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El-Gouna

El Gouna is a tourist resort, developed and owned by Orascom Hotels and Development, dating from about 1990. It is located on the Red Sea in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt, 22 km north of Hurghada International Airport.

Nabq

The Nabq Managed Resource Protected Area, located 35km north of Sharm cl-Sheikh, is an outstanding natural area containing varied ecosystems and habitat types.

Moses Mountain

By any other standards, Mt. Sinai would be just another barren peak lost among the martian landscape of Southern Sinai. It is neither the highest mountain in the region, nor the most dramatic; there is no souring, heaven-reaching apex, and it is rare to see anything resembling a divine shroud of clo

St. Catherine's Mosque

It lies beside the main church, constructed in the reign of the Fatimid Caliph, AlAmcr Bi-Ahkam Allah, in the 11th century, symbolic of love and fraternity on the land of Egypt.

The Chapel of the Burning Bush in St. Catherine's Monastery

The monastery's spiritual heart is the Chapel of the Burning Bush, an unassuming structure of tremendous religious significance.

St. Catherine's Basilica

The physical heart of St. Catherine's monastery is its By/antine-stylc basilica, which was built along with the protective walls in 527 A.D

The Bell Tower in St. Catherine's Monastery

Built in 1871, the bell tower contains nine bells of different sizes that were a gi ft of the Czars of Russia. The tower itself was built by a monastery monk named Gregorius.

Old Refectory in St. Catherine's monastery

The Old Refectory is actually one of the most interesting structures in the compound. This oblong hall with pointed Gothic arches preserves stone carvings with Prankish inscriptions and coats-of-arms, symbols of the Crusader knights.

St. Catherine's Monastery

Set beneath the mountain where Moses is said lo have received the Ten Commandments, Saint Catherine Monastery has been one of the world's great centers of religious pilgrimage for over fifteen centuries.

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