点评:Most amazing place to visit. The scale and condition of Petra is beyond expectation. We walked the entire route from the Siq Canyon entrance through the main colonnade and up the 800 steps (not difficult) to the Monastery in late October and it was perfect. It’s a 20km, 25,000+ step day so you need to be in relatively good condition. One point to note is choose your official guide carefully and check before entering. Official guides are supposed to walk you in through the Siq Canyon, past the Treasury and to the Theatre as a minimum. Our appointed guide (Basil) was unfit, stopped frequently to rest or chat to other guides, gave minimal info and stopped at the Treasury, told us nothing and sent us to the viewpoint and then said his job was done. We had a fabulous day despite Basil and other guides could be seen with visitors as far as the basin, just check before where they take you avoid Basil!
One tip is that you can start at Little Petra. Walk through Little Petra, at the end is a short staircase that leads to a flat 6km picturesque walk to the Monastery. From here you walk down into Petra (avoiding the climb) and through Petra to the Treasury and out through the Siq Canyon. We don’t do this but it’s recommended for folks who don’t want to climb to the monastery or walk in / out via the same route.
翻译:最值得一游的绝美之地。佩特拉的规模与保存状况都超出了预期。十月底时,我们从西克峡谷入口出发,沿着主柱廊行走,再登上800级台阶(并不难),最终抵达修道院,整个过程堪称完美。这一天我们走了20公里,爬了25,000多级台阶,因此体能状况需相对良好才行。有一点需要注意:务必慎重挑选官方导游,并在进入前确认相关事宜。按照规定,官方导游应带领游客从西克峡谷进入。至少要走到宝库那里,再前往剧场。我们指定的导游(巴兹尔)很不称职:他动不动就停下来休息,或者和其他导游闲聊;提供的讲解信息也少得可怜。他只在宝库处停了一下,什么也没解释就让我们去观景台,然后声称自己的任务完成了。尽管有巴兹尔这么个不称职的导游,我们还是度过了愉快的一天;实际上,能看到其他导游带着游客一直走到水池边。所以出发前务必确认一下导游会带你们去哪里,千万别选巴兹尔!
有个小建议:可以从小佩特拉开始游览。先步行穿过小佩特拉。尽头处有一段短楼梯,顺着它可踏上一条平坦且风景如画的6公里长步行道,直达修道院。从那里可以下到佩特拉古城(省去了爬升的辛苦),穿过古城后便能抵达“宝库”,再经由锡克峡谷离开。我们并未选择这条路线,但对于那些不想爬山去修道院,也不想从原路往返的人来说,这条路线倒是值得推荐。