Little Petra

About 12 miles from Petra is an area called "Little Petra". Like Petra, it is accessed by a narrow siq. It has few "structures" & was passed through by most silk road caravans on their way to Petra where they would request permission to enter Petra & probably pay tribute to the Nabatean kings.
There are 2 major structures in Little Petra - the most impressive being the banquet hall shown in above pic. This is the only Nabatean structure with preserved Nabatean frescoes - really impressive. Other structure in Little Petra are primarily lesser banquet rooms & cisterns. There are no known tombs here.