Explore pilgrimages, an important part of religions and spiritual traditions. For thousands of years, people of every tradition have embarked on long, difficult and often costly journeys to sacred ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. It is said that pilgrimage is the original form of mindful travel. And in our turbulent times, a walking (biking or running) ...

Hemmed by white sand beaches and a bright blue sea, Scotland's Iona pulses on the Atlantic's horizon, where it has captured the imagination of spiritual seekers for centuries, ever since Irish monk ...

Religious pilgrimages are arguably enjoying a level of popularity today that hasn’t been seen since medieval times when peasants and noblemen alike set out for shrines and holy places, on penitential ...

Cardinal Marto asked the faithful to make a generous commitment to make “this extraordinary spiritual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima,” and said he has prepared the children of the ...

A 1,200-mile route connecting Canterbury to Rome via France, the Swiss Alps and the Italian Apennines, passing churches and shrines devoted to St Francis. 3. Adam’s Peak, Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka’s ...

SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (KABC) -- Hundreds of Catholics joined Archbishop José Gomez Saturday in a 10-mile spiritual walk. The pilgrimage is part of the church's year-long celebration commemorating 250 ...

In her early 30s, Rachael Sanborn found herself in a bad relationship and dreaming of an escape to the Camino de Santiago in Spain, a pilgrimage her father had undertaken that had profoundly changed ...

For our family, the holiday travel season usually started out with a song: “Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go!” We were lucky, in retrospect, that Grandmother’s house ...

Understanding Spiritual Tourism Spiritual tourism has emerged as a significant trend, especially among younger generations, ...