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USD $38.00
Private Tour: St Simeon's Monastery
Aswan, Egypt
Join a camel ride to the southern tip of Elephantine Island where you will find St Simeon's Monastery, an ancient, abandoned fortress monastery mostly built during the 7th century and located near Aswan.
The monastery was given the name St Simeon by archaeologists and travelers, but earlier Arabic and Coptic sources called it Anba Hatre (Hidra, Hadri, Hadra), after an anchorite who was consecrated a bishop of Syene (now Aswan) by Patriarch Theophilus (385-412 AD).
Anba Hatre married at the age of eighteen. Tradition says that just after the wedding, he encountered a funeral procession which inspired him to preserve his chastity and later become a disciple of Saint Baiman.
After eight years of ascetic practices under the supervision of his teacher, he retired to the desert and applied himself to the study of the life of Saint Antony. He died during the time of Theodosius I.
While visiting Aswan by way of Uniworld River Cruises. We decided to take a break from the normal_br/_ schedule and hired a Viator Guide for a private tour to St. Simeons Monastery.
Review by: Fang Y, June 2012
Camel ride was fresh experience for us but the whole tour was not so special and a bit boring to be honest. The tour guide was wonderful though, with very good English knowledge and very friendly.
Review by: Anonymous, Canada, May 2010
it's a short ride to the monastery and back - which is good when it's hot hot hot. an experience to be had.
Review by: Sean F, May 2010
it's a short ride to the monastery and back - which is good when it's hot hot hot. an experience to be had.
Review by: , May 2010
it's a short ride to the monastery and back - which is good when it's hot hot hot. an experience to be had.
Review by: , February 2010
Hard to forget your first camel ride! Interesting look at Christianity in Egypt.
Review by: Joanne D, February 2010
Guide was excellent and very knowledgeable & friendly.
Review by: Janet H, February 2010
Hard to forget your first camel ride! Interesting look at Christianity in Egypt.
Review by: Anonymous, February 2010
Hard to forget your first camel ride! Interesting look at Christianity in Egypt.
Review by: Anonymous, United States of America, October 2009
Hard to forget your first camel ride! Interesting look at Christianity in Egypt.
Review by: Janet H, October 2009
Hard to forget your first camel ride! Interesting look at Christianity in Egypt.
Review by: Joanne D, United Kingdom, December 2006
Guide was excellent and very knowledgeable & friendly.
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