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Is the excursion to the monastery of St. Catherine interesting?
We would like to go on this tour next year. Please tell me how interesting it is, how long it lasts and briefly describe it.
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I like it. In the morning at 7 o'clock they are taken from the hotel, and return closer to dinner. One way trip is about 2.5 hours. First, you will be allowed into shops that are not located on the territory of the monastery (it seemed to me expensive there). They sell icons there (I bought a small icon of St. Catherine for $27), holy water, etc. Then a tour of the monastery itself with a guide and then they give a little time for an independent walk. On the way back lunch at the hotel in Dahab and shopping at the market in Dahab.
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answered 13 years ago
I am delighted with her. Such grandeur comes, such beauty in the temple. 2 years ago, silver rings were still given to the Orthodox. There will be a service in the temple, and then you can venerate the relics of Catherine.
On the territory of the monastery is the Burning Bush.
They don’t take you to the monastery, you have to walk.
Here, only worthless Dahab spoils everything. We spent an hour and a half sitting on a chair on a dirty street, while the aunts bought nonsense at crazy prices, and the guide calculated his% from this.
On the territory of the monastery is the Burning Bush.
They don’t take you to the monastery, you have to walk.
Here, only worthless Dahab spoils everything. We spent an hour and a half sitting on a chair on a dirty street, while the aunts bought nonsense at crazy prices, and the guide calculated his% from this.
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answered 13 years ago
Last year, because of these shops, we did not have time for dinner. We were taken to the factories of papyrus and alabaster, where everything is exorbitantly expensive. And under the shops there are peddlers, from whom you can buy all this for a penny.
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answered 13 years ago
We were not on this excursion, so I'm interested in it. Last year we were in Israel, and this year in Luxor. They take you to the "necessary" shops on all excursions. We waste a lot of time.
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answered 13 years ago
And I thought that they were, but for a long time, but you are interested to find out if anything has changed. And then I myself was 4 years ago, so I asked so as not to mislead. About the shops exactly noticed! By not a single "necessary" will not pass. When we went to the monastery and back, the guide praised the boy selling hibiscus in the Dahab market. He "painted" him so obsessively that we already decided that he was his relative)
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answered 13 years ago
This year we did not get into the temple of Queen Hatsepshut (sorry if I wrote it wrong), but we got into all the shops. It's a pity...
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answered 13 years ago
KiskaMary agrees, these stores are just stealing our time. It’s a pity that we didn’t see the Temple of Hatshepsut, but don’t be upset, last year in Luxor excavations were carried out to continue the Karnak Temple, so in a couple of years it will be possible to go again, at the same time you will see the Temple of Hatshepsut.
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answered 13 years ago
Last year we were on an excursion to Mount Moses, after which we were taken to a monastery. It's hard, but I really enjoyed it. I think 2 in 1 is better. And these two excursions cost, in my opinion, the same $35-40. And there was no Dahab - they were fed in some hotel not far from the monastery. True, it was breakfast, or rather its weak likeness.
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answered 13 years ago
Tell me, please, did you apply for organizing an excursion to a tour operator or booked with local agencies.
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answered 13 years ago
I sent you a link to a local office in PM, there MOUNTAIN OF MOSES + MONASTERY OF ST. CATHERINE $ 25, read it may come in handy.
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answered 13 years ago
Please, even if you take it from another company, the price is almost the same for local ones. It’s just that there is only this link, well, if others I’ll share it.
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answered 13 years ago
We would like to take from the agency that takes the least shopping. We usually go through the Saif Tour, but this year because of the shops we were not taken to the Temple of Hatshepsut, although it was announced in the program.
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answered 13 years ago
In my opinion, getting rid of the shops is simply not realistic for them, the only excursion without shops was Cairo + Alexandria, although they relaxed a little there, although there was also a cool case. After lunch, we leave the restaurant as a group on the embankment and a man stuck up to us with rugs, doesn’t want to lag behind in a good way, in general, I couldn’t stand it and offered him a cookie. It was a shock to see such proposals he had not yet been made.)))))))
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answered 13 years ago
I will try to do the same if the sellers are very annoying. I want to see surprised eyes.
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answered 13 years ago
Try to have some fun, he had such a stupor, he probably did not soon realize that this was a joke.)))
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answered 13 years ago
They carry everything to the shops, even if our maintenance is local.
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answered 13 years ago
The monastery is very beautiful, ancient. If you manage to climb Mount Moiseev, you will get an unforgettable experience for a lifetime.
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answered 13 years ago
The tour was taken at the Morina agency, it seems, or something like that. We were taken to the store with icons before climbing Mount Moses late at night and we stayed there for no more than 10 minutes.
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answered 13 years ago
If you want 4 hours on the track, go ahead ... Mount Moses - suicide and a big divorce. At night, on dung with Arabs and smelly camels on stones. I remembered army marches. Some without soles returned and for some reason no one smiled ...
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answered 13 years ago
My story and photos below
http://blogs.turpravda.ua/ludlabata/74949.html
http://blogs.turpravda.ua/ludlabata/74951.html
http://blogs.turpravda.ua/ludlabata/74949.html
http://blogs.turpravda.ua/ludlabata/74951.html
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answered 12 years ago
You are a weakling guy, elderly grandmothers with sticks climbed the mountain and did not grumble. It's really difficult, but you get great pleasure when you climb. Seeing a wonderful sunrise on Mount Sinai. I saw happy and contented faces after climbing the mountain.
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answered 10 years ago