Day 01
Monastery of St. Catherine and Valley of Talaa
- Pick up from Sharm El Sheikh or Dahab early in the morning, around 6:00 a.m.
- Take a 3-hour private car drive with a proficient guide to the monastery.
- At 9:00 a.m., enter the monastery and receive a full explanation of the history of the Jews and the prophets Moses and Aaron.
- See the Burning Bush.
- Enter the Transfiguration Church and learn about the history of Saint Catherine and her myth upstairs.
- Visit the second-oldest library after the Vatican, and see the marvelous oldest drawing of Jesus, along with manuscripts, icons, and treasures gifted to the monastery.
- Then go directly to the Valley of Talaa, the real blessing garden in the Holy Land, where you can eat apricots from the trees, drink Bedouin tea, swim in the waterfalls at the natural spa, have lunch in a Bedouin house, and enjoy the fabulous and spiritual life there.
The Holy Land brings together the stories of the Old and New Testaments. Here you will find the Ten Commandments Mountain, the oldest monastery built by Emperor Justinian, the Burning Bush, the Transfiguration Church, old icons, the second-oldest library after the Vatican Library, one of the oldest drawings of Jesus, and ancient Hebrew, Christian, and Islamic manuscripts. You will also experience the natural side of the Holy Land in Wadi Talaa - Valley of Talaa - with its apricots and fruits in the blessing land, the natural spa, and a lunch meal in nature in a Bedouin house.
