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Wadi El Natrun monasteries
A private day from your Alexandria hotel: Deir al-Baramus, Monastery of St Bishoy and Syrian Monastery.
- Length
- Day trip from Alexandria
- Tour type
- Private, just your group
- Pickup
- Your hotel in Alexandria
- Guide
- English-speaking guide
- Lunch
- Optional, not included
The tour journey
Your day, step by step
Times are estimates; traffic and your hotel's location change them. Drive times are from map routing without traffic.
- 8:00approx.Pickup
- 10:00approx.1VisitWadi El Natrun Monasteries: history, hours and tickets →
Considered the oldest of the surviving monasteries of Wadi El Natrun.
- 11:15approx.2Visit
The monastery preserves the body of Saint Bishoy and is an active centre of Coptic monastic life.
- 12:00approx.3Visit
A smaller monastery known for its old frescoes.
- 12:45approx.Lunch, optional
Lunch before the return journey.
- 15:45approx.Drop-off
Your guide transfers you back to your hotel in Alexandria.
Included
- Pickup and drop-off from your hotel in Alexandria
- Private transportation in a modern air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional English-speaking tour guide
- Entrance fees to the mentioned monasteries
- Bottled mineral water during the tour
- All service charges and taxes
Not included
- Lunch (optional)
- Any extras not mentioned in the itinerary
- Personal expenses
- Tipping and gratuities
Book this day
Request this tour
Send your date and group size for Wadi El Natrun monasteries. We reply with the price for your day and confirm the pickup from your hotel.
Price on request
- Private, just your group
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Change or skip a stop: just ask
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Nothing to pay with the request. To book, a 25% deposit by card or PayPal; the rest in cash on the day. Payment and cancellation
Before you go
Guides for this day
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El Alamein or Wadi El Natrun: which day from Alexandria?War museum and cemeteries or three Coptic monasteries: drives, stops and what each day includes.
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