Mount Sinai and St Catharine Monastery tour from Sharm El Sheikh

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Overview

Get blessed and follow the footsteps of Moses on your day trip to Mount Sinai and St Catharine monastery from Sharm El Sheikh with Egypt tours. Actually, Sharm El Sheikh excursions to Mount Sinai and St Catherine Monastery is one of best Egypt day tours. In fact, the monastery is the one of the oldest monasteries in the world and one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites. Also, it was a place of pilgrimage for more than 15 centuries. Imagine you are in the place where Moses received the 10 Commandments and God talk to him.

Exceptionally, this Sharm El Sheikh day trips to St Catherine is considered pilgrimage trip and a spiritual tour. The distance between Sharm El Sheikh and Saint Catherine Monastery is about 225 km and it takes about 4 hours driving. Once, you arrived to the St Catherine, you will start hike the 2285m or 3700 steps to the summit. Finally, you should know that Mount Sinai is a place of great religious and spiritual importance for Jewish, Christians, and Muslims.

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1 Tour to St Catherine Monastery and Mount Sinai

23.30 pm Hotel pick up: Golavita travel Egypt guide will pick you up at the reception of your hotel after picking up your breakfast. It takes 3 hours driving and you can enjoy the breathtaking views of the Sinai mountains.

01.30 / 02.00 am Climbing Mount Sinai: Around 02.00 am you will start your Sharm El Sheikh attractions with climbing Mount Sinai for about 4 hours joined by your Bedouin guide. On the way up, there are coffees where you can rest and have a drink. Meanwhile, you can rent blanket or do the last part on camels. Enjoy the best sunrise you may ever saw before you will start your way down to St Catherine monastery.

07.00 am climbing down to St Catherine Monastery: St Catherine Monastery is considered to be one of the oldest monasteries in the world and it was built by the emperor Justinian in 530 AD. St Catherine is one of the earliest Alexandria Christian martyrs and it is said that she was tortured on a wheel by Emperor Maxentius for refusing to renounce her Christian faith.

09.30 am driving to Dahab for lunch: The distance between St Catharine and Dahab is 130km and it takes maximum two hours. Enjoy your lunch by an amazing restaurant by the sea side before you head back to Sharm El Sheikh.