Wadi El Natrun Trip from Alexandria
Overview
Wadi El Natrun Tour from Alexandria
The most popular tour you can visit is the Wadi El Natrun Tour from Alexandria Port Wadi El Natrun, is a small town in Egypt's Western Desert. It is the site of several ancient monasteries, most notably the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great. The monasteries of Wadi El Natrun were founded in the 4th century by Saint Macarius of Egypt. They were originally built in the desert, far from the Nile River and the rest of civilization. The monks who lived there were hermits, living in solitude and prayer. Over the centuries, the monasteries of Wadi El Natrun have been plundered and destroyed many times. But each time they were rebuilt, the monks continued their way of life.
If you want to know more about our tours or the services we offer, you should visit our website. We have a large selection of Egypt Day Tours that take a day or more than that.
Wadi El Natrun Tour from Alexandria
The most popular tour you can visit is the Wadi El Natrun Tour from Alexandria Port Wadi El Natrun, is a small town in Egypt's Western Desert. It is the site of several ancient monasteries, most notably the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great. The monasteries of Wadi El Natrun were founded in the 4th century by Saint Macarius of Egypt. They were originally built in the desert, far from the Nile River and the rest of civilization. The monks who lived there were hermits, living in solitude and prayer. Over the centuries, the monasteries of Wadi El Natrun have been plundered and destroyed many times. But each time they were rebuilt, the monks continued their way of life.
If you want to know more about our tours or the services we offer, you should visit our website. We have a large selection of Egypt Day Tours that take a day or more than that.
Inclusion
Transportation service from your hotel in Alexandria and return.
An accredited tour guide during your tour
Admission fees to the mentioned historical places.
All transports by a modern air-conditioned vehicle with Cairo Top Tours.
Bottled water during your Egypt DayTours.
All service charges and taxes are included
Exclusion
Any extras not mentioned.
Personal spending.
Tipping is not included in the price.
Prices are applicable during Christmas and New Year tours in Egypt or Egypt Easter tours.
Itinerary
Give the attention Cairo Top Tours a professional tour guide who will take you throughout our Alexandria day tours. You will be transferred at the beginning of your day tour to Wadi El Natroun monasteries from Alexandria, which has many natural and cultural elements, and it is one of the oldest monastic settlements in the world that highly influenced European monasticism later and where the last pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church is buried.
Historical and religious importance:
Wadi El-Natrun is regarded as the birthplace of monasticism. Essentially, it used to be home to about fifty different monasteries but only four of them have survived the time and erosion elements. There were about 50 monasteries, but only 4 have survived until today.
Your day tour will start with a visit to Deir al-Baramus (monastery of Barmus), the oldest of the surviving 4 monasteries, and the most isolated one, then proceed to Deir Anba Bishoi (monastery of St Bishoi) whose body is still in the monastery. You will end your trip with a visit to Deir El-Suryani (Monastery of Al-Suryan) the smallest and most preserved monastery.
After the day tour to the monasteries of Wadi El Natrun, you will enjoy your lunch then you will be taken back to your hotel in Alexandria.
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