Cairo, Red Sea & Wadi Natroun 8 days/ 7 nights spritual tour package

Red Sea

Day 1: Youregypttours.com representative will meet & greet you at Cairo International Airport, and handle all your procedures through passport control, luggage area & customs formalities. Then you will be transferred to your hotel by a private air-conditioned vehicle. Tomorrow enoy your churches tours.

Day 2: Proceed to the famous churches at old Coptic Cairo to see the Hanging Church, where the nave is suspended from the old Babylon fortress; the Church of St. Barbara, the 4th century Church of Abu Serga (St. Sergius & Bacchus), as well as the Jewish Synagogue and Coptic Museum. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 3: Enjoy an excursion to the Coptic Monasteries in the desert at Wadi Natroun. Notable among them is the Baramus Monastery, which was built at the site where Macarius the Great settled in 340 AD and is still inhabited by monks. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 4: Trip to the Coptic Monastery of St. Antony and the Monestery of St. Paul, which lie at the foot of the Red Sea mountains in the Eastern Desert. St. Anthony was among the founders of Christian monasticism and St. Paul was one of the first hermits. The monasteries, founded in the 4th and 5th centuries, are both still occupied. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 5: Visit the Church of the Holy Virgin with its three cupolas on the banks of the Nile at Maadi. Move on to the Monastery of St. Simon (Simeon) the Tanner, dramatically situated in the Mokattam mountain, on the outskirts of Cairo. St. Simon was a 10th century saint whose faith is said to have moved this mountain. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 6: Trip to the recently built monastery of the celebrated martyr St. Menas at Maryut, near Alexandria. Built on the site of the 4th century shrine, which was the ‘Lourdes of the ancient world’, the site also comprises various excavated churches. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo.

Day 7: Enjoy an excursion to some of Cairo’s Coptic Churches: see the 10th century Church of the Holy Virgin in Haret El Roum, the Coptic Cathedral at Abbassia area. Back to hotel and overnight in Cairo .

Day 8: Breakfast, and transfer to Cairo International Airport for departure.

Tour includes:

• Meet & assist upon arrival and departure
• All transfers by a private air-conditioned vehicle
• Accommodation in 3Hotel for 3 nights basis B.B
• All sightseeing mentioned (Private), including Egyptologist guide, entrance fees & transfers
• Portage when needed
• All taxes & service charge

Tour does not include:

• Entry visa to Egypt
• Any optional tours not mentioned in the itinerary
• Meals except where indicated
• Drinks and any personal expenses

Important notes:

• You must have a valid passport to enter Egypt. (You must have at least 06 months of validity beyond your scheduled return date).
• You can issue your domestic flight with your international one to get it cheaper. Incase you could not, we can handle it so do not worry at all.