A short walk up from the restaurants and museum, the excavations show some very well perserved-or restaured-mosaics. Worth the small detour, and from there you can continue to the Royal Tombs.

On a Jordan trip you can get a bit "mosaiced out", however, this you gotta see. Also, you can be en route for lunch at the Bedouin Quick Bite, so, why not?

quite a walk to get to the church from the entrance but worthwhile to see the mosaic tiles and excavation. Approx. 2 hours from the beginning (obviously allowing for stopping and taking pictures along the way)

Nice walk up a hill after The Royal Tombs & Streets of Facades & pleasantly surprised of finding an ancient church in decent condition, with restoration work being done. It was also eye-opening to discover the rocks all around the hill was part of the church complex destroyed by earthquakes.

The Byzantine Period in Petra is rather overshadowed by the Roman era remains, and so I almost missed this church. I'm glad I didn't - the 5th and 6th C mosaics are remarkably well preserved, and well worth seeing by anyone with even a casual interest in church history.

Petra is rich with history and the ruins of this church are just another example. You can find better preserved and more stunning mosaics most anywhere, but are they in the middle of a huge outdoor ruin which comprises elements from many different cultures across a broad span of time? That I think is what makes these cool. The hike... More

If you are unable to visit the other places famed for the mosaics do not worry but make sure you take the diversion within Petra city to reach the church and the recently unearthed mosaics they are amazing and easy to view and photograph.

A ways into the city of Petra is the Church, with some well-preserved mosaics. Interesting and unique addition to the overall site

We arrived just as some workmen were finishing working on the mosaics in the aisles of the church. They were exquisite. The man working on them took the trouble to show us what they were doing and explain the art of restoration to us.