COPTIC MONASTERIES

Travel schedule:
Departure to Saint Paul and Anthony Monastery From Hurghada around 04:00, your car (limousine or minibus) will travel to Saint Anthony’s Monastery. On the way to this monastery, you will pass by the cities of Ras Gharib and Ain Sukhna. Finally you will reach Saffron. All these towns are located north of Hurghada on the Red Sea coast. The road from the center of Hurghada to the Monastery of St. Anthony will take about 4 hours.
St. Anthony’s Monastery is a dangerous monumental wall. The monks and the monastery live inside this huge wall. More than 1,600 years ago, the hermit Antonia lived here in a cave on a mountain at an altitude of 680 metres. In addition, there is a staircase approximately 1,000 steps to this cave. Especially worth seeing in the complex: alleys, churches, gardens.
Later, after visiting the monastery of St. Anthony in Saffron, you will enjoy your lunch
Then you will drive about 40 km back to St. Paul’s Monastery. Therefore, the trip will take you about 40 minutes.
The excursion continues at St. Paul’s Monastery. Although this monastery is smaller than the monastery of St. Anthony, it also has some great treasures and importance. Among these treasures: altars, icons, an ancient olive press, an ancient belt, and a shroud. In this sarcophagus are the remains of St. Paul.
Finally, Hurghada will return after that, a program in the Holy Coptic Monastery of Saint Anthony and Paul
This trip to the Monastery of St. Anthony and Paul from Hurghada ends at approximately 19:00.