lonelyplanet.com for more information about Jordan. Lonely Planet Traveller magazine photographer Mark Read visits the iconic ancient city of Petra in Jordan, and films a coffee-making ritua ..


Petra Centre

2:22 min by globekarter
Views: 1480 Rating: 5.00

Looking around in the centre of the old Nabatean city Petra in Jordan. ..

Petra, Jordan

0:50 min by kzoo3
Views: 1035 Rating: 0.00

The Treasury at Petra 18 July 2007 ..


Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners.


Interesting facts about this location

Vaux Moise

Vaux Moise, also Li Vaux Moise (The Valley of Moses) is a small crusader castle close to Wadi Musa in Jordan). It was founded by Baldwin I of Jerusalem as an outpost of the larger crusader castle at Montreal.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 30.33 35.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Castles in Jordan, Crusader castles

Ad Deir

Ad Deir is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. Built by the Nabataeans in the 1st century and measuring 50 metres wide by approximately 45 meters high, architecturally the Monastery is an example of the Nabatean Classical style. It is the second most visited building in Petra after Al Khazneh. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:30|20|16|N|35|25|52|E|region:JO_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki |primary |name= }}

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 30.34 35.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Monuments and memorials in Jordan, Nabataean sites in Jordan, Rock cut architecture

Al Khazneh

"The Treasury" redirects here, for other uses see The Treasury (disambiguation) Al Khazneh is one of the most elaborate temples in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. As with most of the other buildings in this ancient town, including the Monastery, this structure was also carved out of a sandstone rock face. It has classical Greek-influenced architecture, and it is a popular tourist attraction.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 30.32 35.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Arabic architecture, Archaeological sites in Jordan, Buildings and structures in Jordan, Petra, Rock cut architecture, Tourism in Jordan

Wadi Musa

Wadi Musa, ("وادي موسى" in Arabic, translated as "Valley of Moses"), is the name of a town located in the Ma'an Governorate in southern Jordan east of Petra at latitude 30.317N and longitude 35.483E. It is the nearest town to the archaeological site of Petra and hosts many hotels and restaurants for tourists visiting this place. Approximately 2 kilometers from the main town, there is an important Bedouin settlement.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 30.32 35.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Ma'an Governorate

Mount Hor

Mount Hor is the name given in the Old Testament to two distinct mountains. One is in the Land of Edom on the East shore of the Dead Sea (currently, the country of Jordan), the other by the Mediterranean Sea at the Northern border of the Land of Israel.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 30.32 35.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Hebrew Bible mountains