Talking to God seems like it should be as easy as falling off a log. But often it can feel more like climbing a cliff. Even the most spiritually gifted can find their prayer dry, as we know from the ...

Travel in an electric wheelchair on a medieval path through northern France, with its bumpy cobblestones, tall cathedrals, narrow streets and ancient churches, is surprisingly possible. All that is ...

'Irreligious pilgrim' Mary Russell embarks on a nevertheless spiritual journey along Spain's medieval path, the Camino de Santiago - starting with a cycle to the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, where the ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Sitting off the Basque coast of Spain, the tiny island of Gaztelugatxe would ...

For 1,300 years worshippers and visitors have trodden the cobbled path to the medieval abbey. Few, it appears will now be following them after the route fell foul of the modern obsession with health ...