Mountain · Egypt
Mount Sinai (Jabal Musa)
جبل موسى
The 2,285 m peak above Saint Catherine’s Monastery, identified in religious tradition as the mountain of Moses.
Where it is
28.5391, 33.9750
Why go
Jabal Musa rises to about 2,285 metres in the high mountains of South Sinai, directly above Saint Catherine's Monastery. Religious tradition identifies it as the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments, and the national tourism authority describes the area as sacred to all religions. From the top the view opens over the surrounding peaks and valleys of the Saint Catherine area.
Near Mount Sinai (Jabal Musa)
Monastery
Saint Catherine’s Monastery
A historic monastery beneath Mount Sinai, with churches, a mosque and an important manuscript collection.
2 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Mountain
Mount Catherine (Jabal Katrina)
A high summit south-west of Mount Sinai where, by monastic tradition, the body of Saint Catherine of Alexandria was found.
4 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Sharm al-Sheikh Museum
A ministry museum in Sharm al-Sheikh with halls on people and animals in ancient Egypt, the coffins of Isetemheb and Sinai heritage.
77 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Fortress
Salah al-Din Citadel, Pharaoh’s Island
A 12th-century citadel of Salah al-Din on a granite islet off Taba, with towers, a mosque, cisterns and an earlier Byzantine fort.
134 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ