Visit the Hill of Crosses

Gilded boulder balanced on a cliff edge, crowned by a small stupa.

The Jordan riverbank where John baptised Jesus, with Byzantine churches and pilgrims wading in white robes.

Birthplace of Jesus and the Nativity church.

The basilica over the grotto venerated as Jesus’s birthplace in Bethlehem.

Whitewashed monastery built into a sheer cliff face, the most visited pilgrimage site in the Balkans.

Join the Wednesday general audience in St Peter’s Square.

One of Shinto’s holiest shrines, said to house the sacred sword of the imperial regalia, set in a 1,000-year-old camphor forest.

Sacred forest of shrines and sculpture along the Osun river, a UNESCO site.