Pilgrimage to The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany & Switzerland Tour 200 12 Days www.206tours.com/tour200

Amsterdam (Our Lady of All Nations) · Utrecht · Ghent · Bruges · Brussels · Diant · Beauraing (Our Lady of Beauraing) · Banneux (Our Lady of Banneux) · Aachen · Cologne · Heidelberg · Rothenburg ob der Tauber Lucerne · Einsiedeln

YOUR TRIP INCLUDES OPTIONAL • Round-trip airfare from your desired Airport Travel Insurance • Book without airfare (land only option) Providing you coverage for both pre-existing • All airport taxes & fuel surcharges conditions and those that may arise during your trip, • Centrally located hotels: (or similar) including medical and dental emergencies, loss of • 2 ni: Kimpton De Witt Hotel, Amsterdam luggage, trip delay, and so much more. • 2 ni: Golden Tulip Hotel de’ Medici, Bruges • 2 n: Art Hotel, Aachen SUPPLEMENTAL CANCELLATION PROTECTION • 2 ni: Heidelberg Marriot hotel, Heidelberg A Cancellation Waiver - allowing you to cancel your • 2 ni: Radisson Blu Hotel, Lucerne trip and receive a refund anytime - up until 24 hours • Breakfast and Dinner daily prior to departure. The “Waiver” expires once you are • Wine with dinners within 24 hours of departure. • Transfers as per itinerary • Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach • Assistance of a professional local guide(s) ABOUT YOUR TRIP • Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary On this twelve-day tour you will see Sacred • Catholic Priest available for Spiritual Direction sites, exquisite art and architecture, breathtaking • Mass daily & Spiritual activities landscapes, and historical cities. Upon arriving in • Luggage handling (1 piece per person) the Netherlands you will visit Amsterdam, then you • Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents will continue to Belgium visiting Ghent, Bruges, Beauraing, and Banneux. In Germany you will tour NOT INCLUDED: Aachen, Kevelaer, Echt, Cologne, Trier, Strasbourg, Lunches, Tips to your guide & driver. Interlaken, Einsiedeln, Lucern, Berne and Geneva. ITINERARY The large and complex altarpiece was painted by Jan Day 1: Depart for the Netherlands and Hubert Van Eyck in 1432 and, is currently housed Make your way to your local airport where you will in Ghent’s, St. Bavo Cathedral. We will celebrate Mass board your overnight flight(s). Your meals will be at St. Bavo Cathdral. After Mass continue to Bruges, served on board. The Zeebrugge port of Bruges is an important center for European trade. Diner and overnight. Day 2: Amsterdam Upon landing into Amsterdam airport, make your Day 5: Bruges way to the baggage claim area and collect your Today following breakfast, we will visit the Church luggage. Proceed to the arrival’s hall, where you will of Our Lady for Mass, you will inevitably notice be greeted by your tour guide and/or driver. Transfer the preserved culture of the Middle Ages that is to your hotel. This afternoon we will visit the Chapel still present. While at the Church, you will have the of our Lady of All Nations, one of the Virgin Mary’s opportunity to view the magnificent marble statue, apparition sites. In 1945 until 1959, Our Lady appeared Madonna and her Child sculpted by Michelangelo. to Ida Peerdeman with the continuous message of Next, we visit the Holy Saviors Cathedral, Bruges love and repentance and, the prayer for Nations. Cathedral. Continue with a visit to the Basilica of the Following Mass we will visit the site of a Eucharistic Holy Blood. Most interestingly, this Basilica also holds Miracle. In 1345, as a result of a man’s illness, a Sacred a venerated relic of Jesus Christ that was collected by Host was found preserved in his house after it was Joseph of Arimathea and brought from Jerusalem. moved numerous times and after having experienced Modeled on the Church of the Holy Suplechre, it has a fire that left the city in ruins. Return to the hotel for a replica of the Christ’s tomb. This afternoon you will dinner and overnight in Amsterdam. have free time to enjoy lunch and a leisurely stroll in this enchanting city. Return to your hotel on time to Day 3: Amsterdam – Zaanse Schans – Amsterdam enjoy a delicious meal and a restful overnight. Following breakfast, we will celebrate Mass. After Mass enjoy a guided a tour of Amsterdam, where Day 6: Bruges – Dinant - Beauraing - Banneux - you will experience its seventeenth century historical Aachen and picturesque atmosphere amidst its canals and Following breakfast, you will board the motor coach squares. During your walking tour you will view the to head to Beaurin. We will make a stop in Dinant, Royal Place, Vrijheidsbeeld (National Monument) a charming town located below steep limestone , the Flower Markets, Opera House, City Hall and rocks, crowned by a mighty citadel to have lunch on Begijnenhof. Additionally, you will experience a your own. We will continue to visit the Shrine of Our glimpse from the outside of the many cultural Lady of Beauraing, also known as, the Virgin of the highlights Amsterdam has to offer, such as: Van Gogh Golden Heart. In 1932, the Blessed Mother appeared Museum, Anne Frank House, Rembrandt House and, to a group of young children thirty-three times. the Rijksmuseum. After free time for lunch we will She was described as being dressed in white with a proceed to the Zaanse Schanns, a unique piece of golden crown on her head with hair of gold. Our Lady Dutch history on the river Zaan. It is residential area in came to these children during the Great Depression which the 18th and 19th centuries are brought to life. and advised them to sacrifice themselves to Her. Stroll past the bakery museum and enjoy the smell of Continue on to Banneux - Notre Dame, also known fresh cookies. Take a look were clogs are made. Don’t as, the Belgian Lourdes. Upon arrival, you will visit the miss the cheese factory, the various windmills and Shrine of Our Lady of Banneux. In 1933, the Blessed much more. The Zaanse Schans is a unique part of Mother appeared to twelve-year-old Mariette Boco the Netherlands, full of wooden houses, mills, barns as the “Virgin of the Poor”. Our Lady appeared to and works shops. Return to Amsterdam for dinner little Mariette a few times and informed her that she and overnight. (Our Lady) has come to relieve the suffering of the ill and the conflicts of all nations. Continue to Aachen Day 4: Amsterdam – Utrecht – Ghent - Bruges for dinner and an overnight. After breakfast we will depart for Utrecht. One of the principal political, economic and cultural centers of Day 7: Aachen - Cologne - Aachen the Netherlands. We will visit Katherine’s Convent Today, you will enjoy a short sightseeing tour of the Museum (Catharijne convent) located in former village of Aachen! We will attend Mass at the Aachen hospice of the Order of St. John, telling the history of Cathedral, a Gothic Marian Shrine. The Church is the Christianity in the Netherlands. It also holds a large oldest of Germany and contains numerous treasures collection of medieval art treasures. You will have such as Jesus’ swaddling clothes, the Lord’s loin cloth, free time for lunch, before boarding the motor coach the Blessed Virgin’s Cloak and, the cloth used for St. for your transfer to Ghent. Ghent, Belgium, home to John the Baptist’s head. Additionally, you will have the the famous painting, “Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.” opportunity to venerate the miraculous fourteenth century statue of the Blessed Virgin. Later, you will city on top of the wall to enjoy the stunning views depart for Cologne where you will enjoy another over the old town. Return to Heidelberg for dinner sightseeing tour! Cologne was originally founded and overnight. and established by the Romans in 50 A.D. When this city received relics of the Three Magi in 1194, it Day 10: Heidelberg – Neuhausen am Rheinfall ( Rhine gained importance as a pilgrimage center. While in Falls) – Muri Monastery - Lucerne this city, you will have the opportunity to visit the This morning after breakfast we depart for Neuhausen magnificent Gothic Cathedral, “the Kolner Dom” that am Rheinfall for a boat trip where you will see the houses the relics. Following this visit, you will learn great spectacle of the Rhine Falls. After free time for about the two thousand years of history to which this lunch we will transfer to the Benedictine monastery of Rhineland city is accompanied by. In the Middle Ages, Muri, one of the most significant cultural monuments the city of Cologne served and flourished as one of in the Canton of Aargau. It was founded in 1027 by the major trade routes between Eastern and Western Ita of Lorraine and her husband, Count Radbot of Europe. Return to Aachen for a wonderful meal and Habsburg. See the Romanesque crypt, the Gothic an overnight. raised choir and the central octagon in Baroque style bear witness to the continuation of architectural Day 8: Aachen - Trier - Strasbourg alteration, renewal and addition throughout the After breakfast, will drive to Trier, the oldest city in ages. Celebrate Mass at Muri Monastery. Continue to Germany. It is situated in the Mosel wine region, and Lucerne for dinner and overnight. was founded before the year 16 B.C. Trier is known for its well-preserved Roman and medieval buildings, Day 11: Lucerne – EinSiedlen - Lucerne all of which you will visit during your time in this Today we will start with a guided tour of Lucerne. This ancient city. The Porta Nigra is the only one of four central Switzerland city is known for its miraculous Roman gates that still stands and was formally the views of Mt. Pilatus and Rigi in the Swiss Alps. While in home to a hermit monk named Simeon. Additionally, this breathtaking city, you will view from the outside the Roman amphitheater and baths were places of the wooden Chapel Bridge that was first erected in relaxation for the ancient monks. Lastly, the style and the fourteenth century. This afternoon enjoy a scenic size of the Constantine Basilica (Aula Palatina) truly ride along Lake Lucerne and Lake Zug to Einsiedeln. exemplifies the strength and power that the Roman Upon arrival, celebrate Mass at Einsiedeln Abbey. Visit Emperor had in ancient times. We will celebrate Mass the Benedictine Monastery of Einsiedeln dedicated at the Trier Cathedral, followed by free time for lunch. to Our Lady of the Hermits. The abbey received this Continue with a visit of Trier Cathedral , which not dedication due to its first inhabitant of the region only contains a remarkable collection of artwork, but around the year 850 A.D, a monk named Meinrad (St. is also home to the Holy Robe that Our Lord Jesus Meinrad). This evening, you will return to your hotel Christ wore during the Crucifixion (Like the Shroud in Lucerne. Enjoy a Farewell dinner and overnight at of Turin - it is very fragile, and is only displayed every the hotel in Lucerne. 10 - 15 years). Lastly, visit the Liebfrauenkirche, one of the first Gothic churches in Germany and is located Day 12: Lucerne – Zurich - Return Home near the burial site of the Saint who replaced Judas After an early breakfast and heartfelt farewells, Iscariot, St. Matthias. Proceed to Heidelberg for check transfer to the Zurich airport for return flights home. in followed by dinner and overnight.

Day 9: Heidelberg – Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Heidelberg Following breakfast at the hotel, we will start your day with a tour of Heidelberg. Visit the Old Town dominated by the ruins of Heidelberg Castle. See marketplace with the Town Hall, the Church of the Holy Spirit located nearby and have a walk on the main street. Admire the panoramic view of the city passing by the Old Bridge to the other banks of river. We will celebrate Mass at the local church, followed by free time for lunch. Proceed to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, In Rothenburg we will see picturesque lanes, half-timbered houses and an intact fortification wall that will give you a good idea what a medieval town looked like nearly 1000 years ago. Walk around the

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