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Things to do in Petra

The rose-red Nabataean city at Wadi Musa: the Siq, the Treasury, the Monastery's 800 steps, Little Petra and evenings by candlelight.

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Ammarin Bedouin Camp

A Bedouin-owned camp in Al Baidha serving clay-oven dinners with music and stargazing.Entry: Book ahead
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Beidha Neolithic Village

One of the first settled farming villages, with reconstructed round houses near Little Petra.Entry: JOD[fee]Search tickets and tours on Klook
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Colonnaded Street

The paved Roman main street of the city center, running past the Great Temple to the Temenos Gate.Entry: Petra ticketSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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Great Temple

Petra's largest building, a temple complex of 7,560 square meters with two open-air precincts.Entry: Petra ticketSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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High Place of Sacrifice

A Nabataean open-air altar on a summit, with views over Petra, Wadi Musa and Aaron's tomb.Entry: Petra ticketSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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Lawrence's Spring, Wadi Rum

A spring (Ain Shellaleh) below the cliffs of Jabal Rum, a regular stop on desert tours.Entry: On 4x4 desert toursSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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Little 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]Search tickets and tours on Klook
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Nabataean Temple, Wadi Rum

The remains of a Nabataean temple in Wadi Rum village, on the Jordan Trail.Entry: In Wadi Rum villageSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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Petra by Night

A candlelit walk through the Siq to the Treasury, with light and sound, on Sunday to Thursday evenings.Entry: Separate evening ticketSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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Petra Kitchen

An evening cooking class on Tourism Street where you cook and eat a traditional Jordanian meal.Entry: Book a class
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Petra Museum

Five halls of finds from Petra by the main gate, open every day until the evening.Entry: Free to visitSearch tours on Klook
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Petra Theater

A theater hewn from the rock in the early 1st century AD that once seated up to 6,000.Entry: Petra ticketSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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Qasr al-Bint

Petra's main freestanding temple, 23 m high, where the main trail ends and the Monastery climb begins.Entry: Petra ticketSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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Royal Tombs

Four grand tombs on Khubtha Mountain: the Urn, Silk, Corinthian and Palace tombs.Entry: Petra ticketSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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The Basin restaurant

A restaurant inside the ancient city by Qasr al-Bint, at the foot of the Monastery trail.Entry: Pay as you go
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The 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 ticketSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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The Siq

A narrow natural gorge just over 1 km long, the dramatic main way into Petra.Entry: Petra ticketSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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The Treasury (Al-Khazneh)

Petra's 39.5 m rock-cut tomb facade, the first monument you see as you leave the Siq.Entry: Petra ticketSearch tickets and tours on Klook
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Wadi Rum Protected Area

A UNESCO-listed desert of sandstone mountains and sand valleys, explored by 4x4 from the visitor center.Entry: Included in the Jordan PassSearch tickets and tours on Klook

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