We will pick you up from your hotel in Hurghada by air-conditioned vehicle, Transfer to Hurghada airport to fly to Sharm El Sheikh, then drive to St. Catherine for 2:30 hours driving, you will take rest at the guest house, then start climbing the mountain for 700 steps and stay till the amazing sunrise then you will visit the monastery that 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. Helens Chapel. The site is sacred to Judaism,Christianity and Islam. Commonly known as Saint Catherines, 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 return to the hotel in Sharm El Sheikh for check in with free time at leisure then transfer to Sharm El Sheikh airport to fly to Hurghada with direct transfer to your hotel in Hurghada.
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 09:51:42 +0000
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