Travel guide Petra

To go to Petra by your own means, you need a plane ticket, whose price will be interesting as long as you take it in advance. A flight from Paris to Amman (4h30 with a direct connection) costs between 500 and 800 €, but it is quite possible to find tickets around 350 €. Then, 3 hours by cab or 3h30 by bus or minibus (for a small fee) from Amman will take you to Wadi Musa, 3 km from the site of Petra, where you will have taken care to book your accommodation in advance.

Being a highly touristic place, Petra knows many specialists offering tailor-made or "all-inclusive" trips including flight, transportation from Amman (the Jordanian capital, in the north) or from Aqaba (in the south) to Petra, accommodation and access rights to the site. If you have more time, it is also possible to add to the visit of Petra a trip to Wadi Rum (the neighboring desert), to Aqaba and the Red Sea, to the Kings' Road and the Dead Sea, or even to Amman.

In addition to the bus or the cab that we take to reach Petra, on the spot, it is on foot that we move. The 3 km that separates the village of Wadi Musa from the site of Petra can be done easily in the morning, when the heat is not yet too much felt, but may seem more difficult after a long day of walking. You can either hire a cab or take the shuttle bus from the hotel where you are staying. In Petra, one can also travel by camel or horse.