Quick trip XII - Saint Catherine from Sharm Port

Sharm El Shikh, Sinai And St. Catherine.

Excellent

5/5

Duration

10 Hours aprox.

Type

Private

Run

According to availability

Location

Sharm El Shikh, Sinai And St. Catherine

Overview

If you are a passenger on board in one of the overseas cruises and your vessel mooring at the port of Sharm el-Sheikh for one day, Nile dream recommends for you a very fantastic quick trip to St Catherine monastery one of the most famous monasteries in the world, and also, it's one of the oldest monasteries of Christianity. The monastery is Orthodox, and it's a UNESCO world heritage site.

Itinerary

Day 1

Our guide will pick you up from Marina port waiting by the cruise exit door holding a double sign Nile Dream/your name. After that, you will be transferred by an air-conditioned vehicle about 250 km to the St Catherine monastery. It is one of the most fascinating sacred places in the world. The mother of the emperor Constantino I, ordered to build a chapel in the sacred place, where Moses spoke with God. Later, Emperor Justinian I, ordered a monastery to be built in the same place between 527 and 565 AD, it's believed to be built around Moses Burning Bush. The monastery is named after St. Catherine who was tortured and beheaded for her Christian beliefs in 307 A D. During your visit, you will see the chapel of the Greek orthodox church, the icon of worship and the famous mosaic of transfiguration. St. Catherine is a holy region to world three religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, It is a place where early Christianity has flourished and the orthodox monastic tradition still continues in the present day, and where people still live in respect to others, and many events recorded in The Bible took place in the area, also there are hundreds of places of religious importance in the city.

Lunch in a local restaurant

After the tour, you will go back to your cruise

Included/Excluded

- Main Entrance Fees
- English-speaking tour guide during your excursions
- Pick up services from your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh and return
- Transfers in a vehicle with air conditioning.
- 10-hour tour
- Taxes
- 1 Bottled Mineral Water
- This itinerary could be changed in order according to the circumstances of service not to be canceled
- Lunch at a local restaurant
- Tourism Police Permission

- Accommodation
- Personal spending.
- Any other Meals or Beverages
- Tipping
- Anything not mentioned above

Package

Price,Terms & Conditions

1 Person

$250

2 to 4 Person

$200

5 to 8 Person

$160

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