Destination Explorer

Old City of Jerusalem

UNESCO World Heritage

Jerusalem's Old City contains the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally held to be the site of…

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

UNESCO World Heritage

Vatican City is the smallest sovereign state in the world and the spiritual centre of the Catholic C…

Assisi

UNESCO World Heritage

Assisi, the birthplace of St. Francis, offers a quieter, more contemplative pilgrimage experience th…

Christian Rome

UNESCO World Heritage

Beyond Vatican City itself, Rome contains several of Catholicism's other major basilicas — including…

Church of the Nativity

UNESCO World Heritage

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem marks the traditional birthplace of Jesus and is among the o…

Fatima

Fatima is a major Catholic Marian shrine built around reported apparitions to three shepherd childre…

Lourdes

Lourdes is one of the world's most visited Catholic pilgrimage sites, centred on the Grotto of Massa…

Mount Athos

UNESCO World Heritage

Mount Athos is a self-governed monastic peninsula containing twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries, so…

Nazareth

Nazareth, in the Galilee region, is venerated as the town where Jesus grew up, and is home to the Ba…

Santiago de Compostela

UNESCO World Heritage

Santiago de Compostela's cathedral is the traditional resting place of the relics of St. James the A…