Petra back door hike

On the way up to Ad Deir you pass a ticket control - but there is no ticket sale. So you have to buy your ticket at the Petra Visitor Center, and if you have a Jordan Pass, you have to stamp it there.

Distances:
- Total distance of the hike from Siq al-Barid over the Neolithic village, up to the Ad Deir Plateau, down to the center of Petra and through the Siq to the Petra Visitor Center = approx. 13 km
- Entrance of Siq al-Barid to Ad Deir (monastery) = 7 km
- Entrance of Siq al-Barid to Neolithic village = 800 m
- Neolithic village to ticket control = approx. 3 km
- Ticket control to Ad Deir = approx. 3 km, you walk 1.5, up to 2 hours (incl. breaks)

From the entrance of Siq al-Barid to the Neolithic village it is 800 m on a flat road. Continue through Wadi Siq al-Ghurab in a south-westerly direction until you reach an elevation with a single mountain in front of you after about 1200 m [map]. Pass this hill on the left for about 200 m in southern direction, then turn right in front of the rock and go up to the plateau [map]. Stay on the way in southeastern direction, and pass the three rocks. Immediately after them, at the fork in the road, turn right in direction south, and go 450 m to the end of the deep, dry river valley with steep banks [map]. Once you have passed it, head southwest, where you will soon see a sign and, on the hill, the Ticket Control House, which is about 800 m away [map]. From here, it is easier to find the rest of the way to the beginning of the stairs, although it is hardly signposted.