Zaafarana
Zaafarana is located 62 Km South of Ain Sukhna, Red Sea. Zaafrana is simply beautiful, renowned for its religious and economic importance in Egypt.
Zaafarana is a small city that many go through to reach the monasteries of St. Anthony and St. Paul, nearby. The two monasteries are similar in build-up. Both have interesting and nicely decorated old churches. Both also have a spring that gives a continuous flow, winter and summer. Both monasteries also have the usual fortress and very thick surrounding walls that protected the monks during Bedouin raids.
In St. Anthony's also visit the Church of the Apostles. Here lies the body of Bishop Yousab al-Abah, bishop of Gerga (upper-Egypt) in 1791 - 1826.
Zaafarana has also gained more importance after the inauguration of the wind power park. In mid-October 2001, Nordex has officially handed over to the Egyptian energy ministry the largest wind power park ever built in Egypt, which is located in Zafarana, roughly 200 kilometers south east of Cairo close to the Red Sea. The power generated will be sufficient to supply more than 500,000 people with environmental-friendly electricity.
Zaafarana is a quite little city, but the area is being rapidly developed into Red Sea Resorts.
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