Visit the iconic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, known for its top two floors completely covered in gold leaf and surrounded by beautiful gardens
Experience world's largest Buddhist temple in Java
Experience Myanmar's golden Buddhist pagoda
Visit the White Temple, a unique contemporary Buddhist temple in Thailand known for its intricate white architecture and symbolic art
Explore Ethiopia's rock-hewn churches
Explore Tibet's former home of the Dalai Lama
The Jordan riverbank where John baptised Jesus, with Byzantine churches and pilgrims wading in white robes.
Visit Tibet's most sacred Buddhist temple
The basilica over the grotto venerated as Jesusโs birthplace in Bethlehem.
One of Shintoโs holiest shrines, said to house the sacred sword of the imperial regalia, set in a 1,000-year-old camphor forest.
Embark on a profound spiritual quest to find a god, either through religious pilgrimage, meditation, or philosophical exploration. Visit sacred sites such as Varanasi (the spiritual capital of India), the Vatican (home of St. Peter's Basilica and the Pope), or the temples of Kyoto (including Fushimi Inari with its thousands of torii gates). Engage with diverse faiths and practices to deepen your understanding of the divine.
Join the Wednesday general audience in St Peterโs Square.
Calm lagoon and voodoo villages.
Sacred, uninhabited white-sand island.
Timor's highest peak, climbed for sunrise.
Vast mosque of the Mouride brotherhood, goal of the Grand Magal pilgrimage.
Sacred volcano and crater lake.
Hill covered in thousands of crosses.
Whitewashed monastery built into a sheer cliff face, the most visited pilgrimage site in the Balkans.
Sacred mountain and pyramids, UNESCO-listed.
Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple.
Sacred forest of shrines and sculpture along the Osun river, a UNESCO site.
Night climb of 5,500 steps to a sacred footprint shared by four religions, timed for sunrise and the peakโs shadow.
Birthplace of Jesus and the Nativity church.
Birthplace of the Buddha, UNESCO-listed.
One of the worldโs largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.
Gilded boulder balanced on a cliff edge, crowned by a small stupa.
Judaismโs holiest prayer site, the retaining wall of the Second Temple.
Sikhism's radiant golden shrine.
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