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I ask you to share your impressions about visiting the monastery of St. Catherine.
The duration of the tour and travel time (we rest in Sharm), cost. How to dress (are there any peculiarities when choosing clothes)?
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a visit to the monastery of St. Catherine is almost always accompanied by a trip to Mount Moses. If you are interested in going uphill, there are some nuances, but there is one requirement for the monastery: this is a Christian monastery - women have their heads covered and it is desirable for everyone not to have a beach view. So please clarify your question.
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answered 16 years ago
Impressions - less than impressive! But if it interests you, I advise you to visit. Holy Cupina is completely shabby from tourists. The trip itself consists in the fact that you are going there, you are there for no more than an hour, go through an inspection, like we do in any church or monastery, they give you rings and that’s it, your tour is over. You are fed, taken for souvenirs and home to the hotel.
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answered 16 years ago
You need to stay there! For the first time I hear about combining with climbing Mount Moses, but with the Colored Canyon and Dahab - yes. This tour will take the whole day. For the monastery, take only a scarf. For the canyon - comfortable shoes and clothes. In Dahab - shopping. Price 70 dollars. There is also a separate ex. to the monastery. The price is around $40. Travel time is 3-4 hours.
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answered 16 years ago
Impressions are certainly good. I advise you to visit it.
Basically, the monastery is always combined with a trip to the city of Moses. Climbing this mountain starts at night and takes several hours. It is recommended to bring warm clothes with you (the temperature reaches 0 C at the top of the mountain in the morning). After meeting the dawn on the mountain, you can go down another mountain path (trodden by monks) directly to the temple. This trail is very difficult, but more interesting.
Basically, the monastery is always combined with a trip to the city of Moses. Climbing this mountain starts at night and takes several hours. It is recommended to bring warm clothes with you (the temperature reaches 0 C at the top of the mountain in the morning). After meeting the dawn on the mountain, you can go down another mountain path (trodden by monks) directly to the temple. This trail is very difficult, but more interesting.
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answered 16 years ago
In my review about a hotel in Egypt, there is a paragraph about this tour... but the bulk of my impressions went to the ascent of the mountain of Moses, there were no impressions of the monastery)) In general, I do not advise taking a monastery separately.
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answered 16 years ago
It all depends on your physical fitness, after climbing Mount Moses, most of the tourists even refused to get off the bus. By and large, this is purely an amateur.
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answered 16 years ago
we went to the monastery and the colored canyon, the impression is very good, the departure is early in the morning, we arrived back at about 5-6. The monastery is beautiful, and I liked the canyon even more, I advise!
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answered 16 years ago
If you go to the monastery not on a Christian holiday, then you just go there and go out, like on an excursion and it takes 5 minutes to inspect the bush, and if an excursion to Mount Moses is a completely different experience! Of course, it's very, very difficult, but everyone gets up and the impressions are amazing. I think every Orthodox should go there.
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answered 16 years ago
We did not climb the mountain, and thank God. The monastery was enough for us. This is one of the most important Christian places, so you need to visit it. Ohov and ohov are few, but such excursions are not entertainment, but a pilgrimage. I do not recommend riding a camel, smelly, and it is difficult to sit down and get off. Then the Arabs can break a big price, you need to stipulate it right away
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answered 16 years ago