subject: Trip To St. Catherine Monastery & Moses Mount [print this page] Sharm Marina Excursions and Tours Sharm Marina Excursions and Tours
Sharm is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Chech and book any of Egypt shore excursions and Egypt port trips from Sharm port to visit Moses mountain, Ras Mohammed, Colored Canyon and also Cairo and Luxor from Sharm port
trip to St. Catherine Monastery & Moses Mount
Fantastic trip to St.Catherine monastery from Sharm marina from your cruise, you will visit the great monastery of St.Catherine in Egypt with its liberary which includes a wide collections of icons dating to the 13rd century.
Tour Type:Private egypt Shore Excursions
Tour Length:12 hours
City Tour:Sharm Marina - St.Catherine
Pick up Point:Your ship in Sharm Marina
Drop off Point:Your ship in Sharm Marina
Tour Itinerary
We will pick you up from your cruise in Sharm harbour by Air-conditioned vehicle then drive to The monastery two hours and a half driving, the monastery was built by order of Emperor Justinian I between 527 and 565, enclosing the Chapel of the Burning Bush ordered to be built by Helena, the mother of Constantine I, at the site where Moses is supposed to have seen the burning bush; the living bush on the grounds is purportedly the original. It is also referred to as "St. Helen's Chapel." The site is sacred to Judaism, Christianity and Islam.commonly known as Saint Catherine's, the full, official name of the monastery is, The Sacred and Imperial Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount of Sinai, and the patronal feast of the monastery is the Transfiguration. The site was associated with St. Catherine of Alexandria (whose relics were purported to have been miraculously transported there by angels) and it became a favorite site of pilgrimage, then you will retun to your cruise in Sharm El Sheikh marina
Tour Includes
- Meet and greet services by our travel REP in Sharm El Sheikh Marina
- All transfers by air-conditioned vehicles in Sharm El Sheikh
- All sightseeing tours in St. Catherine as per the itinerary
- All admission fees to the sights as per the itinerary
