Pilgrimage & Travel

Translated by Laurie Dennett Every year, some 200,000 people set out on the world’s most famous pilgrimage route – ‘the Camino’, designated a World Heritage Site in 1993.  Actually a network of paths with numerous...

Places Lourdes and its attendant spiritual movement firmly at the centre of French history and shows its significance in the country's development.

2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous. In this special anniversary book, Jacques Perrier, the Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, looks to the future and sets out what he sees as the 12 'missions'...

A pilgrimage to the Holy Land should truly be a journey of a lifetime, and this bestselling illustrated guide is the perfect companion. Preferred by pilgrims and tour leaders alike, Every Pilgrim's Guide to the Holy Land covers over sixty popular...

Here the renowned expert on sacred places, John Michell, takes us on an unforgettable journey to ruined abbeys and cathedrals, pagan sites and megalithic temples, shrines of saints and visionaries, holy wells, island sanctuaries and to a host of...

Tells the story of the small Hebridean island of Iona and the remarkable growth and influence of its spiritual life over fifteen centuries, with new translations of early Gaelic and medieval prayers and original research into the island's story and...

Rome has been a major pilgrimage destination for over 1500 years and continues to draw millions of pilgrims today. This unique travel companion offers an in-depth guide to the Eternal City's principal Christian sites. It is illustrated throughout...

This beautiful spiritual evocation of Iona blends inspiring photography, poetry, legendary tales and local stories to evoke the intricacies of the island's spiritual web. From half-explored coves and caves to seldom-visited glens and headlands, this...