Spiritual Places

Sarah Baxter (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2018
Aurum (Verlag)
978-1-78131-742-6 (ISBN)

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Combining thoughtful text and beautiful hand-drawn illustrations created exclusively for this book, Inspired Traveller’s Guide Spiritual Places takes readers closer to these sacred sites than ever before by evoking the very spirit of each place.

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 is 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 round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Artistic Places (March 2021), Literary Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places.

Sarah Baxter grew up in Norfolk, England and now lives in Bath. Her passion for travel and the great outdoors saw her traverse Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the United States before settling into a writing career. She was Associate Editor of Wanderlust magazine, the bible for independent-minded travellers, for more than ten years and has also written extensively on travel for a diverse range of other publications, including the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Independent newspapers. Sarah has also contributed to more than a dozen Lonely Planet guidebooks.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	15.02.2018
Reihe/Serie	Inspired Traveller's Guides
Illustrationen	Zanna Goldhawk, Harry Goldhawk
Zusatzinfo	60 colour illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseführer
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10	1-78131-742-9 / 1781317429
ISBN-13	978-1-78131-742-6 / 9781781317426
Zustand	Neuware