In
the Footsteps of the Holy Family
8
Nights/9 Days
6 nights in Cairo, 1 night in St. Catherine
and 1 night in Alexandria
DAY 1 - CAIRO
Upon arrival in Cairo, you will be met by R.S. Horus Tours USA’s
representative in Egypt and
transferred to your hotel for overnight. You are in the heart of Cairo. Take a
stroll and introduce
yourself to the friendly Egyptian Culture.
DAY 2 - CAIRO
Drive to Giza and visit the Pyramids. You may purchase a ticket to
enter the Great Pyramid.
Next we tour the Sphinx surrounded by much mystery. Continue to
Memphis, and explore the
ancient capital of Egypt. Lunch en route we continue to Sakkara to see
the first Pyramid ever built,
the Step Pyramid, Return to Cairo and to your hotel. The evening is free. Bed
and Breakfast.
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| The Sphinx | The Step Pyramid |
DAY 3 – CAIRO
Today we tour the Egyptian Museum.
Gaze at the treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamen.
and much more. After lunch we tour the Mohamad Ali Mosque and the streets
of Khan el Khalili
Bazaar. It is the oldest bazaar in Egypt with its thousand shops and labyrinth
of street everything
is for sale and shopping bargains can be had. Return to your hotel. The evening
is free. B&B
DAY 4 –
ALEXANDRIA
Today we drive to Alexandria. On your way, visit Wadi El Natroun,
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The Holy Family at Wadi El Natroun
(Above: Entrance to the Monastery Chapel. Left: The Prophecies Gate. Below: Grapes Squeezer.)
The Holy Family at Matareya and Ain Shams
(Left: St. Mary's Tree - Matariyah, Cairo) The Holy Family at Zeitoun
At the time of the Holy Family's arrival there, Ain Shams was home to a large Jewish community, who had erected a temple – the Synagogue of Unias, - for their worship. In Matariyah, a tree still stands to this day, still regularly visited, called "Mary's Tree", for the Family is believed to have rested in its shade. Here, too, the Infant Jesus caused water to flow from a spring, from which He drank and blessed, and in which the Virgin washed His clothes. She poured the washing water on to the ground, and from that spot, the fragrant balsam plant blossomed: besides the healing and pain-soothing properties of this balm, its essence is used in the preparation of the scents and perfumes of which the holy Chrism is composed.
(Left: An icon at Virgin Mary Church - Zeitoun)
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Continue to Alexandria and check into our hotel. Bed and Breakfast.
DAY 5 - CAIRO
After
breakfast, visit the Church of St. Mark. Continue to the
Catacombs, Greco-Roman
Museum and after lunch, we visit the newly opened Alexandria Library.
Continue to
Montazah Gardens Drive back to Cairo, check into the hotel. The rest of the
evening is free.
B7B.
DAY 6 – CAIRO
After breakfast, we visit Old Cairo and walk back in time, visiting
the Old Coptic Church,
the Ben Ezra Synagogue,
the Church of Abou Serga (St. Sergius)
After Lunch we
visit
the Coptic St. Mary Maadi Church. Return to the hotel. The evening is free.
B&B
DAY 7 – ST.
CATHERINE'S MONASTERY
After breakfast, we visit St. Mary Church in Zeitun and depart Cairo
for the Sinai Peninsula
via the Suez Canal tunnel. On route, visit Eyoun Moussa (Moses' Spring),
Hamam Pharaon,
and the Church of Wadi Feiran. Arrive at St. Catherine's and check into the
hotel.
Breakfast and dinner.
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| Saint Catherine's Monastery | Climbing Mount Sinai |
DAY 8 – SAINT
CATHERINE'S MONASTERY
This morning for those
who wish we climb the Mountain of Moses, Sinai. It was on this mountain
that Moses received the Ten Commandments. It lies south of St. Catherine's
Monastery to
climb to the mountain either on foot or by camels for about 07 k.m. holding a
torch batteries,
reaching the steps (700 steps) , then to the mountain peak which is about 2200 m
above sea
level waiting for Sun Rise to take some photos, Later we tour Saint Catherine's
Monastery.
In the afternoon, we return to Cairo and our hotel. B&B.
DAY 9 –
You will be met at your hotel and transferred to the airport for your flight
home. B.
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TOUR INCLUDES:
• All shore
excursions
ALEXANDRIA- Guided sightseeing, visit the Catacombs of Kom es-Shouqafa, the Greaco-Roman Museum,
• All
entrance fees as per itinerary.
TOUR DOES NOT
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TOTAL PRICE
IN DOUBLE OCCUPANCY $1,270.00
IF TRAVELING ALONE ADD 15% FOR SINGLE SUPPLEMENT
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Their
trail from Sakha, is recorded in the documentation of Pope Theophilus'
vision, and attested to by Coptic practice in the Christian era. For it was
to 
Eventually,
they left the desert behind them and made their way southwards, crossing the
Nile to its eastern bank, and heading for Matariyah and Ain Shams (ancient
(Left:
An icon at Virgin Mary Church - Zeitoun)
Setting
out next towards