St. Catherine Monastery Tours from Sharm El Sheikh Marina

 

 

St. Catherine Monastery Tours from Sharm El Sheikh Marina

One of the best things to do from Sharm El Sheikh is to travel to Moses Mountain and St. Catherine Monastery. Experience St. Catherine Tours from Sharm El Sheikh Port to visit St Catherine Monastery, which is among the oldest monasteries in the world, as well as to climb the sacred mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God.

 

Visit St. Catherine Monastery and ascend Moses Mountain to begin your tour. With St. Catherine Tours from Sharm El Sheikh Port, enjoy the sunrise atop the holy mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. Afterward, visit St. Catherine Monastery, which is regarded as one of the oldest monasteries in the entire world and was constructed between 548 and 565 AD on the emperor Justinian's orders and dedicated to St. Catherine.

 

Today, the Monastery of St. Catherine is a significant Sinai site with magnificent multicultural artwork, Greek and Russian icons, marbles, Arab mosaics, a big illuminated text, and oil paintings. The library in the monastery is the biggest and most significant of its kind in the entire world. It has a massive collection of 4,500 manuscripts, mostly in Greek but also in Arabic, Coptic, Syriac, Slavonic, and other languages. Along with manuscripts, the Library has a sizable collection of printed books. Approximately 5,000 of these are out-of-print editions, some of which go back to the early days of printing. Be ready to be astounded by St. Catherine Monastery's splendor.

aint Catherine Monastery Tour From Sharm El Sheikh Port:
Tour will start by collecting you from Sharm El Sheikh port where you will meet our tour representative holding a sign with your names, transfer by private A/C modern van , it is about 220 Km from Sharm port to arrive Saint Catherine monastery, tour usually start at 7:00 am, and you return back to your cruise at Sharm port at 15:00 PM.
You will be accompanied by a private tour guide speaking English language, he will take you to visit the eldest Christian monastery still in use in all the world, Saint Catherine monastery is located between Catherine mountain an Moses mountains in Sinai, it lies directly on the same site of the Holy burning bush, Saint Catherine monastery contains a library rich of very old icons and manuscripts ( not for visitors ), and this library is the second one after the Vatican library,
on your way back to Sharm port, you will stop at Dahab to enjoy your lunch meal, shopping tour if you like to visit Egyptian markets, back to to your cruise ship at Sharm port

Inclusions

- Pick up service from Sharm port by our tour Rep
- All Transfers between Sharm port & Saint Catherine monastery by modern A/C van
- Private English speaking tour guide
- Lunch meal at local restaurant in Dahab
- Mineral water onboard, not in restaurant
- Entrance fees to Saint Catherine monastery
- All the taxis for Sharm port tour to Saint Catherine

Exclusions

- Tipping ( not obligatory but recommended )
- Beverages not mentioned in our tour itinerary
- Any thing not mentioned in our tour Itinerary from Sharm port to Catherine monastery

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