St George Monastery

St George Monastery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this church: Open, normal crowd · Very crowded today · Festival / special day · Closed today.

Best time to visit St George Monastery

Season: Year-round; Christmas and Easter week are busiest.

Busiest days: Sunday services; Christmas, Good Friday and Easter.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach St George Monastery — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.76732, 36.26776. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near St George Monastery

• Krak des Chevaliers · fort · Homs Governorate · ~3 km · Must-see
• Tell Kazel · fort · Tartus Governorate · ~33 km · Must-see
• Kadesh · fort · Homs Governorate · ~41 km · Must-see
• Amrit Melkart Temple · fort · Tartus Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• Misyaf Castle · fort · Hama Governorate · ~42 km · Must-see
• Al-Kahf Castle · fort · Tartus Governorate · ~44 km · Must-see
• Tartus Museum · museum · Tartus Governorate · ~48 km · Must-see
• Fortress of Arwad · fort · Tartus Governorate · ~48 km · Must-see
• Al-Atassi Mosque · dargah · Homs Governorate · ~51 km · Must-see
• Al Nuri Great Mosque · dargah · Homs Governorate · ~51 km · Must-see
• Khalid Ibn al-Waleed Mosque · dargah · Homs Governorate · ~51 km · Must-see
• Citadel of Homs · fort · Homs Governorate · ~51 km · Must-see
• Umm al-Zenar Church · fort · Homs Governorate · ~52 km · Must-see
• Kamouh el Hermel · fort · Baalbek-Hermel Governorate · ~59 km · Must-see
• Qaa · fort · Baalbek-Hermel Governorate · ~64 km · Must-see
• Jabal al Kana'is · viewpoint · Hama Governorate · ~64 km · Must-see
• قلعة أبو قبيس · fort · Hama Governorate · ~65 km · Must-see
• Al-Tawbat Mosque · dargah · North Governorate · ~67 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of St George Monastery

Other churches near St George Monastery

• Monastère Saint-Serge-et-Saint-Bacchus · church · North Governorate · ~74 km · Must-see
• Saint Elisha Monastery · church · North Governorate · ~78 km · Must-see
• Monastery of Mar Yakub (St James) · church · Rif Dimashq Governorate · ~98 km · Must-see
• Dayr Mar Musa · church · Rif Dimashq Governorate · ~123 km · Must-see
• Convent of Saint Thecla · church · Rif Dimashq Governorate · ~132 km · Must-see
• Saints Sergios and Bacchos Monastery · church · Rif Dimashq Governorate · ~132 km · Must-see
• Bkerke · church · Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate · ~133 km · Must-see
• Anjar · church · Beqaa Governorate · ~149 km · Must-see
• Saint Elias Greek Catholic Church · church · Beirut Governorate · ~149 km · Must-see
• Nourieh Chapel · church · Beirut Governorate · ~149 km · Must-see

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