St Catherine’s Monastery & Dahab City From Sharm

Start your day by visiting St Catherine’s Monastery – the very site mentioned in the Bible where God talked to Moses at the burning bush and where he received the Ten Commandments. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the oldest continuously inhabited monastery and in the world. Then travel on to the delightful city of Dahab, once a tinyBedouin fishing village, and now a city renowned for its relaxed atmosphere, sea food and world-class diving. Here you can look around, have lunch and do some shopping.

Pick up

You will be picked up at your hotel by your guide for the day and will drive for 2 hours to St. Catherine’s Monastery.

St Catherine’s Monastery Tour

Start the day with a guided tour of St Catherine’s monastery. Located on the very ground where God was said to have appeared to Moses in the Burning Bush, this is a very important site for Abrahamic religions and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This is the oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery in the world, with a history that can be traced back over seventeen centuries.

The monastery pre-dates the divisions of the Christian world, its origins extending to late antiquity and amazingly is still inhabited by the same order of monks who constructed it in the 4th century!

Lunch and shopping in Dahab

Enjoy a delicious buffet lunch in the small coastal town of Dahab which has grown from the small Bedouin fishing village to one of the best places in South Sinai for shopping and dining today. Attracting large amounts of tourists every year the resort of Dahab has so much going on but still manages to maintain a feeling of calm and relaxation.

You'll have some time to explore Dahab's coffee shops, bazaars, shops and restaurants as you browse the many local Egyptian handicrafts, carpets, jewellers, perfumes, papyrus and other souvenirs on sale here.

Transfer back to Sharm Hotel

After a busy day, we will make our way back to your hotel in Sharm by 4x4; the journey taking approximately just over an hour.