Highlights
- Visit the Monastery of St. Anthony
- Lunch at a restaurant
- Visit the Monastery of Saint Paul.
Tour Program
Early pick up from your Hotel in Hurghada for your transfer to Zafarana and the Monastery of St. Anthony and St. Paul.
Once you arrive at the Monastery of Saint Anthony, your guide will accompany you on a tour inside it.
Both monasteries are considered as the holiest sites of the Coptic Church in Egypt. Located off the Zafarana Road leading to Beni Suef, some 70 km south from Ain Sukhna, 250 km from Hurghada City, the Monastery of St Anthony is a large complex encircled by high walls, including churches, chapels, a bakery, a garden.
The monasteries of St. Anthony and St. Paul are the oldest Christian monasteries; they both date back to the 4th century AD, when monks began to settle at the foot of the Red Sea mountain of Galala.
Later, after visiting the Monastery of Saint Anthony in Zaafarana, you will enjoy your lunch.
Then, you will drive some 40 km back towards the Monastery of Saint Paul. Accordingly, it will take you approximately 40 minutes to get there.
The trip continues in the Monastery of St. Paul. Although this monastery is smaller than the one for Saint Anthony, it has some treasures and big importance. Among these treasures: altars, icons, an old olive press, an old pulley and a coffin. This coffin has the remains of St. Paul in.
This trip to the ends at approximately 17:00.
Timing & Duration
- Pick up: Around 3:30 Am (Depending on your hotel location in Hurghada)
- Drop Off: Around 17:30 Pm (the same day)
- Duration: 14 Hours
- operates every day.