Day Trip to Wadi El Natrun from Alexandria

5.0 (15 reviews) 7–8 hours Free cancellation Private tour

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About this activity

At the early morning , your guid will pick you up .Then you will start your tour. your driver will take the way to Wadi El Natrun which is a about 60 kilometers long located in the Western Desert near the delta about 90 kilometers northwest of Cairo.Then you will visit Monastery of the Syrian which is one of the four surviving monasteries in Wadi Natrun situated in an area of the Western Desert. Its valuable collection is a beacon for visitors, who come in reverence to admire its rare relics for their artistic qualities also, you will visit The Monastery of Baramous which thought that the place is where Macarius the Great used to live around 330-340 AD. Also, you will visit The Monastery of St.Bishoy which The most eastern surviving Christian monastery in the Wadi el-Natrun of Egypt is Dier Al Anba Bishoy (Pshoi, Bishoi), which was founded by St. Bishoy . you will have a local lunch. Then you will be dropped off in your hotel.

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At a glance

Duration: 7–8 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–13
Guide: Arabic, German, English, Italian, French, Spanish
Operated by: Jojo Tours

Ages: Infants (0–6 years) · Children (7–10 years) · Youth (11–30 years) · Adults (31–50 years) · Seniors (51–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Water bottle
Included: Entry fees
Included: Hotel or port pick up & drop off
Included: Private Tour
Included: professional guide
Included: Local lunch

Not included

Not included: Gratitudes

Itinerary

Stop 1

one hour Admission included

The most eastern surviving Christian monastery in the Wadi el-Natrun of Egypt is Dier Al Anba Bishoy (Pshoi, Bishoi), which was founded by St. Bishoy (Pshoi). Though similar, the story of Saint Bishoy is sometimes told with varying details. However, in general, we believe that Saint Bishoy was born in the Egyptian Nile Delta in 320 AD. Apparently, his parents were deeply religious, and it is said that in a dream one night, an angel of the Lord asked for the services of one of his mother's children. St. Bishoy's mother gave the angel his selection of her children, and the angel chose Bishoy.A frail child, his mother thought that the angel might do better, but the angel said that, "the Lord's power in frailty is perfect". At the age of twenty, Bishoy joined the Monastery of Seetis. He was particularly fond of the book of Jeremiah from the Old Testament, and was therefore called Abbot Bishoy the Jeremian.
Stop 2

one hour Admission included

This Monastery is very probably the first monastery established in Wadi El-Natrun . The modern name of the monastery, al-Baramus, is Arabic and is derived from the Coptic christian Pa-Rameos, which means "that of the Romans" in the honor of Maximus and Domidus , two sons of the Roman Emperor Valentinus who died from excessive fasting. Their bodies were buried in a crypt below the Church of the Virgin .
Stop 3

one hour Admission included

it is the smallest surviving monastery of Wadi Natrun and is the most famous amongst clergymen and scholars around the world. Although the monastery’s foundations date back to the fourth century AD, it is known as the Monastery of the Syrians because of a group of al-Surian monks who settled in Wadi Natrun in 984 AD.
Wadi El Natrun

one hour

Wadi Natrun (Wadi al-Natrun, Wadi el-Natrun, Wadi el-Natroun) is a northwesterly oriented desert depression about 60 kilometers long located in the Western Desert near the delta about 90 kilometers northwest of Cairo. Wadi el-Natrun lies some 23 meters below sea level, and lakes fed from the water table of the Nile dot the landscape.