Spiritual Places

Sarah Baxter grew up in Norfolk, England and now lives in Bath. Her passion for travel and the great outdoors saw her traverse Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the United States before settling into a writing career. She was Associate Editor of Wanderlust magazine, the bible for independent-minded travellers, for more than ten years and has also written extensively on travel for a diverse range of other publications, including the Guardian, the Telegraph and the Independent newspapers. Sarah has also contributed to more than a dozen Lonely Planet guidebooks.

• St Catherine's Monastery, Egypt;
• Kyoto, Japan;
• Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar;
• Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka;
• Varanasi and the Ganges, India;
• Mount Kailash, China;
• Cape Reinga, New Zealand;
• Uluru, Australia;
• Saut d'Eau waterfall, Haiti;
• Camino de Santiago, Spain;
• Mezquita de Cordoba, Spain;
• Isle of Iona, Scotland;
• Avebury, England;
• Mont St-Michel, France;
• Lourdes, France;
• Luther Trail and Wittenburg Cathedral, Germany;
• Mount Olympus, Greece;
• Temple Mount and Jerusalem, Israel;
• Crater Lake, Oregon, USA;
• Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA;
• Devil's Tower, Wyoming, USA;
• Haida Gwai, Canada;
• Teotihuacan, Mexico;
• Lake Titicaca, Bolivia and Peru;
• Easter Island, Chile