Red Monastery

Red Monastery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this Buddhist site: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Red Monastery

Season: October to March.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

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

How to reach Red Monastery — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 26.55478, 31.61994. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Red Monastery

• Sidi Arif Mosque · dargah · Suhaj · ~10 km · Must-see
• Monastery of the Martyrs · church · Suhaj · ~22 km · Must-see
• Temple of Ramesses II · fort · New Valley · ~63 km · Must-see
• Abydos · fort · New Valley · ~63 km · Must-see
• Umm el Qa'ab · fort · New Valley · ~64 km · Must-see
• Idfa · fort · New Valley · ~3 km
• Shinuda cave · cave · New Valley · ~4 km
• White Monastery · Buddhist site · New Valley · ~4 km
• Athribis (Upper Egypt) · fort · New Valley · ~8 km
• Naqb Abu Qandîl · viewpoint · New Valley · ~10 km
• Sidi Sheikh Al-Khidr Mosque · fort · Suhaj · ~10 km
• Sohag Railways Station · museum · Suhaj · ~10 km
• Mosque of Ali bin Abi Talib 1 · dargah · Suhaj · ~12 km
• Akhmim · fort · Suhaj · ~16 km
• Panopolis · fort · Suhaj · ~16 km
• Al Abu Stit mosque · dargah · Suhaj · ~17 km
• Al Wastani Monastery · attraction · Suhaj · ~21 km
• Dayr ash-Shuhada' · attraction · Suhaj · ~22 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Red Monastery

Other buddhist sites near Red Monastery

• White Monastery · Buddhist site · New Valley · ~4 km
• دير السيدة العذراء - الجنادله ️ · Buddhist site · Asyut · ~67 km

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