The Camino of St James has been the walking tourism phenomenon of the 21st

Saudi Arabia's king has ordered an investigation into safety at the annual Hajj pilgrimage after a stampede left more than 700 people dead.

Update 8:46pm More than 700 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a stampede on the outskirts of Mecca, the deadliest such tragedy to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in nearly a decade.

Thousands of people will experience the hidden places of beauty and peace along the pilgrim paths of Ireland over the Easter weekend.