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Religious Trip
 

                                                                                              08 Nights / 09 Days
                                                                                                  Religious Trip
      

Day 01
Arrive Cairo International Airport , meet & assist as our representative will handle all your procedures through passport control, luggage area and customs formalities. After that you will be transferred to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Overnight in Cairo. 

Day 02
Breakfast in the hotel , Visit the holy well and sacred tree at Matariya on the outskirts of Cairo, a well-attested resting place of the Holy Family and a popular destination among medieval pilgrims. Then transfer to Old Cairo visiting the Hanging Church, Abu Sirga Church and Synagogue & Coptic museum . back to the hotel & overnight in Cairo .

Day 03
Breakfast in the hotel , then drive via air conditioned modern van to enjoy a religious tour to the Coptic Monasteries in the desert at Wadi Natroun which is most important Christian monastic center, a prime attraction for Christian religious tourists who come to the holy land. There is good reason for this. The monasteries at Wadi Natrun. Notable among them is the Baramus Monastery, which was built at the site where Macarius the Great who retreated there in c.330, at a time when monastic life was not yet developed . It settled in 340 AD and is still inhabited by monks. Drive back to Cairo & overnight in Cairo.

Day 04
Breakfast in the hotel , then transfer via air-conditioned modern van to enjoy a tour around Cairo Coptic churches , see the 10th century Church of the Holy Virgin in Haret El Roum, the Coptic Cathedral at Abbassia area . Back to the hotel & overnight in Cairo .

Day 05
Breakfast in the hotel , relish a tour to the Coptic Monastery of St. Antony and the Monastery of St. Paul, which lie at the foot of the Red Sea mountains in the Eastern Desert. St. Anthony was among the founders of Christian monasticism and St. Paul was one of the first hermits & his monastery remains one of the most popular in Egypt. The monasteries, founded in the 4th and 5th centuries. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 06
Breakfast in the hotel , and move to visit the Church of the Holy Virgin with its three cupolas on the banks of the Nile at Maadi. Move on to the Monastery of St. Simon (Simeon) the Tanner, dramatically situated in the Mokattam Mountain, on the outskirts of Cairo. St. Simon was a 10th century saint whose faith is said to have moved this mountain. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 07
Breakfast in the hotel , drive via air-conditioned modern van to St.Catherine , check into the guest house . Overnight in the guest house .

Day 08 
Approximately at 2:00 am , start climbing Moses mountain and enjoy the amazing sun rise. Then get down to enjoy an excursion to visit St.Catherine monastery, burning bush & room of skulls. Drive back to Cairo & Overnight in Cairo .

Day 09
Breakfast in the hotel .Transfer to Cairo International Airport for final departure .
 
End of the Program.
 
- Price Per Person in Double : 

 
Price includes the following:
- Meet & assist at Cairo International Airport and transfer to hotel via Air-conditioned modern Van.

- 07 nights accommodation at 04 Stars Hotel in Cairo on Bed and Breakfast Basis .
- 01 night accommodation at the guest house in St.Catherine .

- Entrance fees to the mentioned historical place
- Guide of your own language 
- All transfers via Air-conditioned modern Van .
- All taxes & service charge 
- Assist & transfer to Cairo International Airport on final departure.
 
The Price dose not include :
- Entry visa to Egypt
- Any optional tours not mentioned in the itinerary
- Meals except where indicated
- Drinks and any personal expenses

Notes :
-The price exclude Christmas, New Year’s Eve & Easter Feasts.
- Please note that the company’s representative will be waiting for you with a sign that have your name on before the passport control & will be helping you with getting the entry visa in case you don’t have one depending on your nationality if it allows you to get the visa from Cairo  Airport. The visa cost is $ 15 per person. If not you have to get it from the Egyptian embassy in your country because it is only held by the Egyptian government .
- Must be at the Airport at least 2 hours before flight timing.
- Tour guide: Egypt guided tours are highly recommended and our guides are knowledgeable Egyptologist guides who have academic qualifications to make your tour to Egypt extra special.
- Vehicles:Vehicles are new branded air-conditioned with a professional driver, but drivers in Egypt do not speak English and they cannot act as tour guides for the Egyptain monumental sights.