Mount Sinai & St Catherine monastery are just 2,5 hours far from Sharm el Sheikh. Breathtaking sunrise over the mountain is worth seeing. Trips from Sharm are available every day at a cost of 25£.
The tour to the Monastery available a couple of days a week, to Mount Sinai every Fri/Sun/Wed. It is around 225 km far from SSH and worth visit in a warm period of the year.
Mount Sinai & St Catherine monastery are just 2,5 hours far from Sharm el Sheikh. Breathtaking sunrise over the mountain is worth seeing. Trip from SSh is available every day at a cost of 25 GBP.
Excursion to the monastery of Saint Catherine is available on daily basis and recommended for most people, who is interested in Christian history of Sinai.
The library here has over 3,000 ancient manuscripts. Only the Vatican Library has more. Among them is the Codex Sinaiticus, which contains the oldest complete New Testament.