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J OIN S EVEN S EAS V OYAGES ON A P ILGRIMAGE TO S ICILY AND S OUTHERN I TALY

S PIRITUAL D IRECTOR : F R . T IMOTHY J OYCE

G ROUP C OORDINATOR : T OM D WYER

MAY 11 - 22, 2015 | $5,049* FROM BOSTON

Fr. Tim Joyce www.pilgrimages.com/sevenseas

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Agrigento, Italy Padre Pio , Italy Day 1: Mon, May 11 – Depart for Italy Depart from Boston Airport on your overnight flights to Italy. YOUR TRIP INCLUDES: Dinner and breakfast will be served on board. † Round-trip air from Boston

Day 2: Tue, May 12 – - Taormina † Airport Taxes and Fuel Surcharges You’ll be greeted upon arrival by your tour escort who will be † 10 nights accommodation: with you throughout your pilgrimage. We will transfer to 9 nights at Hotels as follows (or similar) & 1 night inside cabin on Ferry: Taormina for an evening walking tour of this charming city ~ 3 nights: May 12-15, Villa Diodoro, Taormina centre: the Greek/Roman amphitheatre, with its spectacular ~ 1 night: May 15-16, Inside cabin on Ferry Palermo/ views. Tonight we will enjoy welcome dinner and overnight ~ 3 nights: May 16-19, Hotel Majestic Palace, Parco del Sole, Sorrento in Taormina. ~ 2 nights: May 19-21, Savoia Regency, San Giovanni Rotondo Day 3: Wed, May 13 - Taormina – – Syra- ~ 1 night: May 21-22, Residenza Madre Pie, Rome cuse - Taormina † Tour Escort Throughout Following breakfast at our hotel we will transfer to Mount † Breakfast Daily (except on Ferry, May 16th) Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe. After exploring the area around the fiery volcano’s peak we will visit the † 8 Dinners: Taormina (3), Sorrento (3) San Giovanni Rotondo(2) Sylvester Craters and enjoy unforgettable views as we drive † Wine and Mineral Water with dinners included (1/4 wine & 1/2 mineral water) through the fertile slopes and villages that sit on ancient † Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach volcanic eruptions. From here we will continue to Syracuse. † Assistance of a professional local guides: The district of Neapolis, (meaning the ‘new town’), is one of Half Day in Taormina, Agrigento, and Full Day in Palermo the most evocative quarters claiming the theatre, the Ear of † Admissions: Greek Theatre Taormina, Archeology Park Syracuse, Temples Dionysius and the Latomia del Paradiso within its bounda- Agrigento, Palatine Chapel, & Ruins in Pompeii ries. On the eastern side lies Tyche, named by a temple that was dedicated to the Goddess of Fortune (from the Greek † Headsets for included sightseeing Tyche – fortune or luck). The island of Ortigia, the most † City Tax in Taormina, Sorrento, and Rome ancient area of settlement, is linked to the mainland by the † Luggage Handling (1 peice per person) Ponte Nuovo, a natural extension of one of the main thor- † Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents oughfares of Syracuse. Afterward, we will then return to Taormina for dinner and overnight. Optional: Day 4: Thu, May 14 – Taormina – Agrigento - Taormina After breakfast at our hotel we’ll depart Taormina and travel Travel Insurance: www.206tours.com/insurance to Agrigento. Overlooking 's southern coast, Agrigento Extended Cancellation Protection Plan @ $299: was founded as Akragas around 582 BC by a group of colo- www.206tours.com/cancellationprotection nists who themselves were the immediate descendants of Greeks from Rhodes and Crete and may have descended Not Included: from that civilization. Akragas was christened Agrigento in Lunches, Tips to your guide & driver. The Grotto, Monte Sant' Angelo 1927 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples we will see are the ruins of numerous temples but also ne- cropoli, houses, streets and much that one would expect to Day 7: Sun, May 17 - Amalfi and Ravello After breakfast in hotel , we will tour the find in an ancient city. There is a small amphitheatre, as well Today your guide will take you on a breath- sanctuary and see the old church and the as several auditoria, and a fine archaeological museum. Part taking drive along the , one of crucifix from which Padre Pio received the of the Temple of Hera (Juno), built around 450 BC, is still the most beautiful roads in the world. Each stigmata in 1918. We will also see the con- intact. Its style has been compared to that of the temples at winding turn reveals a dazzling and unforget- fessional where Padre Pio spent innumerable , near Salerno. Return to Taormina for dinner & table view of the coastline and sea. The villas hours with a multitude of pilgrims, directing overnight. are perched into the rocky coastline and them on their journey toward God. In the seem to hang from the heavens. Stop in afternoon free time for personal reflection. Day 5: Fri, May 15 – Taormina - Palermo – Monreale – Amalfi, one of the four “Republiche Marinare” Dinner & overnight in San Giovanni Rotondo. Overnight Ferry to Naples of Italy. Celebrate Mass at St. Andrew. See Following breakfast we will depart for Palermo . Upon arrival Day 11: Thu, May 21 – San Giovanni the Amalfi Dome, dedicated to St. Andrew, you will meet your local guide and visit Monreale and Paler- Rotondo - Lanciano – Rome located at the end of steep stairs. This after- mo. Monreale is situated on a slope of Mount Caputo about We will have breakfast at our hotel before we noon there is time at your leisure. Along the three hundred meters above sea level, and offers lovely embark on a drive up the Adriatic coast to pedestrian streets of this quaint town there views of the surrounding valley. We will see the magnificent Lanciano, a small, medieval town, nestled are various bars and cafes to taste the origi- Cathedral of Monreale and it’s , bronze work, marble between San Giovanni Rotondo and Loreto. nal limoncello (maybe there will also be the and stone. It has the largest concentration of Norman, Arab We will visit the church of the Eucharistic possibility to visit a true limoncello factory!). and in one place. Attached to the cathedral, Miracle, (at the time called the Church of St. Continue to Ravello, which is nestled 1,110 the Benedictine cloister courtyard consists of 228 columns, Legontian and St. Domitian) located in the feet above the sea. Visit Villa Rufolo, which some inlaid with Byzantine-style mosaics. Later, we will visit center of the town and celebrate Mass. The gave the musician Richard Wagner the inspi- Palermo, a city full of character: Quattro Canti – a splendid Miracle of Lanciano dates back to the eighth ration to create his most famous works. example of Spanish Baroque architecture, the Palace of the century when a monk who had doubts about Return to Sorrento for dinner and overnight. Normans and its superb Palatine Chapel. Later this evening, the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eu- we will board the overnight ferry to Naples. Day 8: Mon, May 18 – Sorrento Free day charist, found when he said the words of After breakfast in the hotel, enjoy a free day consecration at Mass, that the bread and Day 6: Sat, May 16 – Naples and Pompeii for rest, relaxation, exploration or go on our wine changed into flesh and blood. The ele- Upon arrival at Naples Pier we will travel by motor coach and optional trip to the Isle of Capri by high ments can still be seen today. The flesh, enjoy a panoramic tour of this fascinating city. Continue to speed vessel. Dinner and overnight in Sor- which is the same size as the large host used Pompeii where we will meet our local guide for a visit of the rento. in the Latin Church, is fibrous and light excavations of Pompeii, a UNESCO World Heritage site. brown in color and becomes rose-colored Mount Vesuvius, a volcano near the Bay of Naples in Italy, is Day 9: Tue, May 19 – Sorrento – Monte when lighted from the back. The blood con- hundreds of thousands of years old and has erupted more Sant’ Angelo – San Giovanni Rotondo sists of five coagulated globules and has an than 50 times. Its most famous eruption took place in the Following breakfast we will depart for Monte earthy color resembling the yellow of ochre. year 79 A.D., when the volcano buried the ancient Roman Sant’Angelo where we will visit the Grotto of After free time for lunch we will continue to city of Pompeii under a thick carpet of volcanic ash. The dust Michael the Archangel. A panoramic view of Rome for overnight. “poured across the land” like a flood, one witness wrote, and the ocean and the surrounding countryside shrouded the city in “a darkness…like the black of closed and awaits you at this most celebrated shrine of Day 12: Fri, May 22 – Rome Airport – USA unlighted rooms.” Two thousand people died, and the city early Christianity, a shrine consecrated by St This morning we will go to Vatican City for was abandoned for almost as many years. When a group of Michael in 490 . The sanctuary has been a the morning Mass at St Peter’s crypt explorers rediscovered the site in 1748, they were surprised popular place of pilgrimage for many centu- (confirmation is pending). After breakfast to find that–underneath a thick layer of dust and debris– ries: St. Francis of , St. Bernard of and free time in St Peter’s square we depart Pompeii was mostly intact. The buildings, artefacts and skel- Clairvaux, St. Bridget of Sweden, St. Gerard for Rome Airport for our return flight home. etons left behind in the buried city have taught us a great Majella, St. William of Vercelli and six popes We fondly say, Arrivederci Italia! deal about everyday life in the ancient world. There will be have made the pilgrimage here to ask for St. time for lunch on your own before we continue along the Michael's protection. After visit we will con- OPTIONAL POST STAY IN ROME “Sorrentine” coastal road to Sorrento. Sorrento is consid- tinue to Padre Pio’s town, San Giovanni Ro- Rome Post Stay Inclusions: ered a significant area of the Sorrentine Peninsula, overlook- tondo, our base for the following two nights. † 2 nights: May 22 - 24: Residenza Madre Pie (or ing the Bay of Naples, with sight of Naples, Vesuvius and the Dinner & overnight in San Giovanni Rotondo. similar) Isle of Capri. Dinner and overnight in Sorrento. Day 10:Wed, May 20 – San Giovanni † Breakfast and dinner daily Rotondo † Wine and Mineral Water with dinners (1/4 wine & 1/2 water) Basilica. Pope Francis visited the tomb of St. Peter, † Escorted full-day tour of Rome to include the Vatican following his elevation, for a visit of devotion that Museum, the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls and lasted 45 minutes. He is the first Pontiff to visit the the Catacombs necropolis since extensive archaeological excava- † One free day to experience Rome on your own tions were conducted at the ancient site decades † Transfer to the airport on departure day ago. We will also visit the tomb of St. John Paul II

located at the Vatican. There will be free time for Day 12: Fri, May 22 – Rome (Vatican Museums – lunch, and then we will continue on to visit St Paul. Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls – Catacombs) Outside the Walls. Continue our tour via the Appian Following breakfast, we will depart to celebrate Way -- the oldest road from Roman times--plus the Mass in the largest church in Christendom, St Pe- famous Domino Quo Vadis Chapel; see the ancient ter's Basilica, built on the site where St Peter was Baths of Caracalla, Arch of Drusus; Tomb of Celilia martyred. Unsurpassed in beauty, a monument to Metella, and the catacombs of St Callixtus where the long history of the Catholic Church, to which the early Christians hid themselves to escape per- pilgrims come from around the world, St Peter's is secution. We will conclude our day and wonderful the grandest of the world's churches. Marvel Pieta stay in Rome with dinner at a local restaurant in and Bernini's amazing bronze canopy. Following Rome. Mass, we will visit the Vatican Museums, containing a group of the most impressive edifices with hun- Day 13: Sat, May 23 – Rome Free day dreds of galleries filled with art treasures. See awe After breakfast enjoy a free day for rest, relaxa- -inspiring relics, and works of art donated through- tion, exploration or optional tour of choice offered. out centuries as tributes of faith. We'll cover The We will meet together for dinner in local restaurant Tapestry Gallery, The Raphael Rooms and the most Day 14: Sun, May 24 – Rome Airport – USA overwhelming Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo's Mas- This morning after breakfast we depart for Rome terpiece, restored mural of the Last Judgment. The Airport for our return flight home. We fondly say, tour ends as we make our way back into St. Peter’s Arrivederci Italia! Eucharistic Miracle, Lanciano, Italy

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If ratio is higher that may be rendered. 206 Tours is not responsible for compensation for $2,501 - $3,000 $203 special supplements may be implemented for something referred to "single cities/sites omitted from the itinerary due to circumstances beyond it's $3,001 - $3,500 $216 in double room" at an additional rate to the single supplement rate listed. If control. $3,501 - $4,000 $230 passengers are traveling alone and wish to have 206 Tours assign a room- PHYSICALITY OF OUR TOURS Please note that almost all destinations $4,001 - $4,500 $244 mate we will do our best, however, if we do not succeed in assigning a same serviced by 206 Tours require physical fitness and a lot of walking, some- $4,501 - $5,000 $257 sex roommate for you we will provide you with a single room free of charge times up/or down the hills and at times very rough terrain. You may certainly $5,001 - $5,500 $285 (valid only on 206 Tours series departures Tour 1-208). Otherwise, the stay behind for certain parts of the journey, however, it is suggested that 3 to passenger will be responsible for the additional Single Supplement fees. 4 weeks before your departure one should begin preparing physically begin TRIPLE ROOMS In most hotels (other than Paris) triple accommodation is walking "briskly" 1-2 times a day; build up to 2-3 miles with no discomfort. possible, however, no reduction in cost is available. Due to pace of our SERVICE INQUIRIES AFTER THE TRIP If upon returning from your pilgrimage schedule it’s a challenge to open up all 3 suitcases and every- trip, you wish to inquire about any services provided, please ensure that all one’s hand luggage; take showers and be on the move within appropriate correspondence is received by 206 Tours, 333 Marcus Blvd - Hauppauge, time. First Class and Superior Tourist Class Hotels in general are not set up NY 11788, within 45 days of the tour completion date. This will enable us to for triple rooms. Hotels usually either add a third bed which is like a fold up make a timely investigation. bed or a sofa bed. At times such as in Paris it is either impossible or worse TOUR CANCELLATION BY OPERATOR Be clearly advised that from it’s the “Murphy bed” . For that reason we discourage booking triple rooms. time to time a tour departure may be cancelled due to lack of participation. In MEALS Most trips includes two meals per day (breakfast and dinners) such case, the operator's sole responsibility is to provide a full refund. 206 which are served at your hotel or local restaurants. Beverages are not includ- Tours in not responsible and does not assume responsibility for any addition- ed with dinners where not indicated. In case you chose not to have a meal, al costs or any fees relating to the issuance and /or cancellation of air tickets there is no refund for unused meals. Although we cannot guarantee, we will or other arrangements not made through 206 Tours. Cancellations due to try and accommodate each special meal/diet request on flights as well as at state advisories and/or state warnings, Acts of War, War, Terrorism, Acts of hotels. Please advise of such a request at the time of booking. God, Natural Disaster or any other circumstance outside the control of 206 BAGGAGE Each tour participant is permitted to bring one checked suit- Tours, are not the fault of 206 Tours. Great effort will be made to accommo- case, one small carry on bag (8" x 14" x 22"), and one personal item (i.e. date er to another trip or to revise itinerary, however, cancellation for any of purse, laptop case). In general, the airlines permit 1 checked bag weighing up these reasons will not be eligible for refund. to 50 lbs (23 kg) and maximum dimensions of 62 in (158 cm) calculated by PRINTING DISCLAIMER adding the length + the width + the height of the bag. Please check with your 206 Tours is not responsible for typographical or print Traveler's errors specific airline to verify the size and weight allowances. 206 Tours is not including errors in trip cost. We reserve the right to re invoice or correct responsible for the loss of, theft of, delay, or damage to a participant's billing at any time. belongings. RESPONSIBILITY CLAUSE 206 Tours acts as a tour operator. The