Wadi el-Leja

Another rewarding excursion is to the Wadi el-Leja, which flanks the west side of Gebel Musa and contains many places revered as sacred and visited by pilgrims.

At the entrance to the Wadi el-Leja, on the right, are the ruins of the huts in which SS. Cosmas and Damian lived as hermits and a chapel dedicated to the Apostles but never used; on the left is the ruined Monastery of El-Bustan.