From secret viewpoints and art in the depths of the city’s foundations, to sunsets at a hipster hangout beyond the walls, a world-famous horse race, and climbing one of Italy’s tallest towers, these are the best things to do in Siena.

Walsingham Shrine has been a pilgrimage destination for a thousand years, and the village of Walsingham has lots to offer to tourists.

Click here for just a few of the best things to do in Assisi, including things to see, tours to take, where to eat and more!

High in the mountains of Cascia, St. Rita's Basilica provides a peaceful place of prayer to followers of the patron saint of impossible cases.

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Tokyo's Harajuku neighborhood is famous for its loud street fashion (embraced by singer Gwen Stefani, among others), but it's most popular attraction is hardly a household name. The tranquil Meiji Shrine attracts roughly 30 million annually, as does the Sensoji Temple, making them the world's most-visited sacred sites. These Japanese sites no doubt benefit from their location in Tokyo, a major metropolitan area and significant tourist destination. Most of the local population adheres to Shintoism or Buddhism or both, and religious and cultural traditions encourage families to go to shrines and temples at least once or twice a year, especially around New Year's, a time called hatsumode. Related: America's Most Beautiful Landmarks While each religion has its holy seasons, there's always a reason to visit these sites, whether you're intrigued by the history, art, or simply following a packaged tour. Whatever the day, you'll find Catholics attending mass at Mexico City's Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (No. 3), among casual tourists and others who've traveled here expressly to pay their respects to an image of the Virgin Mary. Pilgrimage is indeed one of the oldest motives for travel and going strong. The Hajj to the al-Haram mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is one of the most famous, with 2,927,717 Muslims participating in 2011—an unusually precise tally provided by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. For the annual Hindu pilgrimage to Sabarimala in Kerala, India, the visitation estimates varied so widely (anywhere from 3 to 50 million), we felt it was too unreliable to rank officially. We couldn't get a reliable confirmation for India's Sikh Golden Temple of Amritsar, suggested to receive 10,000 visitors daily, or for Temple Square in Salt Lake City, though, tellingly, the Mormon site purports to be the No. 1 tourist attraction in Utah. But we kept digging to determine as best as possible the most travel-inspiring sacred sites—read on for the top results. The Methodology: We made no distinction between devout religious pilgrims and secular tourists, or between domestic and foreign visitors. Because most of these sacred sites are free and open to the public, it's impossible to get a completely accurate count of visitors or their reasons for coming. We used numbers and estimates from the sites themselves, tourist boards, government agencies, local newspaper reports and reputable media outlets. We restricted our list to holy places associated with Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism and other religions that are still commonly practiced, which ruled out ancient sites such as temples to pagan Greek gods, the Mayan pyramids of Central American pyramids, and Stonehenge. And we focused on actual, physical structures, which eliminated items like the Shroud of Turin—shown only every few years—and gatherings like the Kumbh Mela festival, which can draw more than 60 million Hindus when held every 12 years.

A review of things to do on a Lourdes pilgrimage if you only have one day to view all the sights at this pilgrimage site.

Greece, First Impressions & Athens to Meteora Information We arrived into Athens and had arranged for our AirBNB host to pick us up at the airport. It seems as though a lot of the

Chalice Well, Glastonbury, 5th July 2008, bower and fossil in the meadow

County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland not only boasts spectacular scenery, but it's a wealth of history and legend.

Complete travel guide to visiting the beaches of Normandy & WW2 sites in France where there is a wealth of history to see from the recent D-Day landings.

Here's my guide to visiting the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, a must visit destination in Italy. Located in Umbria, Assisi was the home of the revered Saint Francis, a medieval monk and mystic. Assisi has been a religious pilgrimage site and shrine for 700 years. Its Basilica of St. Francis holds one of Italy's greatest relics (the body of St. Francis) and several cycles of stunning Early Renaissance frescos. This art changed the history of Italian art and ushered in the High Renaissance.

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Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe in Mexico City is the most visited Christian pilgrimage site in the Western Hemisphere.

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Six of our favorite places in Umbria, one of the most beautiful regions in Italy!

Fatima, Portugal is famous for the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Lucia Santos at Cova da Iria in 1917.

In the new issue we take a tour of Pembrokeshire in West Wales. Famed for its coastal beauty, it is also steeped in history, from spectacular castles to the birthplace of the Tudor dynasty.

Here's our guide to visiting the historic and hauntingly beautiful ruins of Masada, Israel.

Il racconto della mia visita al Castello dei Templari e al Convento dell'Ordine di Cristo di Tomar. Un luogo imperdibile per chi visita il Portogallo, non potrà non affascinarvi.

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Visit Estry in the Calvados department (Normandy region) of France: tourist information, places to visit and attractions near Estry

Taken from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Experiences, may we present a bevy of BC (or thereabouts) beauties that have stood the test of time without losing any of their ability to drop your jaw.

St. Francis, born in 1181 to a wealthy silk merchant and his wife, was definitely no saint to begin with. He partied and drank with his friends and generally got into trouble. Even after being imprisoned for a year during the war between Assisi and Perugia, he returned to his extravagant ways. But then, the

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Canterbury, ancient city famous for its cathedral and medieval streets set in the hop fields of Kent, one of the most beautiful and historic cities in England

Canterbury Cathedral is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and is listed as a World Heritage Site .