Spiritual Places

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 are 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.

Perfect for those who want to get away from it all, this book takes you closer to these sacred locations than ever before.

Each book in the Inspired Traveller’s Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations around the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places (March 2021), Literary Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places.