Monastery of Saint Anthony
Good to know
- Best time to go
- October to April for the desert setting and the cave hike
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Regarded as the world's oldest active Christian monastery, founded in the fourth century at the foot of the Red Sea mountains where Saint Anthony lived as a hermit. Its church holds a remarkable cycle of medieval Coptic wall paintings, and a stiff hike leads to the saint's cave above.
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