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Spiritual Places - Inspired Traveller's Guides
Spiritual Places - Inspired Traveller's Guides
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1 March, 2018
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From the manmade splendour of the Easter Island Statues in the Pacific Ocean, to the medieval pilgrimage of Camino de Santiago that stretches to Spain, Inspired Traveller's Guides: Spiritual Places explores locations that will be a balm to the mind and a tonic to the soul.
Travel journalist Sarah Baxter has carefully curated a selection of the 25 most spiritual destinations from around the world - places that hold the promise of rare and profound experiences, whether areas of natural beauty imbued with spiritual significance or sites constructed for worship. From breathtaking scenery to religious capitals, sacred valleys to places of natural beauty, here the full spiritual story and unique tranquillity of each place is revealed with beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and evocative tales of previous visitors that will both delight and inspire.
Featured locations:
Each book in the Inspired Traveller's Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places (March 2021), Literary Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places.
Travel journalist Sarah Baxter has carefully curated a selection of the 25 most spiritual destinations from around the world - places that hold the promise of rare and profound experiences, whether areas of natural beauty imbued with spiritual significance or sites constructed for worship. From breathtaking scenery to religious capitals, sacred valleys to places of natural beauty, here the full spiritual story and unique tranquillity of each place is revealed with beautiful hand-drawn illustrations and evocative tales of previous visitors that will both delight and inspire.
Featured locations:
- St Catherine's Monastery, Egypt;
- Kyoto, Japan;
- Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar;
- Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka;
- Varanasi and the Ganges, India;
- Mount Kailash, China;
- Cape Reinga, New Zealand;
- Uluru, Australia;
- Saut d'Eau waterfall, Haiti;
- Camino de Santiago, Spain;
- Mezquita de Cordoba, Spain;
- Isle of Iona, Scotland;
- Avebury, England;
- Mont St-Michel, France;
- Lourdes, France;
- Luther Trail and Wittenburg Cathedral, Germany;
- Mount Olympus, Greece;
- Temple Mount and Jerusalem, Israel;
- Crater Lake, Oregon, USA;
- Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA;
- Devil's Tower, Wyoming, USA;
- Haida Gwai, Canada;
- Teotihuacan, Mexico;
- Lake Titicaca, Bolivia and Peru;
- Easter Island, Chile.
Each book in the Inspired Traveller's Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places (March 2021), Literary Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781781317426 |
| ISBN10 | 1781317429 |
| Number Of Pages | 144 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Aurum Press |
| Format | hardback |
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Author's Bio
Sarah Baxter grew up in Norfolk, England and now lives in Bath. Her passion for travel and the great outdoors saw her traverse Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the United States before settling into a writing career. She was Associate Editor of Wanderlust magazine, the bible for independent-minded travellers, for more than ten years and has also written extensively on travel for a diverse range of other publications, including the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Independent newspapers. Sarah has also contributed to more than a dozen Lonely Planet guidebooks.