Itineraries
Where to stay
Tourism Street by the Visitor Center for walking to the gate at opening time; Wadi Musa town for more hotel choice; Al Baidha camps near Little Petra for desert evenings.
The areas: Tourism Street, by the Visitor Center, Wadi Musa town, Al Baidha, near Little Petra.
Where to stay in Petra: areas and adviceHotels in PetraPlaces to see
All things to do in JordanFoodAmmarin Bedouin CampA Bedouin-owned camp in Al Baidha serving clay-oven dinners with music and stargazing.Entry: Book ahead
RuinsBeidha Neolithic VillageOne of the first settled farming villages, with reconstructed round houses near Little Petra.Entry: JOD[fee]
RuinsColonnaded StreetThe paved Roman main street of the city center, running past the Great Temple to the Temenos Gate.Entry: Petra ticket
RuinsGreat TemplePetra's largest building, a temple complex of 7,560 square meters with two open-air precincts.Entry: Petra ticket
RuinsHigh Place of SacrificeA Nabataean open-air altar on a summit, with views over Petra, Wadi Musa and Aaron's tomb.Entry: Petra ticket
NatureLawrence's Spring, Wadi RumA spring (Ain Shellaleh) below the cliffs of Jabal Rum, a regular stop on desert tours.Entry: On 4x4 desert tours
RuinsLittle Petra (Siq al-Barid)A caravan stop north of Petra, entered through a narrow cleft, with carved halls, cisterns and a painted ceiling.Entry: JOD[fee]
RuinsNabataean Temple, Wadi RumThe remains of a Nabataean temple in Wadi Rum village, on the Jordan Trail.Entry: In Wadi Rum village
RuinsPetra by NightA candlelit walk through the Siq to the Treasury, with light and sound, on Sunday to Thursday evenings.Entry: Separate evening ticket
FoodPetra KitchenAn evening cooking class on Tourism Street where you cook and eat a traditional Jordanian meal.Entry: Book a class
MuseumPetra MuseumFive halls of finds from Petra by the main gate, open every day until the evening.Entry: Free to visit
RuinsPetra TheaterA theater hewn from the rock in the early 1st century AD that once seated up to 6,000.Entry: Petra ticket
TransportPetra Visitor CenterThe main gate to Petra in Wadi Musa, where you buy tickets, book licensed guides and pick up maps.Entry: Free to visit
RuinsQasr al-BintPetra's main freestanding temple, 23 m high, where the main trail ends and the Monastery climb begins.Entry: Petra ticket
RuinsRoyal TombsFour grand tombs on Khubtha Mountain: the Urn, Silk, Corinthian and Palace tombs.Entry: Petra ticket
FoodThe Basin restaurantA restaurant inside the ancient city by Qasr al-Bint, at the foot of the Monastery trail.Entry: Pay as you go
RuinsThe Monastery (Ad-Deir)A facade nearly 47 m wide and 48 m high, reached by about 800 rock-cut steps above the city.Entry: Petra ticket
NatureThe SiqA narrow natural gorge just over 1 km long, the dramatic main way into Petra.Entry: Petra ticket
RuinsThe Treasury (Al-Khazneh)Petra's 39.5 m rock-cut tomb facade, the first monument you see as you leave the Siq.Entry: Petra ticket
NatureWadi Rum Protected AreaA UNESCO-listed desert of sandstone mountains and sand valleys, explored by 4x4 from the visitor center.Entry: Included in the Jordan Pass