Trish Clark was aghast to be turned away from a youth hostel in the centre of cosmopolitan Rome in favour of a convent up the road. But 20 something years on, Clark’s early ‘religious experience’ has lead to the publication of Good Night & God Bless – The Modern Traveller’s Bible, opening up a whole new world of accommodation for travellers of all ages.

Suitable for the tourist, the pious and the curious alike, this user-friendly travel guide provides accommodation details, local tourist information, places of pilgrimage, travel titbits and anecdotes against a fascinating backdrop of history and religion.

It is the first in a series of unique guides to alternative tourist accommodation in convents, monasteries, abbeys and Christian hotels in Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic.  These accommodations are located in diverse places – in medieval palaces, fronting onto grand piazzas, in the centre of bustling towns and cities, in lush countryside surrounded by lavender fields, vineyards and olive groves. But all warmly welcome overnight guests. And all are ideal for the budget-conscious.

It will be available in all good bookshops by September 2008.

264 pages; 8 full colour photo pages; volume 1 of 3.

ISBN number is 978 0 646 48520 1  Price £16.99