Germany, Austria, & Prague
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Germany, Austria, & Prague March 26—April 5, 2012 Itinerary Day 1, Mar 26, 2012 - Depart USA Day 7, Apr 1, 2012 - Vienna - Mariazell - Salzburg Fr. Al Caprio invites you to Depart USA for our overnight flights to Munich . Dinner and breakfast After breakfast we motor west through Austria But, just before, we'll make a join him on a pilgrimage to are served on board. curve via Mariazell - the most important pilgrimage place in Austria. We will Shrines of the Infant of stop and see the miraculous statue, which is housed in the Lady Chapel or Day 2, Mar 27, 2012 - Arrive Munich, Germany Chapel of Miracles, built directly over the place where Magnus established Prague. This time by way of We arrive in Munich and meet our Pilgrimage Tours' tour director who his monastic cell in 1157. Next drive to the lovely birthplace of Mozart, will remain with us until the end of our tour. We embark on a scenic Munich, ALTOTTING, Salzburg the city of great houses, mansions, Festival Hall, and the Mirabelle Salzburg, Regensburg, and motor coach tour of Munich. The remainder of the day is free. Dinner Gardens. Hear the bells of the great Glockenspiel Tower, performed to a and overnight in Munich. melody of Mozart's. Dinner and overnight in Salzburg. Prague. Day 3, Mar 28, 2012 - Excursion to Fussen & Oberammergau This morning we take a trip to some of the most loved places in Day 8, Apr 2- Salzburg southern Germany. First, we go to Oberammergau, home of the After breakfast, our full day tour begins with Mass at St. Peter's Churchyard. centuries old Passion Play. We'll see the Passionspeilhaus, the theater Salzburg is compact and best explored on foot. Narrow, winding lanes and When I began to organize pilgrimages of the Passion Play. Usually it is possible to watch and visit the secluded passageways are evidence of its medieval roots. The heritage of craftsmen and artists who are preparing for the next performance. We'll the Catholic Church is evident in the Archbishop's Residence and the several years ago, the destination almost also take a tour of the quaint old city of Oberammergau. Next, we're off decoration of the State Rooms, available for viewing. Visit the mighty always included shrines dedicated to the to the city of Fussen to visit the Neuschwanstein Castle, built at Romanesque Cathedral, the Nonnberg Convent of Benedictine nuns, and beginning of the 20th century by an incredibly lavish German king the Fortress Hohensalzburg. We stop at Hellbrunn Palace to enjoy its Infant Jesus. However, as time went on, named Ludwig II. Neuschwanstein, perched atop the mountain is a gardens and hidden trick fountains. Dinner and overnight. we included other important sites not scene out of a fairy tale. Everything inside the castle is so over-the-top, Day 9, Apr 3- Salzburg - Prague, Czech Republic there may be no decor in all of Europe to compare with it. We drive to After breakfast we depart for our scenic motorcoach ride to the enchanting necessarily connected with the Infant the West to Bavaria's famous Ottobeuren Abbey to join in the monastic city of Prague, a city of domed rooftops, soaring steeples, and countless Jesus. This time we return to our origins; Liturgy of the Hours. We'll tour the majestic basilica and visit the Chapel spires. Dinner and overnight. of St. Benedict and the Abbey Museum. We return to Munich for dinner as this pilgrimage now includes two and overnight. Day 10, April 4- Prague Day 4, Mar 29, 2012 - Excursion to Regensburg & Altotting After breakfast, we begin our tour of beautiful Prague. We will celebrate important Shrines dedicated to the Infant We head off on a day trip in Bavaria to the 2,000 year old city of Mass at the Church of Our Lady Victorious and see there the renowned Jesus; one in ALTOTTING, GERMANY, and Regensburg along the Danube River. Amidst a medieval landscape statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague. We visit Old Town by way of Golden founded by Marcus Aurelius we visit the home of Germany's most Lane and then go to the Lesser Town to see the medieval Charles Bridge the other of course The SHRINE OF THE impressive gothic Cathedral and celebrate Mass there. We will have that is adorned with many baroque statues. We will also see St. Nicholas INFANT OF PRAGUE in the CZECH time to explore the ancient city with its many eras and flavors along Church, the Astronomic Clock, and the Prague Castle district where we tour narrow walkways and stone bridges. In the afternoon we depart for St. Vitus Cathedral, St. George Basilica, Loreto Church, Strahov Monastery, REPUBLIC. Munich where we visit the Asamkirche, one of the most richly and Wenceslas Square. Dinner and overnight. decorated rococo churches in the world. A relatively small church, it is Day 11, April 5- Prague - USA named for its two builders, the brothers Cosmas & Egid Asam. The We depart from Prague Airport for our return flights to the USA. Remembering what the Infant Jesus skeleton of the saint for which the church is formally named, St. Johannus Nepomuk, is enshrined there in a glass case. We continue promised “the more you honor me the GERMANY, AUSTRIA, & PRAGUE on to Altotting, one of Germany's most celebrated shrines and a city YOUR TRIP INCLUDES: more I will bless you”. Who of us could not whose purpose is pilgrimage. Upon arrival we'll celebrate Mass at the Round-trip air from New York center of the pilgrimage complex, the Chapel of Mercy. The chapel (special add-on airfares from all other US gateways visit use more blessings in these difficult times. March 26—April 5, 2012 houses a 13th century statue of the Blessed Virgin to which numerous www.206tours.com/addon for more details) What better way to honor Jesus than to miraculous cures are credited. While there, we have the opportunity to 9 nights at centrally located first class hotels: (or similar) visit the Basilica, the Panorama of the Crucifixion, the Pilgrim Museum, ~ 3 nights: Hotel Tryp, Munich visit the holy sites established to honor $3,749 per person from New York St. Konrad's Monastery and more. Dinner and overnight in Munich. ~ 2 nights: Hotel Marriott, Vienna Him, and the receive His many blessings (Based on double occupancy, does not include airport taxes) Day 5, Mar 30, 2012 - Munich - Altotting - Vienna, Austria ~ 2 nights: Hotel Dorint, Salzburg After breakfast we depart via plane or motor to Vienna, Austria's ~ 2 nights: Hotel Diplomat, Prague available to us. Please join us and we will capital. We will celebrate Mass at St. Stephen's Cathedral, an imposing Breakfast and dinner daily structure dating to the 13th century. We'll have time for Viennese pastry Wine with dinners all be blessed together. and coffee before seeing the State Opera House, home to the Vienna Transportation by air-conditioned motor coach Boys' Choir, and Schonbrunn Palace. This sprawling, royal 'summer Assistance of professional local catholic guide(s) house' has 1,441 rooms including a Hall of Mirrors where Mozart Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary performed at the age of six before a Catholic Priest available for Spiritual Directions young Marie Antoinette. Dinner and overnight. *When traveling by With Spiritual Director: Mass daily & Spiritual activities motorcoach groups will also stop at Altotting. Luggage handling Day 6, Mar 31, 2012 - Vienna Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents Fr. Albert Caprio, O.P. After breakfast we visit Prince Eugene's Belvedere Palace and the seemingly endless Hofburg Palace. Later we'll get a different look at Not Included: Lunches, Airport taxes (approx. $150 subject to Vienna, from the seat in the Prater's enormous Ferris wheel. Dinner and change). Travel Insurance optional at $169. Tips to your guide St. Mary's Church overnight. & driver (approx 10 per day). Items of a personal nature. 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