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Witness / Attend in PetraJO
The Nabataean rock-cut city and Jordan's crown: the Siq, the Treasury, and high places carved into rose sandstone, walkable by day and candlelit by night.
Scheduled and sanctioned by Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority.
Dates & details verified against: Regional tourism board ↗
Why here
Petra by Night is one of travel's canonical night rituals: walking the 1.2km Siq by the light of some 2,000 candles to find Al-Khazneh, the Treasury, glowing at the canyon's end. It has run since 1998 and was relaunched in May 2025 with projection mapping and narration layered over the original candlelit walk. It is the only sanctioned way to be inside Petra after dark, and it changes the scale of the place: the crowds thin to a seated hush below the facade, and the canyon walls do the rest. Pair it with a full day inside the site, because the ticket requires one anyway.
Best months
Runs weekly on Sunday through Thursday nights, 20:30 to about 22:30 (schedule has changed before; recheck on the official Visit Petra site). Spring and autumn nights are ideal; winter risks cold and rain cancellations, summer nights are pleasant. 30 JOD on site, and a valid Petra day ticket or Jordan Pass is required.
Getting there & around
Base in Wadi Musa, the town at the gate. Tickets are sold on site, not online; carry your day ticket or Jordan Pass. The walk is 1.2km each way on gravel in the dark.
Skill levels: beginner
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Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority
OrganizerThe government authority that administers the Petra Archaeological Park and stages Petra by Night, the candlelit Siq walk to the Treasury.