Let's go the farther more to St. Catherine, Egypt

Let's go the farther more to St. Catherine, Egypt

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Area：Sinai Peninsula

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Catrina

The tourism and Jerusalem, when I saw and religious sites, you might go obsessed gradually to charm of the majestic atmosphere even without much interest originally.
And to say that to the Holy Land further, let's go area, which is also a World Heritage Site by extending the legs a little, to Saint Catherine of Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

Catrina church

This looks like a miniature model like looking at the photos from afar, but the monastery, such as the fortress surrounded by a wall of 15m height. It is said to have been built between 565 years 527 years from the emperor Justinian the world 1.
Is said to be the world's oldest monastery in existence, a sacred place for three great religions Judaism, Christianity, Islam.

Library boasts a collection number second only chapel of the "burning bush" and did not burn out when the church, Moses is building tall best to enter the holy mountain in the interior of the high wall, in the Vatican library, valuable icon a museum to exhibit, and well of Moses.

Catrina church

Church with a bell tower to get a lot of looks in high beauty conspicuously inside the walls of the monastery.
There is a sarcophagus of marble, which is a valuable icon of many decorated in the interior, there is the remains of Saint Catherine.

Mount Sinai

Even people that are completely unaware of the Old Testament, the movie and the scene divided into two is that the sea is too famous "Ten Commandments".
Is this Mount Sinai Moses's endowed the Ten Commandments from God.
Yes altitude 2285m, there is the Trinity Cathedral summit.

Walking on Mount Sinai

The popular on Mount Sinai tourism began to climb from 2:00 to 3:00 of Hinoderu before , worship the sunrise in the summit " early-morning sunlight Tour" .
He started from the gate near the Saint Catherine monastery , walk about two and a half hours .
Height , if not so much the last to " climbing " . There is also such a resting place on the way , but the tight people can also charter a camel . The protection against cold Required summit because quite chilly in all seasons .

If you look at the stars twinkling in the night sky over a cup of tea have over Arab sweet shop in the summit , it is possible to realize the beauty of air .
And the color of the sky began to change gradually , the sun emerging from the other side of the earth 's superb view . You might can here feel the the reason that it is the Holy Land .
The guide is since the need always to climbing now , people who are not tour is also possible to hire a guide in the Saint Catherine monastery entrance .
Because I can climb during the day of course , for your peace of mind .

information about Catrina

As of March 2014, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan is the "recommended postponement of travel" for the Sinai coastal areas other than to Sharm El Sheikh Dahab facing the Gulf of Aqaba.
You want to visit victims of tourists by armed groups because coming out, and then examined with sufficient up-to-date information collection.

how to get Catrina

There is a bus stop in the town called Tava go to Egypt border by bus 16 from Eilat, and walk about 15 minutes across the border on foot.
To Dahab bus (9:00,15:00 shots) from Tava. At 2 hours and 30 minutes summary (25 £ E). Common to hire a guide or tour and travel company in Dahab.