Mount Sinai

Rising 2,285 metres above the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, Mount Sinai is venerated in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments — making it one of the most religiously charged mountains on earth. A Coptic chapel at the summit, built in the 6th century on the remains of an even earlier structure, marks the traditional spot of the divine revelation. The most common ascent follows roughly 3,750 steps carved directly into the granite rock face — the so-called Steps of Repentance — typically climbed in darkness to reach the peak before dawn. Watching sunrise break over the jagged desert ranges of the Sinai from the granite summit, under skies almost entirely free of light pollution, is the defining experience the mountain is known for.