We like to drive you further away of crowds to purify your soul by visiting the Ancient Coptic Monasteries at Wadi El Natroun, where first Coptic Egyptian did create the monasticism in Christianity. Wadi El Natroun is a depression in northern Egypt that is located 23 m below sea level and 38 m below the Nile River level. The valley contains several alkaline lakes, natron-rich salt deposits, salt marshes and freshwater marshes. The place is best known today because its ancient monasteries remain in use. The desert fathers and cenobitic monastic communities used the desert's solitude and privations to develop self-discipline (asceticism). Hermit monks believed that desert life would teach them to eschew the things of this world and follow God's call. Although some of the individual monasteries were eventually abandoned or destroyed, four have remained in use to the present day:
• Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great
• Paromeos Monastery
• Monastery of Saint Pishoy
• Syrian Monastery
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