The Carved Theatre

Petra's Carved Theatre, cut directly into the cliff face just past the Treasury, seated around 8,000 spectators — its tiers, orchestra and skene all hewn from living rock by the Nabataeans, later adapted by the Romans.

The view from its upper rows is spectacular. Travellers who hire car & driver in Jordan rest here in the shade, and full package tours to Jordan include it on every first-day route.