Departure at midnight and drive to Saint Catherine City for 3 hours from Sharm El Sheik with breakfast box.Upon arrival, climb Moses Mountain to watch the sunrise, then return to the monastery to visit. Early in the morning, before dawn, proceed to the monastery, built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian. It is near Mount Sinai in Egypt. Important features are the enclosure wall, the door, the large church, the Arboretum Chapel, the library, etc. The monastery below the mountain, where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments, was one of the great centers of religious pilgrimage in the world. For more than fifteen centuries. Among its treasures is a library of manuscripts and icons ancient to the Vatican itself, and a sixth-century church stands on the site of the Burning Bush.