Sharm El-Sheikh Trip Overview
Full day tour to travel through the night to Mount Sinai to climb the mountain at night to see sunrise from atop Moses’ Mountain. Descent after dawn to visit one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world, St. Catherine, built around the site of the Burning Bush.
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Duration: 14 hours
Starts: Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Full day tour to travel through the night to Mount Sinai to climb the mountain at night to see sunrise from atop Moses’ Mountain. Descent after dawn to visit one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world, St. Catherine, built around the site of the Burning Bush.
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Stop At: Mount Sinai, Saint Catherine 46512 Egypt
Enjoy an amazing early sunrise over the monastery.We start in the evening, driving for 3 hours to the monastery and the mountain. We start climbing the mountain at 01:00 with our guide. We can enjoy looking at the stars while waiting for the sunrise. After the sunrise we climb down the mountain to visit the monastery of St. Catherine and we will be back around noon.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: St. Catherine’s Monastery, At the Foot of Mount Horeb, Saint Catherine Egypt
Visit the Moses Mount and Monastery of Saint Catherine which is considered one of the most famous monasteries in the world and also it’s one of the oldest monasteries of Christianity. It’s located in heart of Sinai Peninsula at a height of 1570 meters in the place where according to the tradition Moses saw the bush on fire which didn’t burn up .The Monastery is Orthodox and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The monastery dates back to the age of the emperor Justinian 6th century. It was the same time of building enclosure wall surrounding the monastery right now but the monastery was named Saint Catherine at the beginning of the 11th century in honor of saint Catherine, one of the earliest Alexandria Christians martyrs. It contains several monuments like the burning bush seen by Moses, and the remarkable Icons Gallery.
Duration: 1 hour
