Sentences with phrase «famous pilgrimage site»

It is a famous pilgrimage site because it has the well - known Brahma temple where people visit from all over.

Finally, there is Kandy, a famous pilgrimage site for Buddhists, with beautifully carved houses, palaces and temple preserved for nearly 500 years.

From Hpa - An, you can continue your trip to the famous pilgrimage site of The Golden Rock or to the newly opened to tourism southern beaches.

Sergius Lavra (a lavra is a major monastery — only four monasteries in Russia have that designation), north of Moscow, is perhaps Russia's most famous pilgrimage site.

There are a number of companies that conduct tours of the site and arrange travel packages for pilgrims seeking to experience, in the words of one Lourdes historian, «one of the most famous pilgrimage sites in the Christian world.»

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On other days we walked to burial sites which date back to almost 3,000 BC, walked a small section of the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route, huddled in a shepherd's log - store for lunch, laughed heartily with Basque locals as if they were close friends and listened to Basque ballads of how life passes us by.

Hotel guests will be able to easily reach major attractions in the area, such as the El Rocío Chapel, where the famous pilgrimage takes place; the La Rábida Monastery, where Christopher Colombus slept before departing toward America; or the Doñana National Park, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.