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Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai (Arabic جبل موسَى Gebel Musa) is in the middle of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt and rises 2,285 metres above sea level. The mountain is a sacred site for Jews, Christians and Muslims.

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Banner: alljengi from Edinburgh, CC BY-SA 2.0

Experiences

Timed, planned outings built around a specific moment: a sunset, a view, a walk worth doing in order.

  • Sunset

    Sunset at Mount Sinai

    Watch the sun dip below the horizon from the monastery grounds, just minutes from the peak.

    17:09 · 90 min

  • Daytime

    Morning Light at the Foot of Sinai

    Start your day at the world's oldest continuously inhabited monastery, catching the quiet morning light before the crowds arrive.

    none · 180 min

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    Mount Sinai

    Mount Sinai, also known as Jabal Musa (Arabic: جَبَل مُوسَى, lit. 'Mountain of Moses'), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is one of several locations claimed to be the biblical Mount Sinai, the place where, according to the sacred scriptures of the three major Abrahamic religions (Bible, and Quran), the Hebrew prophet Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. It is a 2,285-meter (7,497 ft) mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the region known today as the Sinai Peninsula.

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    St Catherine's Monastery

    Saint Catherine's Monastery, officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Catherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, is a Christian monastery located in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Located at the foot of Mount Sinai, it was built between 548 and 565, and is the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. The monastery was built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, enclosing what is claimed to be the burning bush seen by Moses.

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    Moses mountain