Excursion to St Catherine & Dahab from Sharm

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Excursion to St Catherine & Dahab from Sharm

Have a day trip to St.Catherine monastery built in 527 AD and to be closer to the place where Moses received 10 commandments including lunch, entrances, guide,drinks & short visit to Dahab ...join

General Information

Duration:
1 Days
Location Start:
your Sharm or Dahab hotel
Location Finish:
your Sharm or Dahab hotel
Phone:
+20 12 1 450 455
Payment Types:
Paypal, Cheque, Travellers Cheque, Payment Transfer
We Speak:
Greek, Turkish, Polish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, French, English
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Itinerary

Day 1

Pick up from your hotel in Sharm-el-Sheikh in the morning and drive towards St.Catherine city(225 km from Sharm),During the drive you will enjoy with Sinai desert landscape, different altitudes of the granite mountains,the views there are amazing..arrive to the monastery which is situated 1571 m above sea level and dates back to Roman times 542 A.D. We will visit the church of St. Catherine which considered one of the most famous churches all over the world,There is a magnificent mosaic depicting the transfiguration of Jesus in the apse inside the church. It is the earliest and one the most beautiful mosaics of the eastern church and has remained in its entirety to our days. In artistic style it is similar to the Italian school of this period, especially the mosaics in the church of S. Vitalius, as well as in the Higia Sofia in Constantinople,The Library which is considered the second in importance only to the Vatican, in both number and value of the manuscripts it contains 3000 items..The Charnel house is a repository of the bones of the monks who died at St. Catherine over the centuries. The dead are first buried in a small cemetery, then disinterred and their bones deposited in the charnel house. The burning bush which flourishes several yards farther from the chapel where it was transplanted in order to build the holy Alter upon its roots. It is the only bush of its kind growing in the entire Sinai peninsula. Moses well, the Icon gallery of the monastery you will visit as well,Then have lunch in a local restaurant in St. Catherine city.After lunch we will drive back to Dahab city where we will end our program with a free tour in Dahab city and its bazaars..At the end of the tour we will drive back to Sharm el Sheikh, the desert landscape & forms of mountains on the way to to Sharm el Sheikh are amazing and deserve to be seen.

Extra Information

Inclusions -
Entrance fees.
Exclusions -
Drinks in the restaurant
Extras -
We recommend you to bring: * Passport * A breakfast box * Sun glasses & Hat * Sun cream

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