Aquaba Nuweiba ferry sails at 11 am in the morning

Lake Timsa is one possibility. Another is Nuweiba, on the Gulf of Aqaba.

Hi

Took us( a family of 4) about 7 hours .

we went wrong around Suez.Cost us around 50 minutes lost time

didnt stop and drove it through the night.

you have to keep alert for vehicles with no lights on

It depends where you are in Egypt.

1) You can fly to Amman from Cairo and then from Amman take a bus to Petra.

2) If you are on the Sinai peninsula, take the ferry from Nuweiba to Aqaba and then catch a public bus to Petra. You can also take a taxi.

Please see related links for timetables and fares.

At first look, the Meditteranean sea borders all of the countries. Travel blogs recommend going either way. As a crow flies, the direction would be generally north or south. From Egypt, you would first take a ferry across the Aqaba Gulf between Jordan's Aqaba and Egypt's Nuweiba near the Sinai Peninsula. After that, the route becomes problematic as you would travel to Lebanon and then get a boat from Beirut to Cypress and then on to Turkey. Border passage and available transportation in wartorn areas would, in the end, make it better to fly there. There may be cruise ships or freighters in the area.