Tag: pilgrimages
Travel agencies that organized illegal pilgrimages to court in Egypt | News in brief
A large number of the pilgrims who died in the heat of Mecca were Egyptians who used unofficial routes. The managers of the travel agencies are to be prosecuted for…
Within the French army, the surprising tradition of religious pilgrimages – L’Express
Lourdes: its churches, its sanctuary, its source, and… its soldiers. Each year, between 14,000 and 15,000 soldiers travel to the town in the Hautes-Pyrénées in May to participate in the…
Tourists make pilgrimages to Sweden – to escape the heat
After last year’s record heat in southern Europe, there are now signs that more people from the continent are choosing to go north on holiday. At Jägersbo camping in Skåne,…