No visit to Sharm El Sheikh would be complete without visiting Saint Catherine is a city in the South Sinai Governorate. It is located at the outskirts of the El Tur Mountains at an elevation of 1,586 m, 120 km away from Nuweiba, visit St Catherine Monastery, Room of the Skulls and Burning Bush, Via Canyon Dahab and St. Catherine Tours, where you get to climb the top of the sacred mountain where Moses has received the Ten Commandments from God, and then you will visit St Catherine Monastery which is considered to be one of the oldest monasteries all over the world, built according to the order of the Emperor Justinian between 548 and 565 AD and dedicated to St. Catherine, be amazed of marvelous color rocks at Colored Canyon Finally meander in Dahab at the Red Sea.
Experience St. Catherine Monastery and Moses Mountain Tour and get to know more about St. Catherine monastery which is located on the high level of Egypt at Sinai, It is landscape is wild, with spectacular icons to monks is made the walls of the monastery breathtaking. Among the monastery’s treasures is a library of ancient manuscripts and icons second only to the Vatican's itself, and a 6th century church reputed to lie directly on the side of the Burning Bush. Quite simply, the monastery is a defining feature of the Holy Land. The Monastery's Library consists of the largest and most important of its type in the world, the library contains a rich collection of 4,500 manuscripts, mainly Greek, but also Arabic, Coptic, Syriac, Slavonic and others. In addition to the manuscripts, the Library contains a considerable number of printed books. About 5,000 of these are old editions, some of which date from the earlier days of the art of printing. Prepare to be blown away by the magnificence of St Catherine Monastery.
Saint Catherine’s monastery is known to be one of the oldest monasteries all over the world; it was constructed on the Sinai Peninsula, between the Gulf of Aqaba, the Gulf of Suez and the Desert of El-Tih in the Sinai. According to the order of the Emperor Justinian between 548 and 565, it has the oldest library in the whole world that include rare books of the Syriac Sinaiticus, when you go there you will find a small city that is surrounding the St. Catherine’s monastery and has swimming pools.
The Monastery of St. Catherine nowadays is an important landmark of Sinai that has amazing multicultural arts, Russian and Greek icons, marbles, Arab mosaics, large illuminated manuscript and oil paintings. It is also constructed around what it thought to be “Moses' Burning Bush”, which has a chapel that was built on the top of it. It also is a legendary Greek Orthodox St. Catherine Monastery.
St Catherine Monastery was also called the Monastery of the Transfiguration, and it has an important and old history, as it was considered to be the oldest working Christian monastery and has the smallest diocese that in the whole world. There’s also “The Chapel of the Burning Bush” , which was constructed by the order of the Empress Helen, who was the mother of Constantine the Great, however, the monastery itself was actually constructed by the Emperor Justinian in order to protect the monks and to honor the site of the Burning Bush.
It also has a formidable fortification. Get excited with Flying Carpet tours guide who will let you know how this monastery became one of the most famous in the world, as you will enjoy your trips to the room of skulls and The Chapel of the Burning Bush.
Enjoy Canyon Dahab and St. Catherine Tours
Flying Carpet Tours delegate will escort you at 05:00 Am. from your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh by air-conditioned van to St. Catherine. Drive approx 3 hours, Unleash your inner and visit St. Catherine Monastery which is considered to be one of the oldest monasteries all over the world, built according to the order of the Emperor Justinian between 548 and 565 AD and dedicated to St. Catherine, Amuse yourself by visiting the burning bush, then move to scout room of the skulls, and then transfer to the fabulous city of Dahab, Watch the fabulous Canyon in Dahab, Be witness the beautiful landscapes in the area and watch the mountains with its amazing colors, relax by having Lunch at local restaurant in Dahab, Finally Flying Carpet Tours guide will escort you back to your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh.
Included
• Pick up and drop off to your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh
• All transfers by air-conditioned Vehicle
• Visit St. Catherine Monastery, Room of the Skulls and Burning Bush
• Visit Dahab Canyon
• English speaking guide during your tour
• Bottle of Mineral Water during your tour
• Lunch meal during your tour in Dahab
• All service charges and taxes
Excluded
• Visa to Egypt
• Any optional tours required
• Tipping
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