CAIRO
ARRIVAL AT THE CAIRO AIRPORT. VISA PROCEDURES, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVE. HOTEL MOVING AND LODGING.
CAIRO / TELL BASTA / TANIS / ISMAELIA / CAIRO
BREAKFAST. DEPARTURE TO TELL BASTA, VISIT TO ITS TEMPLE AND THE WELL WHERE THE SAGRADA FAMILIA WAS SUPPLIED WITH WATER. VISIT TO TANIS, A CITY THAT WAS THE CAPITAL OF EGYPT. VISIT TO THE CITY OF ISMAELIYA ON THE SHORE OF THE SUEZ CANAL. LUNCH AND RETURN TO CAIRO AND ACCOMMODATION AT THE HOTEL.
CAIRO / MATARIYA / MOSTOROD / BELBEIS / CAIRO
BREAKFAST. DEPARTURE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MATARYA WHERE THE CHURCH OF THE VIRGIN MARY AND “THE TREE OF MARY” WILL BE VISITED. THE JOURNEY TO MOSTOROD, ABOUT 10 KMS FROM CAIRO, PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE MAHAMMA, THE BATHROOM, AS THERE THE VIRGIN BATHED JESUS AND WASHED HIS CLOTHES. ON THE RETURN THEY ALSO PASSED THROUGH THERE AND JESUS CHRIST CREATED A SOURCE OF WATER THAT CONTINUES TO EXIST TODAY. THERE IS A VISIT TO THE CITY OF BELBEIS, LOCATED ABOUT 55 KM FROM CAIRO, AND THE VIRGIN MARY TREE THAT SERVED TO PROTECT THE SACRED FAMILY OF THE SUN WILL BE VISITED. RETURN TO THE HOTEL AND ACCOMMODATION.
CAIRO / WADI AL NATRUN / CAIRO
BREAKFAST. DEPARTURE TOWARDS WADI AL NATRUN, A VILLAGE LOCATED ABOUT 120 KM FROM THE CAPITAL WHICH WAS BLESSED BY JESUS CHRIST AND THE VIRGIN; THREE IMPORTANT COPTOS MONASTERIES ARE VISITED, AL BARAMOS, EL ANBA BESHOY AND SANTA MARIA. RETURN TO THE HOTEL AND ACCOMMODATION.
CAIRO / COPTO AND MAADI NEIGHBORHOOD
BREAKFAST. IN THE MORNING, VISIT TO THE COPTO NEIGHBORHOOD: THE CHURCHES, OF SAN MERCURIO (ABU SEIFEIN), OF SANTA BÁRBARA, SAN JORGE, THE HANGING CHURCH AND THE CHURCH OF SAN SERGIO (ABU SIRGA) AND THE GRUTA WHERE THE SAGRADA FAMILIA REFUGEED AND WHICH CONSIDER ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MONUMENTS IN OLD CAIRO. LUNCH. IN THE AFTERNOON, THE CHURCH OF AL ADRA AL ADAWIA WILL BE VISITED IN MAADI, AN OLD SUBURB OF MENFIS AND CURRENTLY A NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH OF CAIRO; THIS WORD DERIVES FROM “ADA”, WHICH MEANS TO SAY CROSS, SINCE HERE THE SAGRADA FAMILIA CROSSED THE NILE RIVER FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THEIR TRIP TO EGYPT. RETURN TO THE HOTEL AND ACCOMMODATION.
CAIRO / EL MINIA
BREAKFAST. DEPARTURE TO THE MINIA, PROVINCE LOCATED AT 250 KM. SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL. THERE WE VISIT THE MONASTERY OF THE VIRGIN, SITUATED ON THE MOUNT EL TEIR WHICH MEANS THE MOUNTAIN OF THE BIRDS, IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE PALMA MOUNTAIN (THE KAF) BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE COPTA TRADITION, FROM THE TOP A ROCTEND CALLED A ROCK AND JESUS HAND AND PREVENTED FROM FALLING ON TOP OF THE SAGRADA FAMILIA AND HIS PALM STAYED ON THE ROCK. DINNER AND ACCOMMODATION
THE MINIA / ASSIUT
BREAKFAST. IN THE MORNING, DEPARTURE TO ASIUT, CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE, LOCATED ABOUT 120 KM. SOUTH OF EL MINIA. IN ASIUT YOU WILL VISIT THE MONASTERY OF AL MOHARRAK SITUATED AT THE FOOT OF A MOUNTAIN AND HAS BEEN DENOMINATED THE SECOND BETHLEHEM AS IT IS THE PLACE WHERE THE HOLY FAMILY STAYED FOR THE LONGEST SIX MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. THEY LIVED IN THE CAVE THAT LATER BECAME THE ALTAR OF THE OLD CHURCH OF THE VIRGIN, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE MONASTERY. DINNER AT THE HOTEL. ACCOMMODATION
ASSIUT / CAIRO
BREAKFAST. DEPARTURE IN THE MORNING TO CAIRO TAKING ANOTHER ROUTE AS THE SAGRADA FAMILIA DID, TO VISIT THE MONASTERY OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN THE MOUNT OF DRONKA (ASSIUT); THIS PLACE WAS BLESSED BY THEM. LUNCH. ARRIVAL IN CAIRO AND ACCOMMODATION.
CAIRO
BREAKFAST. TRANSFER TO THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF CAIRO TO FLIGHT BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. END OF OUR SERVICES.
