Full day wadi El Natroun tour from Alexandria - Oriental tours Egypt

Wadi El Natrun is an amazing experience to the religious Coptic monasteries in the deserts of Egypt. In Wadi El Natrun tour from Alexandria, you will visit the famous Coptic monasteries in Wadi el natrun. The Monastery of St. Macarius lies in Wadi El Natrun, the ancient Scetis, 92 kilometers from Cairo on the western side of the desert road to Alexandria. It was founded in 360 A.D. by St. Macarius the Egyptian, who was the spiritual father to more than four thousand monks of different nationalities-Egyptians, Greeks, Ethiopians, Armenians, Nubians, Asians, Palestinians, Italians, Gauls, and Span-lards. There several writers and philosophers, and members of the aristocracy of the time, along with simple illiterate peasants. From the fourth century up to the present day, the monastery has been continuously inhabited by monks.

Afterwards, we proceed with our Wadi El Natrun tour from Alexandria. We drive by a modern air-conditioned vehicle to Wadi El Natrun, the actual birthplace for Christian monasticism. Basically, there were about 50 monasteries, only 4 have survived into modern times. Continue with Wadi El Natrun tour from Alexandria. You begin your trip with Deir Al Baramus which is the oldest of the surviving 4 monasteries, and in many ways, the most isolated.

Afterwards, we then proceed to Deir Saint Bishoi whose body is still in the monastery. Continue your Wadia El Natrun tour from Alexandria to Deir Abu Maqar which is the richest monastery now in Wadi El Natrun, as it has more than 100 monks and 600 workers in the extensive farm which spreads in front of it. You will end your trip with Deir El Suryani which is the smallest and most compact of the 4 monasteries. Upon return to Alexandria, you will get to take a photo at the Alexandria Library and Qaitbey Citadel.