Room with a Pew Sleeping Our Way Through Spain's Ancient Monasteries

Name: Room with a Pew Sleeping Our Way Through Spain's Ancient Monasteries
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ISBN: 9780762781454

ISBN-10: 0762781459

ISBN-13: 9780762781454

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Authors: Richard Starks, Miriam Murcutt

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One recent summer, Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt traveled through Spain – from northern Barcelona to Malaga on the southern Mediterranean coast – staying exclusively in ancient monasteries. As they quickly discovered, these are intriguing places in which to stay. Ripe with history, art and culture and peopled by a dying breed of monks and nuns, these monasteries are rarely visited living museums. These last-chance-to-see places are open to anyone who cares to stop by (you don’t have to be religious, although it doesn’t hurt if you are). Lodging is inexpensive and the inhabitants are often eager for customers and always hospitable (in keeping with the Rule of St.…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 9/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction


El Reial Monestir de Santa Marï¿½a de Vallbona: Cistercian


El Monasterio de la Virgen de Monlora: La Congregatiï¿½n Apostï¿½lica Marta y Marï¿½a


El Monasterio de San Salvador de Leyre: Benedictine


El Real Monasterio de Santo Tomï¿½s: Dominican


El Monasterio de la Purï¿½sima Concepciï¿½n y San Josï¿½: Trinitarian


El Monasterio de la Santa Marï¿½a de las Escalonias: Cistercians of the Strict Observance, aka Trappist


Convento de la Purï¿½sima Concepciï¿½n (Santa Marï¿½a) Marchena: Franciscan-Clarissa


How to Plan Your Own Trip


About the Authors