By four in the afternoon the Siq begins to empty. The light turns the sandstone from pink to deep rust, the souvenir stalls pack up, and the Treasury stands almost alone. This is the hour Petra feels less like an attraction and more like a city you stumbled into.
A two-day ticket costs only a few dinars more than a one-day pass and changes the whole experience. Spend the first day walking the main trail slowly, then return early the second morning for the Monastery climb before the heat arrives.
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