Visit the ancient Monastery of St Antony and then containing on to the Monastery of St Paul
The Monastery of Saint Anthony is a Coptic Orthodox monastery standing in an oasis in the Eastern Desert of Egypt
St. Anthony Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in the world, hidden deep in the Red Sea Mountains
The Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite dates to the fifth century AD, it is also known as the Monastery of the Tigers
For 119 years remained the monastery of St. Paul deserted, only to be repopulated by a group of monks from the Monastery of Saint Anthony