Great Pilgrimage Walks in Europe - Nicole Bukaty

GreatPilgrimage Walks in Europecovers 40 routes in North-West, Nordic, Central and Southern Europe, presentinga wide spectrum of sacred destinations, steeped in history and diversecultures. The walks range from those that require a commitment of a week ormore to others that can be done in a day. The longest pilgrimages are dividedinto sections for those who wish to walk only part of the route. These arejourneys for all travellers with an emphasis on the spiritual benefits as muchas the physical ones. The end point is the focus of the walks but they havealso been chosen for the sites of religious significance from soaringcathedrals to holy shrines as well as areas of natural beauty that will be seenalong the way. �Afact file for each walk gives its length, likely duration, best time toundertake, what kind of conditions will be encountered and which are the mainhighlights to be seen. The text describes the main features of the route andthe photographs illustrate the historic and religious buildings, the landscape,and the towns and villages featured. Each walk is plotted on an accompanyingmap.