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Pilgrimage Tourism - Pilgrimage Tours with informative Pilgrimage Travel Guide

Humans have sought to touch and feel the divine for millennia. The only place to get close to the divine has been the sacred places established through the centuries. Pilgrimage Tourism is also an important tourism sector in the worldwide travel industry. There are awe-inspiring natural places and sites which had relations with a god or goddess, religious heroes and saints. All the religions of the world have pilgrimage sites which are not only known for their sanctity but also for its artistic heritage.

Pilgrimage Tourism features visits to famous pilgrimages sites. There are thousands of pilgrimage sites in Asia, Europe, Australasia, Americas, and Africa. You can also visit some popular pilgrimage sites in Europe. The countries of Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Hungary, Poland, Turkey and Malta have important religious sites. You should visit the San Giovanni Laterano, Santa Maria Maggiore, San Pietro (St. Peter's Basilica), Synagogue (Tempio Maggiore), San Marco (St. Mark's Basilica) in Venice, Sanctuaire de St. Jean-Marie Vianney, Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Doms, Avignon, Palace of the Popes Avignon, Basilique Sacré-Coeur in Paris, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, Tours Cathedral, Avila Cathedral, Camino de Santiago, Church of St.Nicholas, Westminster Abbey.

If you are planning your tour to Asia visit the sacred sites of India in Varanasi, Vrindavan, Bodhgaya, Goa and Ajmer. In Tibet you can visit Lhasa Drepung Monastery, Jokang temple and Mount Kailash. In the Middle East you can visit the Umayyad Mosque in Syria, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Mosque of Imam Ali and Mosques of Husayn and Abbas in Iraq, Al Masjid Al-Haram in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.

The concept of pilgrimage tourism has become popular among all as most of the people after their retirement search for peace and happiness. Not all can attain the "nirvana" but they can feel one with the Almighty by traveling to these various sacred places by help of pilgrimage travel guide from World Travel Guide.