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Overnight to St. Catherine
Breakfast and a day at leisure for swimming, diving or
snorkeling. Late afternoon proceed to St. Catherine. Arrive St.
Catherine and transfer to the St. Catherine
Village.
A choice of a 3-hour climb to the top of
Mount Sinai is available, if you wish to see a spectacular
sunrise as well as view the Red Sea and the Saudi Arabian
border. The recommended time to start the climb of the 3,750
steps is at 2:00 A.M. in order to arrive at the summit for a
spectacular sunrise around 5:00 A.M. (You must be physically fit
and healthy in order for you to do the 3-hour mountain climb.) (B,D)
Breakfast, then visit St. Catherine
Monastery built by Emperor Justinian during the 6th century. The
site sits at the foot of Mount Sinai, where Moses is believed to
have received the Ten Commandments. Visit the churches, gardens
and the living quarters of the monks who operate it. Some of
your highlights will be the actual Burning Bush Shrub that grows
nowhere else in the world. The Monastery owns more than 2,000
Byzantine icons, many of which are displayed in the main Church
of the Transfiguration. The Monastery also has a priceless
collection of more than 4,500 manuscripts including the world's
second oldest Bible. Walk in the same foot steps where Pope
John-Paul II did when he visited Egypt in February of 2000.
Depart St. Catherine to Cairo or back to Sharm |
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