Farewell to TUI's Marella Celebration on a cruise with a treasure trove of ancient wonders
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mirror.co.ukNature wows you first with the deep, curving drama of the Siq – a mile-long gorge in Jordan formed when a tectonic rift split a mountain in two.
Then man does his best. And what a best it is. Because as you near the end of the gorge you get a first tantalising glimpse of the Treasury, the main sight of Petra, the country’s fabled rose red city.
A city that was lost to the outside world for a thousand years until a Swiss explorer stumbled on it in 1812. And it merits every superlative you can throw at it.
After that epic walk through the gorge (anywhere else it would be a tourist attraction in its own right) the first view of the Treasury, hewn from the pink sandstone, leaves you slack- jawed with wonder, thinking: “How the heck did they do
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