To the holy mount of the Irish: Saint Patrick's Way

Pilgrim paths on the Emerald Isle can be completed in just a few days, or even hours, like the most popular pilgrimage route, the Saint Patrick's Way. On the last weekend in July, up to 30,000 pilgrims transform it into a kind of festival route (photo). Some climb the 750-meter-high (2,507-foot-high) Croagh Patrick Mountain barefoot or on their knees to attend the first service at 8 am.