{"id":594,"date":"2017-09-13T20:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tripminutes.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2021-11-29T20:45:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T19:45:39","slug":"top-15-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-and-popular-pilgrimages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tripminutes.com\/top-15-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-and-popular-pilgrimages\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 15 of the World\u2019s Most Beautiful and Popular Pilgrimages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There are several reasons for going on pilgrimages. Some do it because of their religion, some are looking for a connection with the supernatural, and there are some people whose motivation is to see the wonderful sights. These people go to pilgrimages to see their beauty, they visit El Camino, Rome, Lourdes and Nepal. Pilgrimage is one of the oldest religious traditions. The destinations are mainly those places that have a spiritual importance of a given religion, where the main characters of a religion were born, at the headquarters of a religion or where a miracle of an enigma occurred. According to religions people, h these places we can get closer to God, we can experience his love and we can feel closer to him. However, pilgrimages are unforgettable not only for the religious ones. Nowadays, based on researches and observations, we found out, that a pilgrimage can be a very effective therapy course, since these adventures inspire us and help us break out of our everyday life and teach us autognosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
#15 The Adriantic-Alps passage, Germany\/Austria\/Italy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The hikers take a km long trip from the city hall in Munich to the St. Mark square in Venice. This trip is an afoot roller coaster\u00a0 with continuous uphill and downhill roads. The highest peak of the tour is the Friesenberg that is 2.904 meters high. The tour is divided into 28 parts, and within the whole distance, the fall is around 40.000 meters that has to be fulfilled, that is around 1.425 m fall done per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#14 El Camino-Camino de Santiago<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Leaving on foot from St. Jean Pied de Port through Santiago de Compostela till Finisterre is more than 900 km afoot, and thats how we can get to Cape Finisterre that was thought to be the end of the world in the medieval times. Along the energy grade lines of Earth starts Camino, from France France, goes through the Pyrenees and from East to West goes through Nort Spain till it reaches the famous Cathedral of Santiago where St. Jacob\u2019s mortal remains can be found. This trip gives us the opportunity to think, to learn self-knowledge and to think about ourselves. During the Cammino it is said that everyone meets someone, who has something important to tell. \u2019The Camino shows the past and the future, and during the pilgrimage, you find out, who you really are\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
According to numerous opinions this is the top-notch of the European upland pilgrimages! The route starts from a little town at the Mont Blanc, called Chamonix and gets us into the heart of the Alps, to the Swiss Zermattig. You can see the wildest walls, and the most challenging peaks. You can walk through all the places where alpinism faced its greatest struggles from the past up till now. Naturally you can do all that from a safe distance, on tourist paths or from safe glaciers walking from house to house on a well known, classic track. Through the whole 180 km long distance the path will be below 3000 meters, therefore there is no need for special equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The GR10 tour route starts ont he northern part of the Pyrenees and goes through the whole mountain chain from the Atlantic ocean till the Mediterranean\u00a0 seashore. It crosses France, Andorra and Spain too. The facade of the whole trip is high-altitude, Alpine, at sometimes with pictorial villages. Along the trip we can find accommodation in mountain houses, where if there is a kitchen, it is worth to stay to try the local specialties. It is not an easy trip, because the daily distances that must be taken include high falls. All together the fall is 48.000 meters on the 866 km long trip. One of the most beautiful part of the route is a 130 km long part, that includes the wonderful pyramid shaped Pic D\u2019Anie peak above the Pas d\u2019Azuns pass, and the village is Lescun that is the most beautiful village in the Pyrenees. Along the beautiful natural sights, we can find many historical monuments as well. Among others, we can find a footpath that was made in the 18th<\/sup> century, that was made by woodsmen when they had cut trees for building ships, to build the french battle-fleet. It is an advantage that the Pyrenees relative altitude is not too high, its highest peak is only around 2400 meters, so there is no need for upland acclimatization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Corse is the pearl of the Mediterranean, the Island of Beauty. Here everything is covered in flowers, the mountains are green, and the sky and the sea is\u00a0mazarine. It guarantees adventure due to its romantic landscape. The romantic landscape, the mountains and the sea creates such a wonderful atmosphere and unique mood that it compensates us for every hardship, every exhausted step taken during the trip. This wild and beautiful Mediterranean island hides unforgettable experiences for everyone. Among all of the mountain trips GR20 is considered to be Europe’s hardest and most beautiful one. Through the trip, we can see the wildlife of Corse\u2019s romantic world. The trip usually takes 12 days, but it can be accomplished in different ways from the \u2019original\u2019 one as well. Along the route there are white and red signs. These signs appear on every 50 meters, but most of the times it is important to have a serious sense of direction and water reserves. On Corse GR20 is the trip that goes through the mountain chain, but to take the whole trip needs a tracking experience. The whole route is 170 km long with around 10.000 meters\u00a0 of fall. This mountain chain tests the stamina of adventurers, but in exchange it gives us breath-taking views through the untouched landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#10 Kungsleden, The Road of Kings, Sweden<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
On the northern part of Sweden, around the Arctic Circle is this around 432 km long, north-south oriented tourist route. It is considered a quite popular tour and not only in Sweden, but also in Europe, moreover adventurers come to take the trip even from overseas to see the untouched rocky landscape of the Swedish Lapplands.\u00a0 The tourist road is not a newfangled idea, the thought occurred in the minds of the tourist offices, to bring that part of the country closer to people. They did not only make the route, but also built little houses around a days walk from each other that have evolved to bigger complexes where compared to the circumstances, the facilities to rest a long day\u2019s walk is almost luxurious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#9 St. Olaf\u2019s road, Norway<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Along the St. Olaf pilgrimage there are numerous cultural treasures hidden. The Scandinavian nature, the northern culture and the local specialties are altogether offered in this wonderful pilgrimage. The trip is between Oslo and Trondheim that is a wonderful travel in which we can live through all of the tokens of the Norwegian traditions and hospitality since this road has been used since the medieval ages.\u00a0 The length of the whole route is 614 km. The Norwegian St. Olaf pilgrimage was the second pilgrimage that was taken on the list of Europe\u2019s Cultural Pilgrimages on May, 2010 (the first one was the St. Jacob\u2019s Pilgrimage in 1987).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Via Francigena is a pilgrimage that starts from Canterbury, England and used to connect the italian cities with the areas beyond the Alps, with today\u2019s France and the territory of the whole Frank Empire. After\u00a0 Constantine the Great\u2019s edict in 313, that ensured free exercise of religion for the Christians the Via Francigena acquired a great importance. The first document that mentiones the stops of the route is from 990 by the Archbishop of Canterbury the so called \u2019Serious\u2019 Sigeric. The archbishop pilgrimed to Rome from Canterbury to take the pallium (the official-badge of being an archbishop) from Pope John XV. On his way back to Canterbury he listed the stops of his pilgrim. In 1985 Giovanni Caselli a graphic and art historian from Florentine revealed the route for the first pilgrimage that was taken by Sigeric bishop, based on his notes. The route wasn\u2019t constant, it rather connected abbeys than bigger cities. The trip has around 80 parts and the full length of it is 1700 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#7 The Lycian Pilgrimage, Turkey<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
According to many people the Lycian Pilgrimage is one of the world\u2019s most beautiful\u00a0 afoot path and pilgrimage, a perfect combination of natural and historical beauties and afoot trips and beaches! Wandering on flowery meadows, below snowy mountain peaksand near crystal clear mountain streams. Visiting beaches on hidden, out-of-the-way bays, but also a trip for the ones that prefer cultural sights, since ancient Greek, roman and Persian archaeological sights, a thousand year old rock graves, fallen cities and byzantine churches bring back the magical mood of the past ages. Lycia is an ancient geographical region. It was named after the Luwian people who had greek origins. It is located on a peninsula-like highland on the south-western seashores of Asia Minor, covered in forests. Nowadays it belongs to Turkey. Lycia consisted of independent city-states that were in a close alliance with each other and that can be dated back to 1250 B.C.\u00a0 In our days its territory is from Fethiye to Antalya. Throughout the trip we can find St. Nicholas church, that is very popular among the orthodox pilgrims.\u00a0 Saint Nicholas the historical man later developed into the figure of Santa Claus. He was born in the city of Patara during the III. century and lived there till he was nominated to become the bishop of Myra (today Demre), that is 80 km from Patara. Though Santa Claus became a figure of the winter, visiting children and bringing presents on snowy nights and flying on a sled pulled by reindeers, in Myra, where the climate is Mediterranean, there have never been snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Maria Pilgrimage is one of Middle-Europe\u2019s most popular pilgrimage among those who would like to\u00a0 get into the history of Christianity. The route connects the Maria shrines in the Carpathian Basin. From one direction the Mariazell in Austria with \u015eumuleu Ciuc (Cs\u00edksomly\u00f3 in Hungarian) in Romania, and from the other direction from the polish Chestochowa to Medugorje in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most of the pilgrims go on foot, but since the distance between the destinations is great, a lot of these people rather travel by bicycle or on horse. In both directions the distance is around 1400 km-s, on foot it can be taken in 60 days. Throughout the pilgrimage there are numerous cultural sights, natural values, also we can find out about the history, and the traditions of the folks that lived in the Carpathian Basin. This trip has numerous Hungarian stop sas well, among others K\u0151szeg, Celld\u00f6m\u00f6lk, Esztergom and Budapest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Saint Martin is one of Europe\u2019s and the christian world\u2019s most popular saint, in Europe around 10.000 churches were named after him. The St. Martin cultural route was created on the initiative of the french and hungarian\u00a0 Via Sancti Martini in 2005 and is organised around two intersections. One is Szombathely, the ancient Savaria where Martin was born, the other one is Tours, France, where Martin was nominated a bishop and also was buried. The main route connecting the two towns goes through Hungary, Slovenia, Itali and France, but there are some side routes through Croatia, Slovakia, Czechia, Netherlands and Germany too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
It is the Hardest trip route of the United Kingdom. Even for the most experienced hikers, taking this 321 km long trip can be accomplished in at least 20 days. The trip starts from the town of Fort William that can be easily approached by bus and train as well from the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. This long-distance pilgrimage goes to the Cape Wrath that is Britain\u2019s most northwest point. Along the path there are no hiking signs, no painted symbols to help orientation. The trip is wild, but goes through beautiful landscapes, everyone has time on this hike to think and to sink themselves in the beauties of nature. This trip is only recommended for experienced hikers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
This trip can be known of the move \u2019Wild\u2019, but i think that the documentary about this trip made in may, 2014 can be the most inspiring for walking that was ever made. The trip starts at the Mexican border and goes through California, Oregon and Washington states, up till the Canadian border. The whole distance is 4.265 km long and from the point of view of the diverse landscape it can be second to nothing. Probably no pilgrimage can compete with the Pacific Crest Trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
It is a less known and popular route to climb the Himalaya from the Indian side. Ladakh or the so-called Little Tibet is a less popular region in tourism, even though it is located on the world\u2019s highest mountain. However, this area\u2019s peaks are no higher than 8000 meters, but the untouched cultural world compensates us. Throughout the trip we can see the places used for meditation, the so-called zanglai gompa, monasteries that were built on cliffs and special shrines. We can see yaks and nomads, get to know the traditional way of dressing up and the traditions. The trip is worth taking in the Himachal Pradesh region where we can hike for 24 days between Spiti and Ladakh. This especially long and hard trip follows an ancient mercantile route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#1 Trans Panama Trail, Panama<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This comparably new trail, created in 2009 goes from the Colombian border of the country to the border of Costa Rica, its length is 1.130 km. This area that connects the Pacific ocean with the Atlantic ocean has a marvelous landscape and is rich in crystal clear waterfalls.\u00a0 After Panama City, the route is mostly the same as the Camino Real\u2019s route, that was made in the 15 century by Spanish homesteaders. This is the trail on which the silver and the gold was carried to the ships on the shores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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