Jordan Guide
Petra and around
Arrival
The Petra Visitor Centre (daily 6am–10pm; 
03 215 6020, 
www.petrapark.com ), 50m from the gate, is the main office for information, with efficient, helpful staff. Core hours are 7am–6pm (4pm in winter). Inside is also a shop for books, maps and souvenirs (same times).
Plans are in place to completely reorganize the whole way that visitors experience Petra. There will be separate ticketing for each of seven marked trails: you choose in advance which trails you wish to follow and purchase tickets for those routes at the Visitor Centre. The Turkmaniyya road, behind the Basin restaurant, will be consolidated – enabling visitors to be driven out of the site, rather than facing the long walk back to the gate.