Monasteries & Abbeys · Trailwind

Sanctuaries in the world's most remote places.Monasteries & Abbeys is a hand-picked Trailwind collection of 20 places: Sanctuaries in the world's most remote places.. Every entry has its own guide with the best time to go, what's nearby and how to build a trip around it.

Saint Catherine Monastery, Egypt

Gelati Monastery, Georgia

Jerónimos Monastery, Portugal

Geghard, Armenia

Monastery of Saint John of Rila, Bulgaria

Maulbronn Monastery, Germany

Daphni Monastery, Greece

Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch, Germany

Studenica monastery, Serbia

Melk Abbey, Austria

Horezu monastery, Romania

Khor Virap, Armenia

Vézelay Abbey, France

Princely Abbey of Corvey, Germany

Hosios Loukas, Greece

Abbey of Fontenay, France

Convent of Christ, Portugal

Sanahin Monastery, Armenia

Haghpat Monastery, Armenia

Gračanica monastery, Serbia

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