St Catherine's Monastery - Gardens

Outside the monastery walls, to the northwest, are the beautiful monastery gardens, shaded by tall cypresses, which have their finest show of blossom in March and April. The gardens are laid out in terraces and well watered, and in addition to the flowers produce a variety of fruit and vegetables. Also outside the walls can be seen the pilgrims' cemetery and, in the crypt of St Tryphon's Chapel, the charnel house, which is also the place of burial of the monks.