:: Beida means white in Arabic, the area got this name from the white rock around it and it's around 10 km. to the north of Petra. Little Petra was inhabited by the

Nabateans and has lots of tombs, water containers and channels, it has a small path the leads to some of the inside area, Siq Al Bared, the scale of this area and the fact that it is a continuation of Petra gave it the name of little Petra.

  :: Entrance is free of charge, and it closes at around 05:00 P.M in, one of the house carved in the mountain there are the remains of a fresco, you can still see the leaves and birds painted on plaster covering the ceiling of the room is easy to find, it is on the left side and has cement stairs leading to it, ten minutes walk from the entrance, between the fields that are still cultivated, is the Neolithic settlement of Beida that is one of the first human history, it has some houses built from stone in a shape of a circle, before humans figured out that a that square house is more practical. Close to the area is Bedouin Camp with a small bed Bedouin museum.